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• Melinda Gates tells Duke grads: It's all about your real connections

  By Network World staff | 14 May, 2013 20:17

  Transcript of technologist/philanthropist Melinda Gates' commencement address to Duke University graduates.

• Nick Carr's IT Doesn't Matter still matters

  By Ann Bednarz | 14 May, 2013 17:13

  Nick Carr's article "IT Doesn't Matter" was published in in Harvard Business Review in May 2003 and ignited an industry firestorm for its perceived dismissal of the strategic value of IT.

• Q&A: Nick Carr on 10th anniversary of 'IT Doesn't Matter'

  By Ann Bednarz | 14 May, 2013 17:13

  Nick Carr rocked the tech world with his controversial essay in the May 2003 issue of the Harvard Business Review, titled "IT Doesn't Matter." Carr claimed companies were overspending on IT and that the competitive advantage to be gained by tech investments was shrinking as technology became more commoditized and accessible to everyone. On the 10-year anniversary of the article's publication, Carr talked with Network World's Ann Bednarz about what he got right, what he got wrong, and how the piece remains relevant today.

• Verizon Enterprise Solutions chief: 'We build infrastructure at scale'

  By John Gallant | 13 May, 2013 19:00

  In the battle for the next generation of enterprise IT, John Stratton carries a lot of weapons. Stratton is president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, the nearly $30 billion unit formed just over a year ago to deliver networking, cloud, mobility, managed security, telematics and a host of other services in a more coordinated fashion for Verizon's top enterprise buyers. Building on a traditionally strong base of wired and wireless network services, Verizon Enterprise also blends in acquired assets like cloud hosting company Terremark, security company Cybertrust and Hughes Telematics. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Stratton spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about Verizon Enterprise's progress since its inception, including a dramatic streamlining of internal systems and processes designed to make life much easier for the company's customers. Stratton also discussed the company's suite of services aimed at simplifying life for IT teams struggling with mobility and the influx of consumer devices, and he talked candidly about the prospects for a third mobile platform to rival Apple's iOS and Google's Android. He also talked about how cloud is reshaping the IT landscape and hinted at a series of major upcoming cloud announcements from Verizon Enterprise. Also, he explained how the "Internet of Things" is creating powerful new business opportunities for Verizon and its enterprise customers.

• IT pros leave money on the table, job site finds

  By Ann Bednarz | 10 May, 2013 17:02

  When a job offer arrives, a majority of IT pros accept it without asking for more pay, according to Dice.com. If candidates were to negotiate higher salaries, they could expect a bump in the neighborhood of 5%, the IT careers specialist estimates.

• DiData acquires earthwave

  By Hafizah Osman | 10 May, 2013 10:21

  ICT services and solutions vendor, Dimension Data (DiData), has fully acquired privately owned Australian managed security services provider (MSSP), earthwave Corporation.

• Romans takes the reigns at Barracuda A/NZ

  By Nermin Bajric | 08 May, 2013 09:59

  Security and storage products vendor, Barracuda Networks, has appointed Mike Romans to lead its sales, channel, and management operations as Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) country manager.

• London Gatwick Airport takes out 200 servers, moves to cloud, BYOD

  By Ellen Messmer | 07 May, 2013 22:51

  Cloud computing and a "bring your own device" (BYOD) strategy aren't technology approaches typically associated with running an airport's information-technology operations. But London Gatwick, the U.K.'s second largest airport, is pushing heavily into both.

• Citrix bakes WAN optimization into branch office hardware

  By Jon Gold | 07 May, 2013 16:27

  Citrix today announced new models in its CloudBridge line of branch repeater hardware, along with a software update to Version 7.0, which adds WAN optimization capability and direct support for public cloud services.

• SDN and InteropNet: Cranking up and running world's biggest temporary network

  By Jon Gold | 06 May, 2013 17:33

  It starts with a gathering in a warehouse in Brisbane, Calif. Vendor reps, volunteers and networking experts of all stripes meet to create an enormous temporary network using products from 23 different companies, test it within an inch of its life -- and then stuff it on to trucks drive it out to Las Vegas.

• Talari goes more sophisticated with wide-ranging software update for WAN optimization boxes

  By Jon Gold | 06 May, 2013 13:26

  A major software update for Talari Networks' WAN optimization gear will introduce automatic, virtualized configuration capabilities, dramatically improving the sophistication of its core product.

• Career Watch: A little less stress for IT workers?

  By Jamie Eckle | 06 May, 2013 10:08

  A survey finds that stress remains high, but it's down significantly from last year.

• BYOD, or else! Companies will soon require workers use their own smartphone

  By Lucas Mearian | 01 May, 2013 20:13

  A Gartner study released today predicts that by 2017, half of all companies will require employees to bring their own smartphones for work purposes.

• A10 airs Thunder line of ADCs, along with more DDoS protection

  By Jon Gold | 01 May, 2013 11:24

  A10 Networks this morning announced a new line of application delivery controllers -- distinct from the existing AX series -- dubbed "Thunder," saying that the new units offer more capacity in a smaller footprint.

• IT automation: The need for a new architectural approach

  By Ben Rosenberg, president and founder of Advanced Systems Concepts Inc. | 30 April, 2013 21:04

  In today's fluid 24/7 world where business demands are real-time and IT resources are a mix of both physical and virtual, someone -- or something -- is needed to manage it all. In response, many job scheduling applications have evolved into advanced workload automation solutions that can direct the execution of tasks across any number of heterogeneous environments.