Sunday, May 12, 2013

10 must-read Network World stories for the weekend

Boston dumps Microsoft Exchange for Google Apps

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 10

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May 12, 2013
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10 more of the world's coolest data centers

From a repurposed chapel to inflatable modules, data centers don't fit the same mold

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Issue highlights

1. Boston dumps Microsoft Exchange for Google Apps

2. iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 10

3. Thoughts from Interop 2013: The network has never been more important

4. Nothing funny about how The Onion got hacked

5. Skylab: NASA's first space station marks 40 years

6. Why your next big IT project is doomed

7. DARPA moves to create high-power but very cool (literally) cathode technology

8. San Francisco axes cellphone warning law in settlement with CTIA

9. Intel: Keeping up with Moore's Law becoming a challenge

WEBCAST: LogiAnalytics (formerly LogiXML)

Webinar: Create Competitive Advantage, Featuring Synchology

You are invited to our live, interactive webinar featuring the President and Product Director of Synchology: The Branded Payments Company. Synchology was using SAS and Excel to create performance reports for their clients, which was time-consuming and had numerous technical limitations. View Now!

Boston dumps Microsoft Exchange for Google Apps

Faced with the choice of saving serious money or buying a load of FUD, the City of Boston has become the latest enterprise customer to dump Microsoft Exchange in favor of Google Apps. And the city's 20,000 employees won't be the last to make this move until Microsoft either closes the cost chasm or comes up with a scarier story. READ MORE

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 10

An unstable hot air mass troubled the iOSphere this week, the sky blackened by contradictory rumors, sometimes in the same blog post. READ MORE

Thoughts from Interop 2013: The network has never been more important

Well, the 2013 version of Interop is now in the books and while conventional wisdom dictates that "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas," I thought there were a number of themes at the show that rose above the general noise of the event and are worth sharing. In no particular order, these themes were: READ MORE

WEBCAST: Dell VMware

Virtualization Boosts SMBs

For SMBs, the most important driver of virtualization is better disaster prevention and recovery. But in this KnowledgeVault from Dell and VMware, we'll learn how IT leaders are aiming higher much higher with their virtualization initiatives with things like application virtualization, while optimizing their disaster recovery efforts. Learn More Now!

Nothing funny about how The Onion got hacked

The technical team that runs The Onion's online operation has issued a detailed explanation of how the Syrian Electronic Army managed to gain control of the satirical website's Twitter account earlier this week by first coaxing Google Apps credentials out of a few employees. READ MORE

Skylab: NASA's first space station marks 40 years

NASA's first space station was a pacesetter for current International Space Station and a trendsetter for scientific experiments in space READ MORE

Why your next big IT project is doomed

Have you had a IT project go astray? Maybe you were lucky and it was a brief hiccup with minimal financial consequences. Or maybe you had a disaster of biblical proportions, such as the one that befell Levi Strauss in 2008. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

Tackling Peak Traffic Demands in Today's Data Center

As demands on data center infrastructure increase, both IT professionals and their tools will need to adapt. Learn how application delivery controllers (ADCs) can accommodate enterprise needs for performance and scalability while providing a unified platform for application services. Download the report today. Download Now

DARPA moves to create high-power but very cool (literally) cathode technology

Traditional high-powered cathode electron emitter-based equipment for high-bandwidth communications, security screening or imaging applications can run hot, significantly shortening the lifespan and usefulness of the equipment. READ MORE

San Francisco axes cellphone warning law in settlement with CTIA

San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA. READ MORE

Intel: Keeping up with Moore's Law becoming a challenge

Intel will advance Moore's Law for the foreseeable future, but keeping up with it is becoming more challenging as chip geometries shrink, according to a company executive. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems

Winning Strategies for Omnichannel Banking

Research reveals new ways for banks to prosper. Customers are ready for omnichannel experiences. Respond now-learn how to manage the transition to omnichannel banking and reap the rewards of delivering innovative services. Read Now

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Hottest products from Interop 2013

Interop 2013, one of the biggest networking shows each year, is here and the product announcements are plentiful.

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