News podcast: Network World 360 The recession has caused growing numbers of IT shops to seek loans and lease agreements as a way to get through their budgets, a new report says. Also, Officials of Nortel's largest enterprise user group said this week that customers are remaining optimistic despite the company's precarious situation. (6:08) Nortel customers upbeat but anxious Nortel customers remain optimistic despite the company's precarious situation, officials of Nortel's largest enterprise user group said this week. Forget iPhone 3G S: Eight Great New iPhone Alternatives Apple unveiled its latest smartphone offerings this week, in the form of two new devices: the 16GB and 32GB iPhone 3G S. That's all fine and good for Apple fanatics; you can have your spiffed up iPhones. Here are eight more devices we like just as much - or more - than Cupertino's new mobile wares. The Internet is incomplete, says its co-designer, Vinton Cerf Vinton Cerf, the co-designer of the Internet's basic architecture, said the Internet "still lacks many of the features that it needs," particularly in security, in a blunt talk to a tech industry crowd. Angry iPhone owners blast AT&T over upgrade pricing iPhone users angry over AT&T's pricing policy for the new iPhone 3G S have taken their campaign to Twitter, where more than 4,400 have added their names to an instant petition. Upgraded BlueCat IP address management appliance could ease IPv6 adoption BlueCat Networks will announce on Thursday a new version of its IP address management appliance with enhancements designed to reduce the time it takes to manage IP address space. That's an issue growing in importance as network operators adopt IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. No Microsoft OCS For SMBs? There's no doubt about it: Microsoft's OCS solution is growing popularity and curiosity in the industry quickly. With all of the attention focused around the medium and large enterprises, many in the smaller organizations wonder: Will there be an OCS for the SMB? The shadow network architecture We live in an age when the networks we have created give us so much access and so much power. Naturally, there are those who have taken that beautiful thing and twisted it for their own evil ends. Get to the root of a performance problem with scorecards Performance management marries business intelligence and financial data, among other disciplines, then ties it together with business goals. Apple iPhone vs. Palm Pre: No Contest Monday's iPhone 3G S announcement was a bit of an anticlimax, and certainly contained no surprises. I mean, a compass app getting top billing? Even the $99 entry-level model was expected. Google Antitrust Case Misses the Point The issue with whether Google is or is not a monopoly isn't merely its search dominance: It's Google's ability to control online advertising and, increasingly, what we read or don't read. Saving Unix one kernel at a time In this its 40th year of operating system life, some Unix stalwarts are trying to resurrect its past. That is they are taking on the unenviable and difficult job of restoring to its former glory old Unix software artifacts such as early Unix kernels, compilers and other important historical source code pieces. It's a Vase! It's a PC! It's both! Built as a concept design by Taiwan's Elitegroup Computer Systems, a contract PC maker, inside the plastic vase is a home media computer complete with a Blu-ray Disc player offering full 1080p high-def playback. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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