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Moving Wi-Fi complexity into the cloud

There are now at least three companies moving enterprise Wi-Fi control functions, management functions or both into the cloud. Read full story

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New look Juniper opens up, readies for next decade
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Want to bone up on wireless tech? Try ham radio
John D. Hays, an IT manager in Edmonds, Wash., devotes most of his spare time these days to helping develop a communications system that's designed to integrate portable two-way radios with the global telephone network. The project's goal is to create a failure-proof voice communications infrastructure that can immediately connect first responders with the outside world.

Will Droid gain iPhone's tech 'lust' factor?
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Unfinished Windows 7 feature turns laptops into Wi-Fi hotspots
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Apple to ink Verizon-iPhone deal next year, analyst says
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Google drives into new market with Maps Navigation beta
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Sprint plans open app store
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Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages.

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Bolster your Unified Communications Know-How
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Rapid Replication for Virtual Servers
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November 02, 2009

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  5. Verizon's Motorola Droid arrives Nov. 6
  6. Juniper's splash big on tech vision, short on specifics
  7. ICANN approves international domain names
  8. Juniper lays out the pieces of 'New Network' initiative
  9. Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS: finally, a contender?
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EMO Labs: Better Sound Through Innovation at DEMOfall 09

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