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Cisco: Customers drove us to block Microsoft/Skype
Cisco's appeal of the European Commission's approval of the $8.5 billion Microsoft/Skype union is customer driven, Cisco CEO John Chambers said this week. Read More


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Why Server Virtualization Demands and End-user's Perspective
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Ultimate Man vs. Computer: Garry Kasparov, Deep Blue and the Internet
Garry Kasparov battled IBM's Deep Blue 16 years ago in February, but that was just the beginning Read More

How to go hybrid
When online marketing firm Hubspot started in 2006, the company's IT needs were not very taxing, but they expanded quickly as the company realized success. Read More

World's most massive supercomputer needed for colossal space telescope
The world's biggest planned radio telescope will need the world's most massive supercomputer to crunch its data - think more than 15 million iPods worth of power and storage according to one of the group's developing systems for the ambitious project. Read More

36 state Attorneys General question Google privacy changes
36 state Attorneys General Wednesday questioned Google's decision to change its privacy policies. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel

Benefits of Private Cloud and Infrastructure as a Service
This solution brief will help you understand the benefits of the HP CloudSystem Matrix which provides a unified solotion for physical and virtual environments that's perfectly suited as an IT consolidation platform. Learn more

A10 CEO spells out application delivery controller advantage and next steps
A10 has built a solid business in the application delivery controller (ADC) market, but its platform also supports IPv6 migration and many cloud requirements, nicely positioning the company for the future. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently sat down with A10 founder and CEO Lee Chen for a company update. Chen, who was co-founder of Foundry Networks, says A10 already has 1,700 customers and more than 7,000 devices deployed. Read More

Extreme ships 192-port 40G Ethernet switch
Extreme Networks this week said its BlackDiamond X8 core switch is now generally available, nine months after announcement and four months after customer trials. Read More

Again with the tweeting from the operating room
I have tweeted ... 4,560 times to be exact. And I have had open heart surgery ... only once, thankfully. So I consider myself something of an expert when I say that these two activities ought not be conducted at the same time ... even if you happen to be the one holding the scalpel instead of the one under anesthesia. However, doctors at a hospital in Houston apparently disagree with me. Read More

Groups ask FCC to block Verizon spectrum deals with cable providers
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission must block Verizon Wireless from buying wireless spectrum from cable providers because two proposed deals would concentrate too much spectrum in the hands of one company, a coalition of advocacy groups said. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

Responding to New Threats in More Complex IT Environments
As organizations today face the challenge of protecting their valuable data, they must balance that protection with giving business users and customers access to the data. Learn More!

Researcher releases exploit code that can allegedly crash pcAnywhere
Exploit code targeting a newly identified vulnerability in Symantec's pcAnywhere computer remote control product has been published on the Internet, exposing its users to possible attacks that disrupt the software's functionality. Read More

AT&T vs. Verizon: LTE showdown in the Big Apple
Roughly a year after Verizon Wireless established LTE-based 4G mobile phone and data service in New York City, AT&T's rival LTE network is up and running here and in several other cities. Although its average speeds lagged behind Verizon's in my tests, AT&T's 4G LTE service has a lot going for it. Read More

MIT Sloan seeking innovative CIOs, startups for May symposium
The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is seeking nominations for its annual CIO innovations award as well as applications from startups that would like to grab some face time with CIOs at the annual event. Read More

Windows Server 8 to be storage-focused OS
With the beta of Windows Server 8 to be released in the next few weeks, Microsoft executives said the next-generation OS is focused squarely on storage. Read More

FCC chairman calls on ISPs to adopt new security measures
U.S. Internet service providers should take new steps to protect subscribers against cyberattacks, including notifying customers when their computers are compromised, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday. Read More

News Your Way: 10 News Aggregation Apps for Android
These apps turn your phone into your own personalized news ticker. Read More



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