10 things seen and heard at VMworld; Botnet takedown may yield valuable data

	Botnet takedown may yield valuable data | Brocade set to unveil 100G Ethernet
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	VMworld 2010: Virtualization, The Matrix, and the VMware/Microsoft rivalry VMware's VMworld has quickly become one of the most important business technology conferences of the year. Held at San Francisco's Moscone Center Monday through Thursday of this week, the conference had its share of highlights and interesting facts. Here are 10 things seen and heard at VMworld. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP From 600 Servers to 130 Learn how SIRVA Inc. slashed IT operational expense and capital spend and boosted performance by consolidating their data centers, modernizing to blade technology, and virtualizing servers using HP Converged Infrastructure. Read Now In this Issue Botnet takedown may yield valuable data Brocade set to unveil 100G Ethernet IBM X-Force backs-off Google as major patch offender Join Network World's group on LinkedIn As Earl looms, tips to batten down IT Wikileaks servers move to nuclear bunker under Stockholm Microsoft's IE loses momentum, drops market share Blue Coat brings in new CEO Microsoft revives Windows 7 Family Pack discount Apple releases redesigned iPod nano, shuffle WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Getting the Right Foundation: Unified Communications Gartner has identified 16 features that comprise a complete UC system. Learn what they are and how you can build an infrastructure that integrates the best applications into a seamless UC environment and eliminates islands of communication. Read More! Botnet takedown may yield valuable data Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam. Read More Brocade set to unveil 100G Ethernet Brocade will soon unveil 100Gbps Ethernet additions to its switching and routing product line, in what the company claims is its most significant Ethernet/IP product rollout since acquiring Foundry Networks in 2008. Read More IBM X-Force backs-off Google as major patch offender IBM has overhauled its list of worst security patchers among software vendors, putting Microsoft at the top of its list and shifting Sun from No. 1 to No. 5. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xerox Cutting through complexity at Reuters Reuters, the world's largest news agency, implemented managed print services that reduced the total cost of their printer fleet by up to 19% per year while increasing user satisfaction and productivity. Read Now. Join Network World's group on LinkedIn Why join Network World's LinkedIn group? You can have interesting discussions with your peers, managed by Network World editors. You can make new contacts in your industry. It looks good on your profile. And of course, it's free. Join today. Read More As Earl looms, tips to batten down IT With forecasters predicting a very active hurricane season, experts say IT managers must review business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ensure to prepare for potential power outages and data center damage. Read More Wikileaks servers move to nuclear bunker under Stockholm The Wikileaks whistleblowing website has reportedly moved its server hosting to a Cold War bunker deep under the streets of Stockholm. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xerox Global consistency, from contracts to billing. One of the world's top manufacturers of mobile phones implemented managed print services that reduced costs and provided needed consistency, functionality and reliability to their worldwide print infrastructure. Read Now. Microsoft's IE loses momentum, drops market share The browser battle returned to what passes for normalcy in August as Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which had a two-month run of usage share gains, lost ground to the usual suspect: Google's Chrome. Read More Blue Coat brings in new CEO Blue Coat Systems has brought in a new CEO, spinning the change as a way to free up outgoing boss Brian Nesmith from the daily grind of managing the company to instead work on product strategy. Read More Microsoft revives Windows 7 Family Pack discount Microsoft says it will revive last year's multi-license Windows 7 Family Pack in early October for U.S. customers. Read More Apple releases redesigned iPod nano, shuffle Steve Jobs made no bones about it as he introduced an entirely new set of iPods on Wednesday: "It's the biggest change in the iPod line-up ever," said Apple's CEO. Read More
	Join us on LinkedIn Discuss the networking issues of the day with your colleagues, via Network World's LinkedIn group. Join today! - Jeff Caruso, Executive Online Editor SLIDESHOWS Are you the corporate geezer? Our first Geezer Quiz in 2009 has been so popular that we've created this new set of questions that will test your memory and perhaps also bring on a wave of nostalgia for the days of minicomputers, X.25 and token ring. Keep score and see how well you do at the end. Enjoy! The hottest virtualization products at VMworld With VMworld kicking off in San Francisco, this is one of the biggest weeks of the year in the virtualization industry. VMware, Citrix, EMC and many other companies are releasing new virtualization technologies or adding virtualization capabilities to existing products. Here's a roundup of what's being announced this week. MOST-READ STORIES Burning Man's open source cell phone system could save the world Cisco patches bug that crashed 1% of Internet Skype under Cisco Security-as-a-service growing Burning Man is proving point for Earth friendly, Linux-based cell tower The hottest virtualization products at VMworld VMware aims to displace Windows with cloud-based desktop app Research experiment disrupts Internet, for some Microsoft: Xbox 360 S the best box we've ever built Paul Allen: MS co-founder, tech pioneer -- patent troll?
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