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An Integrated Approach to Managed Network Security
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HP Enterprise: What to watch
Expect HP to move deeper into software, but it's not yet clear what kind, analysts say Read More
Dell expands stable of ARM server prototypes, but is not shipping products yet
Dell, not typically an early adopter of server technology, is still experimenting with systems based on ARM architecture while rival Hewlett-Packard has jumped ahead.Dell showed a new proof-of-concept, ARM-based storage server at the TechCon conference in Santa Clara, California, last week. It is the latest experimental 64-bit ARM server being offered by Dell for customers to develop and test applications.There has been a lot of hype surrounding servers that offer power-efficient ARM processors, best known for powering smartphones and tablets. But ARM servers are finally reaching the market, with HP beating Dell to the punch with an ARM server it announced last week.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
iPhone 6 Plus accounts for about 20% of new iPhones
Although Apple's iPhone 6 Plus remains in short supply, its portion of total iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales has increased over the last two weeks, according to analysis of usage-tracking data.Mobile metrics firms Mixpanel and Fiksu, which monitor the activity of iPhone owners via the analytics embedded in clients' apps, have both noted an improvement in the ratio of the iPhone 6 Plus to iPhone 6 smartphones.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: iPhoneys: Apple iPhone 6 concepts As of Sunday, for example, Mixpanel pegged the iPhone 6 at 6.02% of all iPhones, with the iPhone 6 Plus representing 1.34%. The ratio -- 4.5:1, or 4.5 iPhone 6 handsets for every one iPhone 6 Plus -- was an improvement for the iPhone 6 Plus from the 6.8:1 of two weeks prior.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Secret ad beacon network uncovered, shut down in New York City
The discovery of secret beacons installed in New York City pay phone booths opens up some questions. Read More
Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp a done deal at $22 billion
Facebook said Monday it had closed its acquisition of messaging app WhatsApp, giving the social network a massively popular service for mobile messaging.The deal, when first announced earlier this year, was to cost Facebook $16 billion plus up to $3 billion in additional Facebook stock options to WhatsApp's founders. Now as of close the deal is worth around $21.8 billion total, based on the higher value of Facebook's stock.Closure of the deal was announced in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
VMware's Casado talks about evolving SDN use cases, including a prominent role for security
Martin Casado, who helped launch the Software Defined Networking concept in the labs at Stanford, was recently elevated to the top business slot in VMware's Networking and Security Business Unit, giving him the rare opportunity to see the technology through from the incubator to the data center. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix sat down with Casado for an update on the company and his thoughts on how the technology is maturing. Martin Casado, Senior Vice President of VMware's Networking and Security business unitTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Gartner: Make way for digital business, risks or die?
ORLANDO -- Change, change and more radical change: That is the opening theme at this year's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo. While the notion of IT changing is nothing new really, Gartner says the shift towards everything virtual – what it calls the Digital Business – is more intense than years' past. +More on Network World: World's craziest Halloween coffins+ For example in his opening keynote Garter's Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president and global head of research said that since 2013 650 million new physical objects have come online. 3D printers became a billion dollar market; 10% of cars became connected; and the number of Chief Data Officers and Chief Digital Officer jobs have doubled.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Redfish spec wiggles servers free from vendor lock-in
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HP users say corporate split might work
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Top 10 tips for Windows 10
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9 employee insiders who breached security
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