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Network World Daily News: AM, 07/23/07 HP to acquire Opsware in $1.6 billion deal
HP to acquire data center automation vendor Opsware to help customers reduce the complexity of managing sophisticated application environments. Cisco facing up to challenges
As Cisco prepares to meet with thousands of customers at this week's Networkers conference in Anaheim, Calif., it is facing several challenges: Sales to U.S. enterprises are slowing, forcing the company to look for growth overseas; margins are eroding in some markets; the company faces new low-cost competitors; and its core technologies are becoming increasingly commoditized. Duke CIO releases statement on wireless disruptions
Duke University has posted a statement on its Web site saying that a “particular set of conditions made the Duke wireless network experience some minor and temporary disruptions in service.” But the precise cause of the problem has not yet been disclosed, except to clear Apple’s iPhone of any responsibility. | Manage Skyrocketing Storage The data on your network is growing at a rapid pace that's only going to increase. Download Network World's latest Executive Guide and get the practical, real-world advice and insider information you need to best manage and meet your storage demands and industry regulations. Click here to download. | | Duke's iPhone wireless mystery sparks debate, rants, ponderings and Osmond Brothers nostalgia
When Apple's iPhone starting messing up parts of Duke University's wireless LAN, readers and bloggers took note and gave voice. Security team claims successful iPhone hack
A team of security experts in Baltimore, Md., said it has found a flaw in Apple's iPhone handset that can be used by attackers to access private data stored on it. Microsoft's historic February '08 event a few products shy of a rollout
On Feb. 27, 2008, Microsoft has slated a "launch event" in Los Angeles that features the newest versions of its most popular enterprise products: Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. New U.S. WiMAX partners aim to match 700MHz
With wider national coverage than either company could have had on its own, Sprint Nextel and Clearwire say they can achieve on their joint WiMAX network some of what Google and others want to see in the prized 700MHz band. Ooma offers free long distance forever
VoIP start-up Ooma will offer free long-distance service in the United States for customers of its VoIP conversion appliance. The company competes against traditional carriers and VoIP providers such as Vonage. Mayer: Translation, universal search Google's future
Universal search and automated translation are big parts of Google's future, a company executive said Friday in Beijing. Google invests in home cell-station vendor
Femtocells, an emerging technology for improving cellular coverage in homes and enterprises, have attracted the interest of none other than Google. Open XML recovers from brief setback to ISO approval
Microsoft's quest to have Open XML approved by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) as a global technology standard seems to have recovered from a setback it suffered last week, as both sides of the Open XML-ODF debate shore up arguments as the final vote to approve Open XML nears. Blogs Buzzblog: Microsoft 'revives' root certficates that users distrust and kill
Want to eliminate an untrustworthy root certificate in Windows XP? Go ahead, but Windows may revive it and restore the certificate to its trusted status without asking or informing you, according to security expert Paul Hoffman. In Vista, they can't be killed at all. "If you are in an organization that needs to delete a root, it is very serious," says Hoffman. On the eve of its annual Networkers lovefest Cisco confirmed that a "Cisco-based network issue" caused iPhones to flood Duke University's wireless LAN. Cisco failed to provide any other details or issue general fixes as of late Friday, leaving other organizations worried that they too will face similar problems. A reader of the FT's interview with John Chambers questions the validity of his reference of the lower number of U.S. graduates compared to the numbers produced in India and China. Today on Layer 8, where natural disasters tend to make us hide under our desks:
Giving emergency first responders, scientists and the general public a real-time measurement of disasters or emergencies as well as near-real-time predictions of the path of tornados or hurricanes or to foretell the most likely direction of a toxic plume released by an industrial accident or terrorist incident - are all purview of a service rolled out this week courtesy of The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Supercomputing Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego. | 
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