News podcast: Network World 360 The Downadup worm - also called Conflicker - has now infected an estimated 10 million PCs worldwide, and security experts say they expect to see a dangerous second-stage payload dropped soon. Just a few months ago, Dave Stevens began his second stint as CTO of Brocade - but this time, the company has much bigger aspirations. (2:12) Sprint to ax 8,000 employees Sprint said Monday that it plans to lay off 8,000 employees in a move that the company says will save it $1.2 billion annually. IT Asked and Answered Ron Newman helps a user decide whether he need spanning tree and VLANs on his upgraded building network. Add your thoughts or post your own question for our experts. Network World Community Matthew Nickasch wonders if Microsoft could become the next Nortel. Randy Muller reports Microsoft Learning is still around. Susan Hanley warns against going overboard with SharePoint metadata futzing. Ron Barrett talks up Replay DSM for e-mail recovery. Michael Morris takes a look at Cisco IOS XE for the ASRs. Jamey Heary reports on improvements to Cisco SSLVPN. Mark Murphy considers different types of free Android apps. Brian Egler asks: Accumulation or reegression in SQL Server? Tyson Kopczynski really hates the way companies have different variants of products for different parts of the world. Scott Hogg looks at practicl BGP security. Keatron Evans considers how the economy might hinder security efforts. Curt Monash rails against a tool that helps you make up stuff to write about on your blog. Jon Rognerud explains why you should add a site map to your Web site. John Brandon tallies up the real impact of social networking. In depth Thinking outside the storage box Unbridled growth in data storage and the rise in Web 2.0 applications are forcing a storage rethink. Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet the only way to a converged data center? Some data-center experts say iSCSI and InfiniBand are just as good, if not better, than Fibre Channel over Ethernet for converging data and storage networks. It's time to customize the OS IT departments are starting to tailor OSes to gain agility, drive down support costs and enhance security. This is particularly true in the Linux environment where new tools are making the promise of a tailored, fully supported Linux a reality. More news Virtual desktops getting security boost Businesses looking for safer virtual desktops can cut the risk of attacks if they run their virtual-machine hypervisors directly on computer hardware, eliminating reliance on separate operating systems that can be vulnerable to attack. Vegas data center bets on 100% uptime A few miles from the glitzy casinos of the Las Vegas strip stands a highly secure, 407,000-square-foot building which &- according to the man who operates it - is the most energy efficient, high-density data center in the world. How to cut IT costs without hemorrhaging IT cost management and chargeback technologies can help enterprise network executives eliminate wasted resources without hampering innovation. Meet Rob Roy, the man who built the SuperNAP data center Rob Roy -- who has a life-sized Terminator statue in his office -- says his company's 407,000-square-foot SuperNAP is the most energy efficient, high-density data center in the world. Today on Microsoft Subnet Senator wants Microsoft to account for U.S. jobs cut in layoff; Sen. Charles Grassley wants Ballmer to show how many folks affected by the layoff are people with H-1B visas and how many are Americans. Plus, see 10 Windows 7 beta videos depicting all the best stuff in the new OS. And news from Vista Capable lawsuit - one estimate of damages to Microsoft could be as high as $8.5 billion. |
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