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	Sam Ramji: Cloud makes open source 'inevitable' for Microsoft, others While some pundits predict cloud computing could kill open source movement, Microsoft's former free software advocate sees it differently Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cloud with a Brain Two-page article from IBM Systems Magazine featuring cost-savings with Cloud through advanced virtualization, data center consolidation, and workload optimization technology. Read Now In this Issue Beware of the iCloud Network World's Products of the Week Netflix ditches plan to split video streaming, DVD operations H-1B Visa Cap Must Go, Says NYC Mayor Infoblox adds master controller to product line Watch Large Hadron Collider Collisions with an Android App Google launches Dart as a JavaScript killer Imation launches line of NAS appliances for nearline, offline storage McNealy: I would have run HP if they'd asked me 111 arrested in massive ID theft bust 6 Steps to Boost Data Center Power and Cooling Efficiency Bring Your Own Tech: 9 Things IT Needs To Know WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Read now HP's Converged Infrastructure incorporates tools that make remote support and management efficient and effective. HP Insight Control, for example, helps reduce server deployment time from four hours to just 20 minutes, a 12-fold decrease in deployment time. learn more Beware of the iCloud ICloud, Apple's new cloud storage service, which officially launches this week, is an iPad/iPhone lover's dream and IT security professional's nightmare. Read More Network World's Products of the Week Our round-up of intriguing new products from HP, Symantec, Cisco among others. Read More Netflix ditches plan to split video streaming, DVD operations Having gotten the message that virtually everyone hated the idea, Netflix has abandoned its plan to move its DVD mailing operation to a separate Web site called Qwikster. The reversal comes less than a month after the plan was announced. Netflix did not, however, backtrack on the accompanying price increase that also steamed its customers. CEO Reed Hastings says in a blog post published this morning:... Read More H-1B Visa Cap Must Go, Says NYC Mayor In a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce offices, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said restrictive U.S. visa policies, like the cap on H-1B visas, are a form of 'national suicide.' Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software New NetVault Backup Licensing Model Read a report from an industry-leading analyst to see why traditional backup and recovery licensing methods no longer make sense. You'll learn how you can dramatically cut costs with a different strategy that's more intuitive, reasonable, enduring, and flexible. Download the report today. Read Now! Infoblox adds master controller to product line Infoblox will unveil on Monday a new type of IP appliance aimed at its largest customers, which are increasingly delegating the management of critical network services to business units but want the IT department to monitor overall network performance. Read More Watch Large Hadron Collider Collisions with an Android App If you have a phone or tablet that runs Google Android, you should check out the new LHSee app, released by the University of Oxford and available in the Android Market. Funded by the Science & Technology Facilities Council, the LHSee app delivers data from the ATLAS experiment at CERN directly to your handheld device. Read More Google launches Dart as a JavaScript killer Google has launched a preview version of a new Web programming language, called Dart, which the company's engineers hope will address some of the shortcomings of the widely used JavaScript language. Read More Imation launches line of NAS appliances for nearline, offline storage Imation today unveiled a new line of storage appliances aimed at small and mid-sized enterprises that store data in a "near-line" state or can offload it to removable hard drives for archive. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Converged Infrastructure in the Branch Office HP's Converged Infrastructure incorporates tools that make remote support and management efficient and effective. HP Insight Control, for example, helps reduce server deployment time from four hours to just 20 minutes, a 12-fold decrease in deployment time. Read now McNealy: I would have run HP if they'd asked me Scott McNealy, the former chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, would have accepted the job of running Hewlett-Packard if he had been asked, he said this week. Read More 111 arrested in massive ID theft bust Prosecutors call it the biggest identity theft bust in U.S. history. On Friday, 111 bank tellers, retail workers, waiters and alleged criminals were charged with running a credit-card-stealing organization that stole more than US$13 million in less than a year-and-a-half. Read More 6 Steps to Boost Data Center Power and Cooling Efficiency Increased energy efficiency in a data center can be reached without major changes to IT equipment or facilities. Here are six ways to get there. Read More Bring Your Own Tech: 9 Things IT Needs To Know Kraft, Whirlpool, Motorola Solutions and other employers are pioneering BYOT policies to drive productivity and reduce costs. Here's why your employees want this and what you need to do to make it happen. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 26 helpful open source network management tools Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, configure and map their networked devices. Here are 26 examples of open source network management software tools to help you do your job. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Steve Jobs narrates "Crazy ones" think different ad in never aired clip Oracle to pay U.S. almost $200 million to resolve false claims lawsuit Steve Jobs at Apple: In pictures Huawei gunning for Cisco in the enterprise Who's who in IPv6: The companies and people leading the way Can Hotmail revamp win back GMail defectors? Windows 8 means no more widgets or start menu Feds want uber cybersecurity compliance standard 'Incremental' iPhone 4S still promises to be big seller Steve Jobs told biographer he knew his time was short
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