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Cisco Takes its Lumps, Keeps Developing Video Meeting Tools
FCC Ruling on 800MHz Band a Boon for Sprint
Fri, May 25, 2012 - The agency removed a limit on channel width in part of the band, allowing Sprint and others to use 3G and 4G
Cisco all but Kills Cius Tablet Computer
Fri, May 25, 2012 - Cisco is slowly killing off its Cius business tablet less than a year after it started shipping.
Are CEOs Getting the Social Media Thing?
Thu, May 24, 2012 - IBM says a study it did of some 1,700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be -- grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.
Broadband Stimulus Grants Seen as Political Flashpoint
Thu, May 24, 2012 - Lawrence Strickling, the lead administrator of the agency doling out stimulus money for broadband deployments, urges grant recipients to amplify success stories as program faces political persecution in election season.
Sales of Unused IPv4 Addresses Gathering Steam
Thu, May 24, 2012 - A growing number of U.S. carriers and enterprises are hedging their bets on IPv6 by purchasing blocks of unused IPv4 addresses through official channels or behind-the-scenes dealmaking.
Supercomputer to Connect to 400PB of Storage via Ethernet
Thu, May 24, 2012 - The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is rolling out a storage infrastructure that will include 380 petabytes of magnetic tape capacity and 25 petabytes of online disk storage made up by 17,000 SATA drives.
Research Universities Secure $200M for Community Broadband
Wed, May 23, 2012 - Plan to bring ultra-fast gigabit broadband to universities and surrounding communities moves forward with partnership between Gig.U consortium and Gigabit Squared.
10 Years Later, Alcatel-lucent Revisits Cisco and Juniper in the Core
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Alcatel-Lucent is set to give Cisco and Juniper another run for the money in core routing 10 years after its initial attempt failed.
Verizon Looks to Alcatel's New Core Router for Capacity, Efficiency
Tue, May 22, 2012 - The carrier is first to say it will use the 7950 XRS platform announced on Tuesday
Microsoft Beats Data-sorting Record with New Approach
Tue, May 22, 2012 - A new approach, called Flat Datacenter Storage, pushes computational sorting to each data server
New Nmap Probes IPv6 Networks
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Nmap version 6.0 features many significant enhancements, including full support for IPv6
Medical Firm Avoids Exchange Nightmare with Outside Help
Mon, May 21, 2012 - International medical vendor Mediq was expanding in a big way by acquisition and needed a standard email platform across its business, but the project's cost and the complexity of doing it alone was so daunting that the company called on outside help that costs it less in the long run.
Mobile App Standoff: Web App vs. Native App
Mon, May 21, 2012 - For resources-strapped companies that want to get in the mobile app game, a Web app tuned for smartphones and tablets is a wise choice. Just ask Texas insurance provider ANICO.
Windows RT Management Could be a Key to Success for Windows 8 Tablets
Mon, May 21, 2012 - IT management executives from large corporations worry most about how to manage employee-owned devices safely and securely, according to clients of the Directions on Microsoft analyst firm.



