Friday, January 29, 2010

With iPad on the way, AT&T touts network investments; Google Nexus One users report service outage

Google Nexus One users report T-Mobile service outage | Mobile augmented reality apps

Network World Daily News PM Alert

Forward this to a Friend >>>


With iPad on the way, AT&T touts network investments
Now that AT&T has taken its lumps from both competitors and users over the size of its 3G network, the company is determined not to be caught flat footed again. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Data Domain

VMware Data Backup and Recovery Best Practices
VMware offers extraordinary benefits, but it can come at the cost of extra storage, backup resources and administrative challenges. Data Domain deduplication storage offers a way out by reducing redundant data across VMware data backups, operating at disk speeds, and providing cost-effective replication for fast DR using backup images. Click here to learn more.

WHITE PAPER: Zscaler

How Hackers are Targeting Enterprise Users via Web 2.0 Browser Exploits
Securing enterprise servers with firewalls and intrusion detection is critical, but the most common threats are executed on thousands of mobile end users through the Web. Lean how to protect your clients with more than desktop anti-virus/anti-spyware and HIPS. Learn more!

Google Nexus One users report T-Mobile service outage
T-Mobile customers who use the Google Nexus One smartphones are reporting widespread data outages on their devices. Read More

Mobile augmented reality apps
AR apps for your smartphone let you 'surf the world' as you walk through it. Read More

8 Gadgets That Will Be Huge in 2010
After everything we've seen, these are the tech products we believe will rack up big sales by next Christmas. Read More


WEBCAST: HP

Need to Backup 10TB+ per Night?
Data deduplication based on grid technology has significant advantages over alternate methods. This video explains how enterprises can; backup 17TB per hour from a single VTL, eliminate human error through advanced automation, increase capacity as needed; save floor space with a smaller footprint, and lower energy costs, Learn more.

News podcast: Network World 360
Lawmakers want investigation into attacks on House Web sites; Windows 7 lifts Microsoft's financial results; Apple's A4 chip could make its way into iPhone. (2:59) Read More

Win 7 business sales weak, but uptick expected
In the shadow of record quarterly revenue, Microsoft Thursday said 60 million Windows 7 licenses have been sold in the past six months, but most of those have been from the consumer side and business uptake has been flat. Read More

Stolen Twitter accounts can fetch $1,000
According to researchers at Kaspersky Lab, cybercriminals are trying to sell hacked Twitter user names and passwords on-line for hundreds of dollars. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

The Business Value of Consolidating on Energy-Efficient Servers
Most organizations faced with budget challenges put off capital expenditures (capex) and seek alternatives, such as extending server life cycles and extending software licenses. This paper demonstrates that such a buy and hold strategy actually adds costs to the datacenter. Learn more

Venerable B-52 bomber gets network centric
One would guess that when its designers saw their first B-52 fly in 1954, they never envisioned nor worried about it being part of network centric warfare.  Read More

CA names new CEO
Infrastructure software giant CA's board of directors has appointed William McCracken CEO, the company announced Thursday. Read More

Cisco shipping 160G Ethernet card for ASR 9000
Cisco is now shipping the 160G Ethernet card - 16x10G - it announced last summer for the ASR 9000. Word of this comes as EZchip this week announced that it is now sampling its NP-4 100G Ethernet processor.  Read More

US House leaders ask for investigation into hackings
Two lawmakers criticized the Web services company that may have enabled the hacking of almost 50 government Web sites on Wednesday. Read More

Text-and-Drive Bans Don't Matter, Study Finds
As of January 2010, 19 states along with Washington, D.C., have banned texting while driving. But now the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) -- a project sponsored by insurance companies, of all entities -- claims that despite anti-texting-while-driving laws, crash rates are not affected. Wait, what? Read More



Join us on LinkedIn

Discuss the networking issues of the day with your colleagues, via Network World's LinkedIn group. Join today!
- Jeff Caruso, Executive Online Editor

Today from the Subnet communities

New giveaways! Win a year's worth of 24/7 video training from ClipTraining. Win books on WS2008 R2, Cisco WAAS and the CCIE. Deadline Jan. 31. Plus: On Cisco Subnet: Are two routers enough to study for the CCNA? On Microsoft Subnet: AxCrypt: Open Source tool for encrypting files; On Google Subnet Google's reports blockbuster Q4, modest FY09.

SLIDESHOWS

12 years of big-time Apple innovations
From the iMac to the iPad, here are the biggest releases of the second Steve Jobs era.

10 Gigabit data center switch shootout
We tested six top-of-rack data center switches 10 ways to Sunday.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. 'WiMAX 2' coming in 2011?
  2. Brocade BCNE most valuable cert on earth
  3. NSF earmarks $30M for game-changing Internet research
  4. Apple iPad could give Microsoft fits
  5. IBM, researchers to develop controversial lithium air battery
  6. Worst cities to work in IT: International edition
  7. Did Apple's iPad debut put a choke-hold on the Internet?
  8. 10 great iPhone apps for business users, at a glance
  9. Facebook and Twitter? Why not just put a gun to your head?
  10. iPad data demands could cripple AT&T 3G

Network World on Twitter? You bet we are

You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as networking.world@gmail.com.

Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Update your profile | Terms of Service/Privacy

Copyright Network World, Inc., 2010

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


No comments: