Oracle enacts 'all or nothing' hardware support policy

	Dell aims new PowerEdge servers at the cloud | In the Federal CIO's crosshairs, patent office plots move to the cloud
	Network World Data Center				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Oracle enacts 'all or nothing' hardware support policy Oracle has adopted what amounts to an "all or nothing" hardware support policy, according to a document the vendor has posted on its Web site. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avocent Four tools for successful power reduction. Discover how you can reduce energy consumption in the data center and on the desktop for significant cost savings. This independent report outlines the best approaches to developing, deploying and managing an effective power management solution, as well as tools for successful power reduction. Read now! In this Issue Dell aims new PowerEdge servers at the cloud In the Federal CIO's crosshairs, patent office plots move to the cloud Brocade aims for more balance with Foundry IDC bucks trend with less bullish 2010 chip forecast Dell announces object-based storage, de-duplication WHITE PAPER: 3Com Building Mission-Critical Data Centers The traditional three-tier model of access, aggregation and core switching has turned into an operational nightmare. However, an IRF (Intelligent Resilient Framework) based network can extend the control plane across multiple active switches, increasing resiliency and reducing complexity. Learn More. Dell aims new PowerEdge servers at the cloud Dell hopes to grab a bigger slice of the cloud infrastructure market with a new line of PowerEdge servers that the company announced on Wednesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ultrium Best Practices for Long-Term Data Retention Disk-based solutions for data protection have opened up new storage options for organizations. The question should not be whether to choose disk or tape, but rather how to leverage both technologies to deploy a cost-effective tiered-storage architecture. This paper discusses the 5 best practices for backup and long-term data protection. Learn More In the Federal CIO's crosshairs, patent office plots move to the cloud The United States Patent and Trade Office is planning a complete redesign of its IT systems and a move to a cloud platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos Windows 7 security With the public release of Windows 7 debates and discussions have been raging on the security improvements in the new platform, and some potential problems have also emerged. In this white paper, we run through the most significant changes and additions, and look at what they might mean to users and administrators. Read now. Brocade aims for more balance with Foundry Brocade plans to lean more on the reseller channel to boost its sagging fortunes in Ethernet and IP, according to the company's new marketing chief, John McHugh. Read More IDC bucks trend with less bullish 2010 chip forecast IDC analysts on Thursday said the global chip industry will grow this year but offered one of the least optimistic industry revenue forecasts so far this year, saying the global recession remains a problem. Read More Dell announces object-based storage, de-duplication Dell announced that it will begin offering its own object-based archive storage cluster, the DX Object Storage Platform, and that it will resell EMC's Data Domain de-duplication appliances and its Celerra NAS array. 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 The Future of Big Iron Do your IT plans include mainframes? Participate in this Aberdeen survey and see how your plans stack up to those of peers in terms of on what core applications are staying on mainframes and where the industry is headed in operating and software architecture. The goal is to get an accurate picture of the opportunity for expanded utilization, the role of 3rd-party support, and overall objectives with respect to distributed, outsourced, heterogeneous and centralized computing paradigms. Aberdeen will also establish a baseline for performance and a set of best practices for improving the efficiency and utilization of mainframe computing technologies. All survey respondents will receive a free copy of the resulting research. Today from the Subnet communities Massive giveaway from Cisco Subnet: 50 copies of the Cisco Press CCNP Cert Kits kits are up for grabs. Deadline March 31. NEW! 15 books on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007 R2 available, too. SLIDESHOWS 21 apps Apple doesn't want on your 3.0 iPhone The following 21 apps today run only on jailbroken iPhones. Some may even prove precursors to features released in future Apple iPhone firmware updates. 10 geeky items you're embarrassed to admit you want Most of us love gadgets. But there is a certain eye-popping reaction when we find a gadget that speaks to our technological selves. Owning such devices would surely be the subject of teasing from those who deny their inner geek, but it would also be the cause of more than a little envy. MOST-READ STORIES Predictions on demand for iPad are astonishing New malware overwrites software updaters IPhone, Safari, IE8, Firefox all fall on day one of Pwn20wn China's Great Firewall spreads overseas Netflix Wii streaming discs to arrive in mailboxes tomorrow Software tracks employee Facebook, Twitter activity Five technologies in the mainstream, thanks to Apple Only a few days left to snag your CCNP cert training materials 20 years for notorious TJX hacker Gonzalez Researchers sound alarm on Web app 'side channel' data leaks
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_data_center_alert as networking.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2010 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **