Draining the net neutrality swamp

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	Draining the net neutrality swamp While it was always hard to envision the "information superhighway" having on-ramps from every driveway, that is in fact today's reality. The path to the world is right at your door. Universal broadband is the foundation of an information renaissance that is driving everything from new commerce opportunities to diverse new employment and entertainment options. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP WAN Design – Don't Buy More than You Need This Gartner research note examines the methodology organizations should employ when designing a WAN. It offers advice on how to ensure that important applications are networked with sufficient performance and that there is not an "overspend" on less important applications and provides guidance on meeting unique network needs. Read Now. In this Issue SGI offers supercomputing as a service Broadband stimulus provides windfall for rural New York Google's ultra-fast broadband: Questions and answers Private cloud computing is not an oxymoron First glimpse: Cisco OTV 5 reasons Silicon Valley might stumble coming out of recession Google gigabit broadband: Progress vs. profits Salesforce lets enterprises 'automate any business process' Virgin Media Business launches to take on BT WHITE PAPER: Avocent Four tools for successful power reduction. Discover how you can reduce energy consumption in the data center and on the desktop for significant cost savings. This independent report outlines the best approaches to developing, deploying and managing an effective power management solution, as well as tools for successful power reduction. Read now! SGI offers supercomputing as a service SGI is rolling out what it believes is the first hosted supercomputing service on the market. Read More Broadband stimulus provides windfall for rural New York While several broadband buildouts have received tens of millions of dollars from the federal government, the largest so far is a project that will deploy high-speed broadband all throughout New York State. Read More Google's ultra-fast broadband: Questions and answers I don't know if you've heard, but Google's adding some fiber into its diet. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Network Managed Services: A Cost-Effective Approach to Complexity The new era of networked applications and interconnected business processes yields heightened efficiency and productivity for enterprises. However, these benefits can be realized only with properly managed, scalable networks. Outsourcing network management tasks to a third party allows companies to save time and drive substantially lower total cost of ownership. Learn more! Private cloud computing is not an oxymoron The use of cloud computing services will increase the amount of traffic that transits the WAN. As IT organizations begin to plan for how they will cope with that additional WAN traffic they face a curious challenge. That challenge is that there is a lot of ambiguity relative to what IT professionals mean when they use the phrase cloud computing. Read More First glimpse: Cisco OTV Long distance VMotion via Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization. Or, how to succeed at data center extension without really trying. Read More 5 reasons Silicon Valley might stumble coming out of recession Cisco CEO John Chambers' optimism on tech's rebound from the lagging economy was tempered this week by the findings of a group of Silicon Valley nonprofits. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Live Webcast: Maximize ROI for Web Applications Learn how the data grid technology in Oracle WebLogic Suite can dramatically reduce hardware, datacenter, and software license costs, as well as improve overall system manageability, reliability, and scalability. Register today for this FREE Webcast. Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET Register Today! Google gigabit broadband: Progress vs. profits Google announced plans to test out ultrafast gigabit broadband in limited markets. However, that doesn't mean Google is entering yet another highly competitive industry (at least not yet). The intended audiences for the tests are the broadband providers and their subscribers. Read More Salesforce lets enterprises 'automate any business process' Salesforce.com has launched a new capability giving enterprises the ability to rapidly automate any business process, says the cloud computing pioneer. Read More Virgin Media Business launches to take on BT Virgin has launched Virgin Media Business, an internet service for businesses across the UK that is a revamped version of its ntl:Telewest Business. Read More
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