TechWeb Networking Update - Friday, Apr 24, 2009
(Table of Contents)
*T-Mobile Aiming For Smarter Grid
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*Universities Get $5 Million To Tap IBM-Google Cloud
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*Emulex 'Reviewing' Broadcom's Takeover Offer
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*VMware, Virtualizing Data Center, Looks To Cloud
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*Broadcom Issues $764 Million Bid To Acquire Emulex
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( Today's Top Story)
T-Mobile Aiming For Smarter Grid
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The carrier's embedded SIMs will enable smart meters on a low-voltage transformer to communicate back to the utility over a smart grid.
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The Best Of The New
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The vendors that made our first-ever InformationWeek Startup 50 list solve critical IT problems, cut costs, and improve operations. Each of these companies makes a strong case that now is the time to try something new, with proper vetting.
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(Today's Most Popular Stories)
Apple Apology For Baby Shaker Criticized
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The application, which depicts a crying baby, has users quiet the infant by vigorously shaking the smartphone.
Researchers Find Massive Botnet On Nearly 2 Million Infected Consumer, Business, Government PCs
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More than 70 government-owned domains hit, and nearly half of the overall infections are in the U.S.
AMD Refreshes Dragon Platform For PC Enthusiasts
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The quad-core Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition has a clock speed of 3.2 GHz and can be taken to higher speeds using AMD's OverDrive 3.0 technology.
Putting Public Social Networks To Work For Business
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Companies are exploiting public social networking sites for valid business purposes. However, a lack of enterprise-class controls makes management of users akin to herding cats. By adopting strong policies for business use of public social networks, small and midsize businesses can maximize value and safeguard against inappropriate connections between personal and business contacts.
AMD Leans On More Cores To Best Intel
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Unable to match its rival's volume, AMD hopes to attract buyers with server processors like its upcoming Opteron "Istanbul" that offer a better performance per watt.
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Intelligent Enterprise Reader Priorities Survey 2009
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According to our survey, there's growing support among both management and end users to move toward more centralized data management. But, a significant number of companies still struggle with application, process, and data owners who resist giving up control of "their" data.
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(Editor's Picks)
BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of emerging technologies.
UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize communications among sponsors, investment managers and service providers.
DTCC Launches New ID Net Service
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The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed institutional equity trades, the utility said.
(Networking News of the Week)
Universities Get $5 Million To Tap IBM-Google Cloud
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National Science Foundation grant recipients will explore image processing, large-scale data analysis, improving the Internet, human genome sequencing, and other areas.
Emulex 'Reviewing' Broadcom's Takeover Offer
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The target of an unsolicited $764 million takeover bid by Broadcom, Emulex is examining its options, the Fibre Channel storage networking company said in a statement.
VMware, Virtualizing Data Center, Looks To Cloud
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The vSphere 4 suite is meant to help the enterprise generate an internal cloud of x86 servers, then align it with external clouds.
Broadcom Issues $764 Million Bid To Acquire Emulex
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A deal would bring the companies' networking and storage technologies under one roof. In December, Emulex rebuffed Broadcom's overtures.
Standards Matter: The Battle For Interoperability Goes On
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We all say we want our gear to work together, but are you willing to hold vendors accountable for breaking faith?
(Breaking News)
Stress Tests May Stress Banks’ Ability to Raise Funds
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Liberty Bank Picks COCC for Core Conversion
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Apple's iPhone App Store Logs Billionth Download
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The person who downloaded the billionth app will get $10,000 in iTunes credit, a 17-inch MacBook Pro, a 32-GB iPod Touch, and a Time Capsule backup system.
Yahoo Pulls The Plug On GeoCities
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The move comes a few days after Yahoo said it would lay off
nearly 700 workers, or 5 percent of its workforce.
How iPhone 3.0 May Revolutionize The Smartphone Industry
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* D. E. Shaw Research seeking Software Developer at New York, NY
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* University of Nevada seeking PeopleSoft Developer in Reno, NV
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* BP seeking Information Manager in Houston, TX
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