Brocade switch joins emerging storage, network standards Brocade is gearing up for the Fibre Channel over Ethernet era with a new switch and adapters, but says not to expect mass adoption of FCoE until 2011. How one network start-up is coping with hellish economy Windows data migration start-up AutoVirt gets creative in sales, charitable about compensation and keeps cranking out products. Microsoft: Rogue 'security' software a rising threat Fake security software programs along with attacks using vulnerabilities in applications continued to pester Internet users in the last half of 2008, according to Microsoft's latest security report. MSN blunder causes user confusion, smells phishy It may have look like a phishing attack, but an alert sent out to Windows Live Messenger (MSN) users to change their details was triggered by an internal blunder in the U.S. Also, from the blogosphere: MSN message looks like a phish, smells like a phish - but isn't CEO explains Symantec's plan to survive recession Enrique Salem, who this week took the reigns of Symantec, spoke to a packed hall at Storage Networking World about his company's plans to focus on technologies like thin provisioning and data deduplication, which can help companies better utilize the assets they have in order to stave off purchasing more hardware. Computerworld Editor-in-Chief Scot Finnie and Storage Editor Lucas Mearian sat down with CEO Salem at SNW to ask him about his vision for Symantec, what IT security threats may lie ahead and how the recession is affecting the high tech industry. Ex-Qwest CEO Nacchio ordered to prison April 14 Former Qwest Communications International CEO Joseph Nacchio has been ordered to prison next Tuesday after a federal court in Colorado denied his request to remain out on bail. Fusion-io lands $47 million to ramp up development of flash storage Flash storage start-up Fusion-io has had a big start to 2009, remaking its management team with former Apple guru Steve Wozniak and just this week landing a $47.5 million funding round. Is Outsourcing Cost-Effective? For years now, companies have rushed to find cheap labor and increased profits in foreign lands. The move was a play to make bottom-lines blacker, company coffers deeper and corporations safer. The thinking was that global corporations would be more secure and more profitable if their operations were spread amongst many economies rather than anchored to one. But given the domino failures in economies worldwide, has offshore outsourcing helped or harmed enterprises in the final count? Telecom provider pleads guilty to bribery charge Latin Node, a provider of telecommunications services to Latin America and other countries, has pleaded guilty to violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in connection with millions of dollars in bribes paid to telecom officials in Honduras and Yemen, the U.S. Department of Justice said. CIOs split on Cisco blades vs. HP networking: survey A UBS survey of just over 100 CIOs found an even split on whether Cisco and its new blades, or HP's networking momentum would have greater success over the next five years. Ninety-four of the 104 CIOs surveyed were from the US and Europe. Cisco, others, benefit from carrier Ethernet spending File this under, it ain't all bad. Despite the deep cuts in spending expected this year due to the global economic recession, service providers will still increase spending on carrier Ethernet equipment by double digit percentages, according to Infonetics Research. That can only be good news to Cisco and every other vendor making and selling carrier Ethernet gear. Monitor devices, go green and save money Ron Barrett has found ServersCheck Monitoring Appliace, which would allow a network administrator to monitor up to 100 devices with a single appliance that is energy efficient, loaded with features, easy to manage and…fits in the palm of your hand. Slideshow: Are you an IT geezer? (and we mean that in a good way) Yeah, the new generation knows Facebook, Android and Twitter. But what about ISDN, SNA and X.25? Video: Pressure sensor adds urgency to mobile calls When your phone rings, most often you don’t know whether its an urgent phone call or just a friend who wants to chat. A prototype on display at Boston’s Computer Human Interface conference plans to change that. April giveaways galore Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. |
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