End-of-the-decade technology quiz Test yourself on the biggest, best, wackiest tech events since the turn of the century (slideshow). Will 2010 be the year of IPv6? Despite significant growth in 2009, IPv6 still represents less than 1% of all Internet traffic. Tech mergers and acquisitions to grow in 2010 After a glacially slow start to 2009 in the mergers and acquisitions market, tech companies are buying again. Cisco will be hard pressed to match 2009 2009 started with a bang and ended with a bash for Cisco. The company entered the data center blade server market in the beginning of the year and ended it with two acquisitions worth a combined $6.3 billion. Microsoft's 2010 task: Make the cloud clear For Microsoft, 2010 is a platform building and marketing year with no less than the future success of its cloud strategy hanging in the balance, according to observers. Top 10 Buzzblog posts of 2009 From a typo dropping Sweden off the Internet to Best Buy determining that Twitter proficiency is a job qualification, the year 2009 here on Buzzblog offered an unusually wide range of wonder and weirdness. Here's a slideshow of the top 10 posts based on the number of eyeballs that landed on them. Must-have IT management technologies for 2010 As more companies expand virtualization deployments and consider cloud computing, the average IT environment will grow ever more complex. For enterprise IT managers in 2010, that means more tools. Open source, Linux set for unheralded coronation in 2010 Arguably the biggest prediction for 2010 around open source and Linux is that most end-users likely won't even talk about it or even think about it. But that won't be a death knell; it's a coronation The top 10 technology stories of 2009 Windows 7, Chrome, Twitter and Droid make for another busy year in tech. 13 of Microsoft's most important product releases for 2009 One surprise release stunned the industry (slideshow). Nortel in '09: Dismantling of a tech stalwart This year saw the slow, painful dismantling of Nortel. Its gradual exit from the tech scene played out the entire year, as each month brought news of more layoffs, markdowns or sell-offs. Whitelisting made strides in 2009 When McAfee bought Solidcore, it was a clear sign that whitelisting is gaining acceptance. But not all users are happy about the trend. Don't expect fireworks from LTE in 2010 While LTE is without a doubt one of the most hyped mobile data standards to come along in quite some time, you probably shouldn't expect the 4G network technology to make a big impact in 2010. 2009: Social networks go mainstream Social networks entered the big time in 2009 as tools once used only by teenagers and college students were widely embraced by their parents and grandparents. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: John Chambers says big is back and Cisco is the example and Howard Schmidt Appointed as New Cybersecurity Coordinator; On Microsoft Subnet Microsoft loses appeal: injunction against selling MS Word reinstated; On Google Subnet: Google Doodles 2009: a year in review. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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