Jeff Caruso

managing editor, online news

Jeff Caruso is site editor at Network World. Contact him.

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Recent articles by Caruso

Windows 7 beta leaked; second undersea cable breaks
Dec. 29, 2008
Pirated copies of a Windows 7 build pegged by many as the beta Microsoft will release next month have leaked to the Internet. In other news, efforts to restore normal communications between Europe and Asia have suffered ...

Does transitioning to virtualization increase security risks?; States hope feds will help ...
Dec. 19, 2008
Does transitioning to virtualization increase security risks?; Some state CIOs are hoping that their aging IT systems -- some so old that the source code is missing -- can get a similar makeover.

2008: The year in network architecture
Dec. 18, 2008
This is the last newsletter of the year - and that means it's time for the annual glance backward before moving forward into 2009.

Microsoft fixes major IE bug; bye-bye BrainShare
Dec. 18, 2008
Security experts say that Web surfers should immediately install a new bug-fix for Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, released Wednesday morning. Novell has alerted customers and partners that it is cancelling its ...

Apple's last Macworld; Bribes, scams cost Siemens $1.6 billion
Dec. 17, 2008
Apple Tuesday announced that the January 2009 Macworld Conference & Expo will be its last. Government lawyer: "Bribery was nothing less than standard operating procedure for Siemens"

Trapeze swings for Newbury Networks; In IBM, HP and Apple we trust
Dec. 16, 2008
Wireless local-area-network vendor Trapeze Networks – itself acquired by Belden six months ago -- announced Monday it has acquired Newbury Networks, Which are the "most trusted" companies in terms of data privacy -- ...

Cisco on server collision course
Dec. 16, 2008
It's hard to ignore the recent revelation that Cisco is working on a blade server of its very own, a development that seems to go to the very heart of what "network architecture" is.

Cisco targets data center; Alcatel-Lucent cuts jobs
Dec. 15, 2008
Cisco has a number of significant product introductions on tap for 2009, as the company continues to morph from a pure networking player into an overall IT supplier. Alcatel-Lucent is naming enterprises as one of three ...

IT budget crunch; FSF sues Cisco
Dec. 12, 2008
Citi projects 10% to 20% decline in 2009; could be worst-ever year for CIOs; FSF alleges Cisco's Linksys products violated its software licenses.

Broadcom to show home network technology in action
Dec. 11, 2008
Broadcom this week said it will demonstrate a home full of electronics that are able to share video, pictures and other digital media across wired and wireless networks.

FTC kills scareware scheme; Bad economy fueling cybercrime
Dec. 11, 2008
The Federal Trade Commission today got a court to at least temporarily halt a massive "scareware" scheme, which falsely claimed that scans had detected viruses, spyware, and pornography on consumers' computers; ...

Get ready for CIO musical chairs; Microsoft's Critical security patches
Dec. 10, 2008
A leading management consulting firm is predicting tough times ahead for CIOs, as companies cut IT spending and turn to commodity services to preserve cash during the recession; Microsoft Tuesday released its final ...

Excitement building around 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters
Dec. 09, 2008
There has been a lot of activity surrounding 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters of late, as uses for such high-speed equipment continue to surface.

Liquid Machines & McAfee's DLP partnership; BizTalk beta released
Dec. 09, 2008
Liquid Machines Monday announced it is integrating McAfee's data-loss prevention technology into its enterprise rights management software; Microsoft Monday released the first public beta of the BizTalk Server 2009 and ...

'Disruptive' tech will drive IT spending; Obama outlines plan to put every child online
Dec. 08, 2008
Cloud services, such as software-as-a-service and cloud storage, will outperform more traditional IT alternatives; U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has outlined an ambitious plan to give every child in the U.S. access ...

Ebbers asks for clemency; AT&T's single mobile OS
Dec. 05, 2008
Imprisoned former WorldCom chief Bernie Ebbers is hoping that President Bush will give him the gift of clemency this holiday season; AT&T hopes to standardize on a single operating system for AT&T-branded smartphones as ...

Chelsio showcases 10 Gigabit Ethernet in data centers
Dec. 04, 2008
Chelsio Communications recently partnered with two other vendors to integrate its 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology into data center products.

No holiday repreive on layoffs; telco spending eyes 10% drop in '09
Dec. 04, 2008
In the largest monthly layoff toll since January 2002, U.S. companies cut 181,671 jobs in November; Capital spending among service providers may decrease by more than 10% next year.

VMware View now available; Windows software encrypts group-policy security
Dec. 03, 2008
VMware View, a product that VMware previewed in September, is now available; Unisys has developed an encryption-based method that lets “communities of interest” using Microsoft Windows desktops and servers securely ...

FBI warns of holiday cyber scams; Experts to Feds: Sign the DNS root ASAP
Dec. 02, 2008
With cyber Monday comes an FBI warning against spam containing malware and phishing attempts that appear to be greeting cards and ads for shopping bargains; Internet security gurus and leading vendors are urging the U.S ...

Internet2, others work on 100 Gigabit Ethernet services
Dec. 02, 2008
Internet2 is working with Infinera, Juniper Networks, Level 3 Communications and the U.S. Department of Energy's ESnet to develop and test 100 Gigabit Ethernet technologies.

Cisco shutting down between holidays; Mozilla eyes extra beta for Firefox 3.1
Nov. 26, 2008
For the first time in its history, Cisco will be shutting down during the year-end holiday season to save money; Mozilla will probably add a third beta to the development schedule for Firefox 3.1 to get a better handle ...

10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter offloads TCP processing
Nov. 25, 2008
Alacritech last week introduced a 10 Gigabit Ethernet server adapter that offloads processing from the host computer.

IBM working on Web-based collaboration platform; 40G market gaining steam
Nov. 25, 2008
IBM is working on a platform for collaborative mashups that requires little more than a browser and a server to create a shared environment that includes audio and videoconferencing; The 40 gigabits-per-second market is ...

Symantec's cybercrime snapshot; Alcatel-Lucent's data center switch
Nov. 24, 2008
The criminal market online for buying and selling stolen credit cards, pirated software and information about financial accounts is thriving, according to a report published Monday by Symantec. Alcatel-Lucent this week ...