Thursday, April 09, 2009

Feds join Twitter revolution; Cisco buys Tidal; Conficker updated; This week's 25 most-read stories

Conficker, the Internet's No. 1 threat, gets an update; Users warned of virtualization's 'dark side'
Network World logo

Daily News PM Alert

NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile


Sponsored by Oracle
rule

The Cost of Securing your Database
Make the most of IT security and compliance dollars by ensuring your databases are secure. Get concrete tips and recommendations in this Live Webcast sponsored by Oracle, scheduled for Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT. Learn how to cost-effectively safeguard sensitive and regulated information. Register for this Live Webcast now.

rule

Spotlight Story
Feds join Twitter revolution

Carolyn Duffy Marsan By Carolyn Duffy Marsan
Twitter is taking flight in unlikely skies: the U.S. federal government. Read full story

Related News:

Follow Network World on Twitter for stories handpicked by Executive Online Editor Jeff Caruso.

News podcast: Network World 360
Brocade has unveiled a switch and network adapters that join Fibre Channel over Ethernet and Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) into one platform. Have cyberspies from China and Russia penetrated the U.S. electrical grid with the intent of being able to disrupt it in a time of conflict? That’s what a Wall Street Journal article asserts, based on unnamed sources. (4:48)

Cisco to buy Tidal Software for $105 million
Cisco will pay approximately $105 million in cash and retention-based incentives for Tidal Software, which makes application management and automation software.

Conficker, the Internet's No. 1 threat, gets an update
Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defenses while also trying to attack more machines.

Users warned of virtualization's 'dark side'
Users are paying little attention to some of the downsides of virtualization in their haste to reap the benefits that the technology can bring.

This week's 25 most-read stories

1. 10 eye-catching gadgets at CTIA
2. Top 10 technology skills
3. Afraid of losing your job to a younger, cheaper IT worker?
4. 15 secrets of next-gen browsers
5. Apple seen readying huge Wi-Fi boost for iPod Touch, iPhone
6. Bill would give Obama power to shut down Internet, networks during cyber attacks
7. CEO payday: How much tech chiefs made in '08
8. 10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble
9. 10 ways the Chinese Internet is different from yours
10. FBI claims ISP stole millions from AT&T, Verizon

11. 5 best router and switch features you never use
12. Blackberry Storm Needs Bailout And Stimulus Package
13. Sun made colossal mistake in turning down IBM offer, analysts say
14. Internet-wide problem to be revealed at conference
15. Palm Pre vs. Apple iPhone: How they stack up
16. Netscape alums tackle cloud storage
17. Collapse of IBM/Sun deal could leave Sun without a suitor, analysts say
18. Cyberspies have compromised U.S. power grid, newspaper reports
19. Are you an IT geezer? (and we mean that in a good way)
20. A Wi-Fi virus outbreak? Researchers say it's possible

21. Should Cisco move on Sun?
22. Economy forcing 'spoiled' generation to grow up
23. 20 free software favorites
24. Largest high-tech tornado chase ever set to spin
25. Cries of protest, censorship greet news of cybersecurity bill


App to no good
10 iPhone apps that could get you into troubleA look at the top 10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble.

CEO payday breakdown
CEO payday: How much tech chiefs made in '08A detailed account of how much tech chiefs made in 2008.

Sponsored by Oracle
rule

The Cost of Securing your Database
Make the most of IT security and compliance dollars by ensuring your databases are secure. Get concrete tips and recommendations in this Live Webcast sponsored by Oracle, scheduled for Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT. Learn how to cost-effectively safeguard sensitive and regulated information. Register for this Live Webcast now.

rule

Accurately Troubleshoot your Apps
Optimize your application troubleshooting efforts with the best practices described in this whitepaper, "Application Troubleshooting Guide." Eliminate finger pointing between departments. Find out how to isolate the source of application performance problems and what to look for when troubleshooting. Get all of the details today.
Download this whitepaper now.


Compare Network Management Products
Get side-by-side product comparisons, buying tips, market trend information, case studies and more with Network World's Network Management Product Guide.
Visit now

 

04/09/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Report: Nokia Siemens bids for much of Nortel
  2. 10 eye-catching gadgets at CTIA
  3. Internet-wide problem to be revealed at conference
  4. Cyberspies have compromised U.S. power grid
  5. FBI claims ISP stole millions from AT&T, Verizon
  6. Researcher's death casts pall over major TCP fix
  7. Nortel expands its NAC offerings
  8. Sun made colossal mistake in turning down IBM offer
  9. Pentagon cyber defense bill: $100 million in six months
  10. Conficker, the Internet's No.1 threat, gets an update
  11. Students learn through robot battles


Network World on Twitter: Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news


Complimentary DNS newsletter
Sign-up today and receive the latest DNS news and analysis. This newsletter provides deep insight into this murky area and offers ways to understand and mitigate risk with better management and control of your domain, email and DNS.
Sign up now



IT Buyers guide

 


This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com

Complimentary Subscriptions Available
for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues
of Network World Magazines, in print or
electronic format, free of charge, Apply here.

Terms of Service/Privacy

 

Subscription Services Update your profile
To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network
World newsletter, change your e-mail
address or contact us, click here.

Unsubscribe

Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701
Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009

www.networkworld.com

 

 



No comments: