| IBM lights online collaboration services; Engineer unemployment rate spikes
IBM/Lotus has launched the first major piece of its LotusLive online strategy, its biggest move yet to deliver collaboration services online to corporate users. Also, the unemployment rate for engineering and computer occupations is rising faster than for other professionals, according to the IEEE, which says first quarter labor statistics reveal a significant increase in the jobless rates among engineers. (6:46) Cyberspies have compromised U.S. power grid, newspaper reports
Cyberspies, probably from Russia or China, have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that can disrupt it, says an article in the Wall Street Journal that neither names the source of the information nor where this compromise of the grid is occurring. Nortel expands its NAC offerings
Nortel today is announcing a second offering in its family of NAC products, a software platform that runs only on virtual servers and is intended for deployment in heterogeneous networks. FCC moves toward national broadband policy
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward creating a strategy to roll out broadband to every corner of the country, with a vote Wednesday to seek public comment on how to write a national broadband plan. HP automates management of VMware, other virtualization systems
HP upgraded software designed to reduce the manual tasks associated with managing VMware, other virtual environments. HP throws in towel over key Wi-Fi lawsuit
In a move that could have far reaching implications for the Wi-Fi industry, HP has reached a confidential settlement with an Australian government agency that claims to own the US patent for technology used in most wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment. Microsoft patch rate surged in second half of 2008
Microsoft was forced to pick up the patching pace in the second half of 2008, the company admitted Wednesday, as it fixed 67% more flaws and released 17% more security updates in the period than it had in the first six months of the year. Unified communications start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google
Dutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and teleconferencing on PCs and mobile phones. The first public beta is now available, it announced on Wednesday. VMware's Deal: Great Marketing, But Is It a Great Discount?
It would be going too far to assume that VMware execs would be thrilled if they were to have to pay out on the 50 percent-off-or-free offer they made this week-but it wouldn't hurt the company if it did, according to analysts. Acme Packet introduces a 'right-sized' session border controller
Today we'll continue with news made in connection with last week's VoiceCon 2009 conference held in Orlando: Acme Packet announced a "right-sized" session border controller (SBC) for the smaller enterprise; ShoreTel released mobile and desktop enhancements; and 8x8 launched a new enterprise version of its hosted IP-PBX. Multi-purpose management tools
Network management technology isn't always considered the rock star of IT systems, but when money is tight, industry watchers argue many seemingly mundane tools can take the lead and offer myriad fixes to common problems. | 
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A detailed account of how much tech chiefs made in 2008.
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