10 must-read Network World stories for the weekend

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Boston dumps Microsoft Exchange for Google Apps iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 10 Network World Daily News AM May 12, 2013 Share this email 10 more of the world's coolest data centers From a repurposed chapel to inflatable modules, data centers don't fit the same mold READ MORE   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 SLIDESHOWS Hottest products from Interop 2013 Interop 2013, one of the biggest networking shows each year, is here and the product announcements are plentiful. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. 10 more of the world's coolest data centers 2. Nothing funny about how The Onion got hacked 3. Ubuntu desktop is just easy 10. Ubuntu Touch for smartphones could be ready by end of May 9. NSA's secret manual on Google searching and more comes to light 6. Last place you want to see a Windows error message: Las Vegas hotel elevator, 20th floor 5. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending May 8 4. Hottest products from Interop 2013 7. 10 great technologies to secretly install on Mom's PC 8. Microsoft Patch Tuesday targets multitude of Internet Explorer faults   Follow Network World Share this email You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as aquarianm@gmail.com. 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