Is the Internet doomed to fail?; Analyzing Twitter with Excel; Do I own my machine?

Voices of Networking NetworkWorld.com | Network Management Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Dell Firm Grows Business While Trimming Servers The Maxol markets a comprehensive range of oil and petroleum products to all sectors of the Irish market. Maxol used the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise operating system featuring Hyper-V virtualization technology to consolidate 22 servers to 6 servers, an 80 percent reduction. Spotlight Story Is the Internet doomed to fail? By Johna Till Johnson 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. Read full story Related News: Ashley: 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. 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Gaskin: Project Spring Cleaning 2009 Technology needs spring cleaning just like rugs and garages. The trick today is to focus on security and maintenance issues that get ignored during normal work days. Set aside some time now to clean up and your ... Talking Tech: Unified communications is here to stay CDW's recent unified communications tracking poll found that 53% of businesses, government agencies and healthcare and educational institutions are either actively implementing or planning to implement UC solutions. In ... Antonopoulos: Do I own my machine? The built-in Webcam light is on. It shouldn't be on. I'm not using any recording, video-conferencing or photo applications. Why is it on? Is someone watching me? It's at times like this I get the eerie feeling that I ... 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