News podcast: Network World 360 After some fits and starts, IBM has re-tooled its cloud strategy and come up with a set of offerings that should make both the public and private cloud models more appealing to enterprises, analysts say. Also, HP Tuesday announced new software designed to help enterprise IT managers better understand IT spending, and industry watchers say the software could help high-tech decision makers better navigate difficult economic times. (5:49) With unrest in Iran, cyber-attacks begin An apparently ad-hoc cyber protest against the results of recent Iranian elections has knocked key Web sites off-line. Related: Twitter postpones maintenance because of Iran situation Iran protests: Tech tools at work Twitter spearheads Iranian elections coverage Products of the Week Our round-up of intriguing new products from TripWire, Compuware, Lieberman among others. WiMAX corners Atlanta market Clearwire has officially launched its WiMAX network in Atlanta, which the company says will provide services to nearly 3 million people over the span of 1,200 square miles. NeuStar offers temporary fix for Kaminsky bug NeuStar will market its proprietary system for thwarting Web traffic hijacking attacks until standard DNS Security (DNSSEC) mechanisms are deployed widely. Facebook's busiest day ever Facebook experienced its busiest ever day in the UK yesterday (June 14, 2009), following the launch of its new personalized username capability. Microsoft's looming Windows 7 licensing 'disaster' for XP users Windows 7, due to ship on Oct. 22, has gotten good reviews as the OS that Vista should have been. And the large percentage of businesses that have held onto XP rather than go to Vista -- about half, according to Gartner -- are no doubt planning to migrate to Windows 7. But Microsoft may be making it harder and costlier for them to do so, notes Gartner analyst Michael Silver. "It's a disaster waiting to happen," he says. Follow the money: HP tool dissects IT spending HP introduces software to help enterprise IT managers better understand how IT budgets are spent and how much IT services cost. iPhone 3.0 can find missing phones via GPS; adds remote wipe functionality With today's high-tech smartphones, losing your cellphone is a lot more worrisome and stress-inducing that it was even 3 years ago. Today's smartphones are essentially mini and portable computers that can store an amazing amount of data, from music and movies to family photos and personal emails. Last Week's Patches Tank Internet Explorer The dilemma: quickly update your Windows boxes and cross your fingers there'll be no problems, or stay unpatched and get p00wned by some bot? The chances the most recent massive Windows updates would go flawlessly for everyone who patched their systems was probably small because of so many fixes. Microsoft sues three hackers accused of click-fraud scam This is one of those stories where Microsoft gets to wear the white hat. On Monday, the company filed its first lawsuit against alleged click fraud hackers. The suit is filed against three people that Microsoft says perpetrated a "massive" click fraud scam involving hundreds of thousands of IP addresses. Gartner Summit: CIOs need to go out and win business CIOs should have IT budgets taken away from them and "only eat what they kill", according to boardroom advisor Ade McCormack. High-def video surveillance standard viewed as boon to users A new industry group officially launched Tuesday with a proposed standard for closed-circuit high-definition TV for video surveillance, and end-users applauded the effort to promote interoperability in a new generation of monitoring gear. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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