Friday 29 April 2011

FBI: Romance scams in the air as Royal Wedding fever peaks

Amazon: Bad execution during planned upgrade caused outage | CenturyLink angling to become major enterprise broadband carrier

Network World Daily News PM

Forward this to a Friend >>>


FBI: Romance scams in the air as Royal Wedding fever peaks
On the day so much love is in the air from across the pond, the FBI's Internet Complaint Center is warning of an uptick in online romance scams. Read More


RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cloud Leadership Forum

Cloud Leadership Forum: June 20 in Silicon Valley
Come to the Cloud Leadership Forum 2011 for best-practice approaches to cloud migration, management, governance and more. The enterprise-focused agenda is based upon IDC research and peer-based insights. Learn from case study presentations, interactive sessions and leading cloud providers. Complimentary admission. Learn more.

WHITE PAPER: Netezza, an IBM Company

Oracle Exadata and Netezza TwinFin™ Compared
This ebook will provide the fundamental differences between the Netezza TwinFin® and Oracle Exadata solutions from the perspectives of query performance, simplicity of operation and value. The ebook will help you determine which solutions best meet your business needs and how to achieve optimal results from your data. Read now

Amazon: Bad execution during planned upgrade caused outage
Incorrect execution during an upgrade led to Amazon's big cloud outage. Read More

CenturyLink angling to become major enterprise broadband carrier
For the second time over the last month, Louisiana-based carrier CenturyLink made a major acquisition that will put it in a strong position to become a big-time player in the enterprise broadband market. Read More

NY Yankees staffer accidentally e-mails customer list
A customer service representative with the New York Yankees accidentally e-mailed out personal details on close to 18,000 season ticket holders, the baseball team said Thursday. Read More


WEBCAST: IBM

Solving the Top 4 Network Management Challenges
Join us for this webinar, featuring Jim Frey, Research Director from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and Heath Newburn, Program Director from IBM as they discuss Netcool's flexible solutions for a complex and dynamic IT environment. Learn More

Cram Giant Amounts of Data Onto These Tiny Storage Drives and Cards
These eight cutting-edge hard drives, flash drives, and cards can hold multi-gigabytes of data and yet still slip in a shirt pocket. Read More

Wireless a catalyst for 'Internet of things'
By 2020, 50 billion devices will connect to wireless networks, say some experts. But not all those devices will have human beings interacting directly with them. Read More

After 40 years, email security still elusive, experts say
According to the survey, conducted by secure messaging provider VaporSteam Inc., nearly three-fourths of respondents from large companies say they've violated compliance rules via email. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Siemens

Journey to Unified Communications for SMBs
Resource guide for small & mid-size businesses considering unified communications. Key concepts, formulating your vision for UC, calculating potential savings and next steps. Read Now

Other Flip casualties: Accessories
Cisco's decision to kill off its Flip line of video cameras has also killed off some other products I was looking forward to – accessories that could have made the camera even more valuable. Last September, Cisco announced its Designed for Flip program, giving third-party companies the chance to built accessories for the Flip that could be attached to the camera through a FlipPort, giving it... Read More

Why You Should Stop Worrying and Let End Users Have iPads
When employees have technology they like, they'll make themselves productive in ways you never dreamed. So let them have their iPads and Android tablets. Read More

Microsoft Office and Kinect lead growth as Microsoft earnings exceed expectations
Led by strong sales of Microsoft Office and Kinect for Xbox 360, Microsoft raked in $16.43 billion in revenue and and $5.23 billion in profit during the quarter ending March 31, 2011. The numbers lag slightly behind Apple's most recent results but Microsoft still exceeded financial analysts' expectations by reporting earnings per share of 61 cents. Read More

Five myths about Windows 7 migration debunked
An executive of Unisys is urging more enterprises to migrate to Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system by arguing, somewhat counterintuitively, that it's not as easy a decision as some make it out to be, but it's still a smart move. Read More

Westminster Abbey made from 180,000 LEGOs
Video slideshow of the four adult LEGO fans who constructed a scale replica of Westminster Abbey (where the royal wedding will take place on Friday). Using more than 180,000 bricks, the Abbey was consructed in about eight weeks. Read More



GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS
Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a 5-day Microsoft Licensing Tricks class teaching negotiation tips; a Polycom system. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of Cisco Unity books. Enter here.

SLIDESHOWS

Fave raves: 22 IT pros name their favorite products
We asked, and IT pros answered. Their favorite IT products keep people productive and enterprise assets safe. Check out the list.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. CEO payday: What tech's top execs raked in for 2010
  2. A tale of two distros: Slackware 13.37, Ubuntu 11.04 released
  3. Captain Midnight: 'No regrets' about jamming HBO back in '86
  4. Latest iPad security threat: fake jailbreak code
  5. The Gearhead Top 10 tools
  6. The Sony PlayStation breach notification letter
  7. Cisco to offer early retirement to certain employees
  8. 10 tips to turn Android into a business phone
  9. CEO salaries: 10 travesties, trends and token gestures
  10. In South Park, Apple knows where you are

Do You Tweet?
Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld.

You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as lisab509.pcnews@blogger.com.

Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy

If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com

To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com.

Copyright (C) 2011 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701

** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **


No comments:

Post a Comment