Cisco, IBM on the defensive with OpenDaylight

Computerworld's 2013 IT Salary Survey: Highlights What's your favorite enterprise IT product? Network World Daily News AM April 11, 2013 Share this email Cisco, IBM on the defensive with OpenDaylight You know, the more you consider the strategic importance of the OpenDaylight project to the vendors involved, the more it becomes apparent: Daylight is defensively strategic to those who seek to marginalize the impact of SDNs in general, and of OpenFlow in particular. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Computerworld's 2013 IT Salary Survey: Highlights 2. What's your favorite enterprise IT product? 3. Office for iPad in 2014? Big mistake 4. Afraid of being shut out of WWDC? There's an app for that. 5. Windows 8 takes blame for 'brutal' PC sales slide 6. Iowa State researchers discover possible route to terahertz storage speeds 7. Apple recently made age ratings for apps on the iOS App Store more visible 8. Bitcoin volatility caused by surge in demand, slow software 9. 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READ MORE What's your favorite enterprise IT product? Do you have a favorite enterprise IT product you can't live without? Tell us about it and we'll share your raves with our readers. (Here's a link to last year's Fave Raves collection.) Please send your submissions to Ann Bednarz at Network World (abednarz@nww.com) by Friday, April 26. Please note: Submissions must be received directly from IT professionals, not through a third party. Items to address:... READ MORE Office for iPad in 2014? Big mistake A purported Microsoft roadmap for future releases of its Office suite showed a fall 2014 launch date for Office on Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating systems, an online report said today. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks A Model for Effective Persistent Threat Management Persistent Threat Management is a new operational model that takes advantage of integration and automation capabilities between vulnerability scanning services and web application firewalls. This paper looks at the application of the model in protecting web applications against exploitation. Read Now Afraid of being shut out of WWDC? There's an app for that. While Apple has yet to confirm the dates for its insanely popular Worldwide Developers Conference, the event will almost certainly be held June 10-14 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. A more closely guarded secret, however, is when registration for the conference will open, and that's cause for consternation because last year tickets sold out in two hours, triggering great frustration on the... READ MORE Windows 8 takes blame for 'brutal' PC sales slide Microsoft's Windows 8 took another knock Wednesday as research firm IDC laid much of the blame for the first quarter's historically-horrible PC numbers at the feet of the beleaguered operating system. READ MORE Iowa State researchers discover possible route to terahertz storage speeds A team of Iowa State University researchers, working at the Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, recently detailed a way to use ultra-short laser pulses and special materials to switch magnetism roughly 1,000 times faster than current-generation storage devices. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Economic Benefits of Cisco's Cloud Strategy Private, public, hybrid--Cisco enables a world of many clouds with new levels of agility and security. This report from ACG Research looks how Cisco's cloud strategy improves economics beyond simple data center virtualization. Read Now Apple recently made age ratings for apps on the iOS App Store more visible Apple last week slightly slightly adjusted the presentation of its iOS App Store to the extent that age ratings for apps are now much more prominently displayed. As you can see below, a ratings box for each app is now located right under the title, allowing users to make more informed purchase decisions. Previously, the age rating for an app was located in an app's information section, requiring... READ MORE Bitcoin volatility caused by surge in demand, slow software Bitcoin's roller-coaster price swings on Wednesday were caused by an influx of new buyers and software that couldn't keep up, according to the largest exchange, Mt. Gox. READ MORE Report: Microsoft plans 7-inch tablet to compete with Apple, Google Microsoft is said to be planning a 7-inch version of its Surface tablet to help it compete with similar size devices from Apple and Google. READ MORE INSIDER Three biggest misconceptions about 3D printing If your business isn't already investing in 3D printing, it should be. And if you have a 3D printer, you should buy another one, recommends Gartner research director Pete Basiliere. 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