| World's most efficient supercomputer gets to work Satellite launches are a noisy affair especially for the satellite atop the rocket. Vibration and noise, unless compensated, could render it useless before it reaches orbit so researchers spend a lot of time on complex computer simulations that help them insulate the delicate craft. Now those simulations are about to get much more accurate thanks to a new supercomputer that began work this week in Japan. New data center is a go Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris emerges from the "war room" to implement the final stages of his company's new data center. Cloud Security Alliance formed to promote best practices A group calling itself the Cloud Security Alliance announced its formation Tuesday, with eBay and ING as founding members. Xerox outsources management of data centers to India's HCL Indian outsourcer HCL Technologies is to offer data center services to Xerox under a six-year contract. Exit Strategy When the IT world looks back at 2008, it will certainly remember the global financial crisis. But it will also likely link that time frame with the takeoff of cloud computing -- the engine behind more conferences, conversations and marketing collateral than seemingly any other technology in development today. 5 Tactics Microsoft Is Using To Battle Linux for Cloud Dominance Mitchell Ashley commentates the fight between Microsoft and Linux to see who will come out of the cloud on top. In his Microsoft Subnet blog he examines five strategies Microsoft has done to be the victorious vendor. Cloud computing vendors converge on standard definition, goals Cloud computing vendors are moving toward a common definition and forming industry groups to collaborate on building cloud technologies. Cisco backs Open Cloud Manifesto Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese looks at Cisco's support for the Open Cloud Manifesto -- even though the Rolling Stones are singing another tune. Siemens launches cloud experiment at VoiceCon Siemens' unified-communications-in-the-cloud experiment with Amazon.com could result in services that avoid capital costs and provide an easy exit plan if customers decide to bail out of individual service elements. Enterprise Windows 7 users will get option to keep XP PC vendors, with Microsoft's consent, will reportedly allow enterprise users to downgrade to XP. Atom netbook chip propels Intel to top of market The success of Intel's Atom microprocessor, used mainly in netbooks, helped the chip maker gain market share in every quarter of 2008 and could carry the company this year as well. Intel CEO Otellini joins call for action on climate change Intel CEO Paul Otellini joined a call on Thursday for Group of Twenty (G-20) finance ministers and central bank governors to implement policies that encourage investment in environmentally friendly technologies and agree on a more effective climate treaty, the only head of a major high-technology to sign the letter drafted by the Copenhagen Climate Council. Windows server targets branch, small office users Microsoft Wednesday rounded out its server lineup for small and midsized businesses by releasing Windows Foundations. Windows Foundation Server: Not an April's Fool joke Microsoft today released yet another version of Windows Server 2008 geared toward small businesses and branch offices called Windows Foundation Server. Foundations is an ultra low-cost version without a lot of fancy extras. Podcast: Pushing Beyond 100G Ethernet Professor Harvey Newman from the California Institute of Technology joins us to talk about his recent experiment that delivered the first true 100 Gigabit payload transmission over a single wavelength, and where Ethernet is headed in the future - to Terabit and beyond! (14:08) April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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