Complexity of IT systems will be our undoing

	Cisco rolls out social network monitoring software | HP unfurls Instant-On initiative
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	Complexity of IT systems will be our undoing Roger Sessions argues that the increasing complexity of our IT systems will be our undoing. In fact, he just recently got a patent for a methodology that helps deal with complex IT systems. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Sessions to get his take on the extent of the problem and possible solutions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Managing Network Bandwidth to Maximize Performance This white paper describes how to leverage best practices to monitor, baseline, and manage the network bandwidth and performance. It also highlights how to identify and eliminate issues such as unwanted traffic, unwanted protocols, and network problems with factory default switch configurations. Read now! In this Issue Cisco rolls out social network monitoring software HP unfurls Instant-On initiative New domain names near milestone Force10 throws hat into 40G Ethernet ring Tell us about your APM practices (and get a $5 Starbucks card) Geoslavery: Location-awareness gone wrong? New browser add-on turns back IE's clock to 2001 Will Oracle acquire a networking company? FCC dishes tips to overcharged Verizon users WHITE PAPER: Vyatta Integrating Services at the Edge Independent throughput test showing the packet processing performance of Intel's Xeon quad core processors using the Vyatta Network OS. Read now! Cisco rolls out social network monitoring software Cisco this week unveiled software designed to let companies track customers and prospects on social media networks like Twitter, Facebook, blogs and other public forums and sites. Read More HP unfurls Instant-On initiative HP this week took the wraps off a new cross-company initiative that packages its hardware, software and services in an effort to help large enterprises reduce IT complexity and become more responsive to the needs of the business and customers. Read More New domain names near milestone Internet policymakers appear to be in the home stretch on a controversial plan to add hundreds of new domain name extensions -- such as .nyc, .africa and .sport -- that could forever alter the e-commerce landscape. Read More WHITE PAPER: Hitachi HDS, clouds and the enterprise storage renaissance Vendors are being asked to deliver a new class of enterprise storage that will satisfy increasingly demanding requirements for not just new and improved technology, but for transformational technology that can deliver new levels of performance, efficiency and scale. Read Now Force10 throws hat into 40G Ethernet ring Force10 is making good on its earlier promise to provide "end-to-end" 40Gbps Ethernet capabilities by unveiling a data center switch and switch module that support the new high-speed standard. Read More Tell us about your APM practices (and get a $5 Starbucks card) NetForecast is surveying enterprises about their application performance management practices. We'll assess the effect good practices have on improving performance outcomes, and then write the results up in a Network World article. We want your input -- and to entice you to participate, we're offering a free Starbucks' gift card to the first 100 survey participants. Read More Geoslavery: Location-awareness gone wrong? Could enhanced surveillance via geospatial technology and location-aware cell phones bring on geoslavery? Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power A Framework to Visualize the Data Center Increasing rack density makes it critical to understand environmental characteristics around weight, heating, cooling and power. Flat-file data center planning and management tools can't Read Now New browser add-on turns back IE's clock to 2001 A startup led by people who worked with and at Microsoft on Internet Explorer will soon release an add-on that lets customers run the aged IE6 within the newer IE8 browser. Read More Will Oracle acquire a networking company? There is a lot of momentum behind the belief that the future of IT is based on tightly integrating the key components of IT such as networking, servers and storage. In our last newsletter we discussed Oracle's rumored acquisition of EMC.  We are going to use the next few newsletters to continue the discussion of Oracle's possible acquisition of EMC and look at what some of the other industry giants are doing. Read More FCC dishes tips to overcharged Verizon users The Federal Communications Commission does not want you to pay $1.99 for that GB of data you never used. Read More
	Fill out a survey, get rewarded Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. Goodies from the Subnets We've got SharePoint 2010 training for up to three people from Webucator up for grabs. There's an iPad available, too. Enter to win one! SLIDESHOWS The Google Android Quiz Android OS, with its openness, readily developed applications and flexibility has anchored a new wave of mobile devices that are rapidly gaining popularity. Here's a quiz about the operating system, its devices and history to see how well you really know it. Keep score and rank yourself at the end. 25 hot products from new IT companies Network World's 25 New IT Companies to Watch are building a broad array of new IT products for the cloud computing and virtualization age. Here's a look at the 25 new IT companies and the technologies they're offering. MOST-READ STORIES Father of Firesheep fires away after wild week in Wi-Fi security TSA: Show us your body or we'll feel you up Sony BMG rootkit scandal: 5 years later IT certifications that matter Testing your destination imagination Firefox add-on Firesheep brings hacking to the masses How to protect against Firesheep attacks Cops: Hacker posted stolen X-rated pics on Facebook Stormy Peters leaves GNOME: joins Mozilla Antivirus software didn't help in zero-day malware attack
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