Sunday, March 11, 2012

10 Must-Read Network World stories for the weekend

  Windows Server 8: Ten Features Managers Will Love | Nvidia's embrace of Linux Foundation highlights open source's growing status
 
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FAQ: What you need to know now about the 'new iPad'
Now that Apple has unveiled the new iPad and is touting what's changed, like the screen, and what hasn't, like the prices, you've got questions. We've got the answers. Read More


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vSphere Optimization Tactics
Learn how this appliance handled Layer 4 connections and requests per second, HTTP connections and requests per second, HTTP 2K requests per second, HTTP throughput, SSL connections per second, SSL throughput, cache requests per second, and cache throughput. Read now.

Windows Server 8: Ten Features Managers Will Love
These new and improved features in Windows Server 8 will make many Windows administrators very happy. Read More

Nvidia's embrace of Linux Foundation highlights open source's growing status
The announcement this week that chipmaker Nvidia is among the latest crop of companies to join the Linux Foundation is a sign of the growing importance of open source to the business sector -- and a reversal for a firm that, traditionally, hasn't been counted among the stalwarts of that community. Read More

IETF explores new working group on identity management in the cloud
Proponents of a common scheme for managing user identity in cloud-based applications will pitch their idea to the Internet's premier standards-setting body at a meeting in Paris later this month. Read More


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Building a Smarter Network with IPAM
Learn how BlueCat Networks, IBM and Juniper Networks can help you get to the cloud faster and smarter with an end-to-end, IPv6-ready cloud delivery model. Learn More

Sony division drops AWS, goes OpenStack
The division of Sony that suffered a cyberattack last year, which led to a major PlayStation network outage and sensitive customer data being compromised, has dropped Amazon Web Services for at least a portion of its cloud hosting and computing in favor of an OpenStack platform hosted by Rackspace. Read More

Warning: you may be an e-hoarder
Hoarding shows are popular these days. Hoarders, Hoarding: Buried Alive, Confessions: Animal Hoarding and on and on. The images are consistent: Boxes stacked to the ceilings. Piles of newspapers dating back to the Nixon era. Feral cats skittering behind furniture. Empty cans of cat food, beans and soup scattered everywhere. Read More

'Big data' creating big career opportunities for IT pros
New job opportunities are emerging for IT professionals in the field of "big data," the term used to describe how corporations gather vast amounts of real-time data about their customers and analyze that data to drive decision making and increase profitability. Read More


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Mobile strategy—what are 1,000 businesses planning for 2012
The Mobile Business Forecast 2012 surveyed 1,000 global businesses on their current/future plans for mobile. The report offers insight into how companies are using mobile to address the needs of consumers and their own employees. In addition, find tips on how to avoid chaos in the rush to mobilize. Learn More

Servers are refreshed with Intel's new E5 chips
Top server makers on Tuesday announced major product upgrades with Intel's new Xeon E5 processors and technologies that deliver better performance and throughput for robust virtualization and cloud deployments in data centers. Read More

Jailbreak cage match: Windows 8 tablets vs. the Library of Congress
A battle could be brewing between Microsoft and the Library of Congress over the right to jailbreak tablets that support the new Windows on ARM (WOA) architecture. Read More

Photos: Saatchi & Saatchi's Bangkok office is off the hook
Bicycle frames form the legs of mobile conference room tables Read More

 
 
 

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