News podcast: Network World 360 NeuStar confirmed that some of its UltraDNS managed DNS service customers were knocked offline for several hours Tuesday morning by a distributed denial of service attack. Also, global IT spending is expected to decline nearly 4% in 2009 over the previous year as industry watchers confirm the current recession will see more losses than the dot-com bust in 2001, Gartner reports. (6:14) Follow Network World on Twitter for top stories. Is the Internet doomed to fail? Has the Internet passed its "use-by" date? There are worrying signs that the Internet's architecture may not be able to scale effectively much longer. Top 10 April Fool's Day Fake News Items Every year, the first of April is a time for an incredibly amount of creativity online. And today, April Fool's Day, will not disappoint. Plus: Google's April Fools 2009 IETF offers phony end-to-end NAT idea Windows server targets branch, small office users Microsoft Wednesday rounded out its server lineup for small and midsized businesses by releasing Windows Foundations. Does the iPhone belong in corporate networks? The right mobile handset for business use depends greatly on the organization that’s deploying them, according to participants in a peer-group session at VoiceCon Orlando. Report: HP may build Android netbooks Hewlett-Packard Co. may build netbook PCs running Google Inc.'s Linux-based Android operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Microsoft says phones are bad Microsoft used its VoiceCon Orlando keynote today to attack the desk phone and traditional telephony vendors in general as a hindrance to cost savings that businesses need to realize in order to deal effectively with the bad economy. 25 Computer Products That Refuse to Die Old computer products, like old soldiers, never die. They stay on the market--even though they haven't been updated in eons. Or their names get slapped on new products that are available only outside the U.S. Or obsessive fans refuse to accept that they're obsolete--long after the rest of the world has moved on. Alcatel shows off IP core for LTE networks Alcatel-Lucent on Wednesday was set to introduce its Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a set of network components that will help to power the LTE network of Verizon Wireless and other mobile operators. Rackable buying SGI for $25 million Rackable Systems said Wednesday it plans to buy the assets of bankrupt Silicon Graphics (SGI) for roughly US$25 million in cash and will also assume certain liabilities. 3 Free, Easy Ways To Protect Your Network Whether the Conficker worm booms or fizzles, take it as a reminder to keep your networks safe. You could spend money on a security consultant--which isn't such a bad investment if helpful--but here are three free tricks to increase your network's security. |
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