Storage: While most folks preparing to buy iSCSI storage do a fine job defining technical needs, they all too often ignore aspects such as budget capacity, Mario Apicella points out in The Storage Network. “If you don’t provision proper budget figures you might end up having to choose a less fitting solution than what your technical requirements and your selection suggests,” Apicella explains. From the feature well: High-performance computing, a.k.a. HPC, is a specialized undertaking, and one that corporations have typically left to scientists and universities. But thanks to clustered standards-based commodity servers, Leon Erlanger writes, “HPC is now firmly within reach of today’s enterprise.” Four case studies prove it. Take engineering firm BAE Systems for instance, which learned that “little changes can have big implications.” Editor’s letter: Steve Fox loves to hear from readers, particularly when they have something kind to say. That’s not exactly what his inbox has been flooded with since we switched from print to online, though. “Let’s just say you got my attention,” Fox begins in Magazine content in a tidy bundle. In response to those of you asking for a select subset of our best weekly content, we’ve created InfoWorld Express. Register here. The news beat: Three U.S. groups ask the FTC to block Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick for privacy reasons. Motorola scoops up Terayon Communication System for its digital video processing and networking software. And Wi-Fi cloaks the city of London.