| Follow Network World on Twitter and never miss a tweet. Rogue SharePoint sites pose security menace
Gartner estimates that 30% of SharePoint servers are rogue deployments, launched by business managers without the IT department's knowledge. Cisco security updates squash router bugs
Cisco has released eight security updates for the Internetwork Operating System (IOS) software used to power its routers. Verizon offering full virtualization consulting, implementation services
Verizon Business is now offering a full package of virtualization services that range from assessing potential server consolidation all the way to deploying and managing virtualized servers. Ovum projects explosion in mobile broadband users by 2014
Mobile broadband revenues will explode over the next five years as mobile broadband users are projected to total 2 billion by 2014, says IT research firm Ovum. IT security on the cheap
IT security freebies and cheap solutions include leaning on interns, using Twitter and other Web 2.0 tools, and even enticing employees to act in awareness videos. Google triumvirate sticks with $1 salaries, no bonuses or stock options
Google CEO Eric Schmidt didn't receive a bonus or any new stock or option awards in 2008. Nor did Larry Page or Sergey Brin, who each took a $1 salary and nothing more. Intel raises the bar in server chips with Nehalem
Intel's upcoming Xeon server chips incorporate significant advancements that could form the basis for future chips that could handle high-performance computing tasks, analysts said. U.S. isn't falling behind in broadband
James Lakely of The Heartland Institute, a think tank promoting public policy based on individual liberty, limited government and free markets, argues that the broadband stimulus bill would spend billions of tax dollars on a problem that doesn't exist. We hear a lot these days about how America is falling behind the rest of the world in both access to and speed of broadband Internet connections. Don't believe it, especially when politicians use such studies to justify spending taxpayers' money to fill the imaginary gap. Obama uses Web to solicit questions from public
President Barack Obama plans to answer questions on Thursday that were submitted to the White House through Google Moderator. Plus: watch the video Report: IBM poised to cut more U.S. jobs
IBM is planning to cut "a large number" of U.S. jobs in its Global Business Services division, with many positions being switched over to workers in India, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. Should You Upgrade to Faster Wi-Fi?
There's a new Wi-Fi option waiting in the wings. Enterprise vendors such as Motorola and Cisco have recently started promoting gear that supports the 802.11n specification, which runs at about 100Mbps. Meanwhile, the next generation standard--802.11n 450, based on chip sets made by Marvell, could easily top 200Mbps of throughput under ideal conditions. Even Cisco makes mistakes
Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese shares a Cisco rival's take on five bad technology moves that the company has made in the last 10 years. Sagging enterprise sales plague Cisco rival Juniper
Channel partners are finding that Juniper customers are more demanding in terms of cost savings, and competition is more intense. Could this indicate a tough Q1 for Cisco as well? Buzzblog: The FCC teaches me a lesson: Don't complain
Four separate times over the course of eight densely typewritten pages, the letter from the Federal Communications Commission to me mentions the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Allow me to fully explain the irony. Podcast: Lessons Learned 10 Years After Melissa Virus
The virus named after an exotic dancer on March 26, 1999, helped kick off a bunch of high-profile threats that changed the security and IT world rapidly. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the virus, Keith Shaw talks with Symantec's Kevin Haley about lessons that security vendors, IT and end users have learned about viruses and worms over the past decade. (8:13) SQL Server BITS Conference upcoming
Microsoft Subnet blogger Ross Mistry wants all to know that SQL Server BITS, one of the biggest SQL Server Conferences in Europe, will be held on March 28 at the Manchester Metropolitan University. There will be 28 SQL Server sessions by industry experts. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31. | 
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