Telecom carrier immunity; Verizon Business debuts WAN optimization service

WAN News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Blue Coat Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to deliver to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. WAN News Alert, 10/19/07 FAQ: Telecom carrier immunity, 10/17/07: Last week, President Bush urged Congress to grant major telecom companies legal immunity for any assistance they gave to the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program. In this FAQ, we examine the issues behind telecom immunity, as well as the ramifications it could have for future government-telco cooperation. Verizon Business debuts WAN optimization service, 10/18/07: Plenty of companies want to speed application delivery to far-flung users, but aren’t up for buying and installing WAN optimization gear at all their corporate outposts. For them, managed services provide a welcome alternative. The latest player to target that market is Verizon Business. Apple confirms iPhone deal with France's Orange, 10/17/07: Apple officially added another country to the iPhone's European rollout Tuesday when it confirmed that France Telecom's Orange wireless service would be the exclusive carrier for the mobile device in France. Executive Guide: Stay ahead of the data growth curve Get real-world advice on how to best deal with the explosion of data across nearly every enterprise today. This informative executive guide offers IT professionals detailed information on new technologies such as ILM and FANs, specific pitfalls to avoid when deploying ILM, as well as solid case studies. Download This Executive Guide Tata wins $1.2 billion Nielsen contract, 10/18/07: The Nielsen Company, a provider of consumer and media information services, is outsourcing a portion of its IT and business processes to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian outsourcer based in Mumbai. Use of IP VPNs, carrier Ethernet to rise, survey says, 10/18/07: While many enterprises are still using legacy technologies, such as ATM and frame relay, most plan on modernizing at least some of their locations within the next two years, according to a Current Analysis survey. U.K. regulators consider allowing mobile phone use on planes, 10/18/07: The U.K.'s telecoms regulator Ofcom Thursday proposed allowing British airlines to offer mobile phone services to passengers via onboard base stations. The Network World IT Buyer's Guides provide comprehensive, detailed information on how to select, test, buy and deploy thousands of network and IT products. The new Network World IT Buyer's Guides offer even more features than before, here's just one that's worth checking out: WAN Traffic Optimization and Application Acceleration

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