Products of the Week Our round-up of intriguing new products from Vyatta, Sun, Isilon among others. Follow Network World on Twitter and never miss a tweet. Apple previews version 3.0 of iPhone OS Apple Tuesday unveiled a software development kit with more than 1,000 new programming interfaces for iPhone developers, and scores of UI and other changes in version 3.0 of the iPhone operating system. The last Internet Explorer? This Microsoft Subnet blog has noted recently that IE8 is destined to be an "optional" feature in Windows 7 - but then there's the bloggy speculation that IE8 might actually even be the last version of Internet Explorer ever. Major shift to cloud IT services inevitable, IDC says IT infrastructure and services delivered over the cloud will be ubiquitous within five years, and vendors that ignore the shift from on-premises software to... Whatever Happened to UWB? Mathias: The announcement yesterday by the WiMedia Alliance that they would hand off further development of ultra-wideband (UWB) to (most notably) the Bluetooth SIG and two other organizations, the Wireless USB Promoter Group and the USB Implementers Forum, and then go out of business seemingly indicates that UWB is in trouble, and it well may be. Cybersquatting Still Lucrative in Bad Economy Unlike many economies around the globe, the criminal industry of cybersquatting and brand abuse saw no downturn in 2008. Cisco rivals size up UCS with usual reaction: caveat emptor Cisco's networking competitors weighed in on the company's new unified data center platform with the predictable reaction: buyer beware. Beta tester Savvis talks up Cisco's UCS architecture Savvis CTO Bryan Doerr talks about Cisco's Unified Computing System platform and next-generation data center architectures. Video: Cisco's UCS: A closer look Cisco, with a crowd of partners, introduced a data center architecture on Monday that it says will make IT infrastructure simpler and more efficient. Cisco unified computing vs. a zero-capex world Reese: Congratulations to Cisco for decommoditizing a commodity with the introduction of its new Unified Computing System (UCS). The UCS architectural and integration strategy will help Cisco keep its gross margins above 60% while also opening up a vast new market for Cisco. 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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