IBM will not be a networking company

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	IBM will not be a networking company One of the topics that we frequently wrote about in 2010 was the ongoing coalescence of the IT industry around a few key players. We are going to use this newsletter to provide more insight into how one of the players, IBM, is likely to leverage its acquisitions to position itself in the IT market. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell What Can Virtualization Do For You? What can virtualization do for you? It can: • Make each server in your data center more productive. • Eliminate the need for a new server to run applications. • Reduce the floor space needed to house new servers • Lower costs from all of the above Learn more in this free white paper from Dell and Vmware! Learn more! In this Issue Happy 25th birthday, IETF Library system dumps MPLS with cheaper DSL, cable services Study: Femtocells may boost more than just cellular coverage Meraki adds routing to Wi-Fi cloud portfolio Broadband: How will faster wireless affect wireline? WEBCAST: Iron Mountain Online Server Backup Checklist Small businesses are quickly adopting the cloud as an alternative way to back up their critical data. If you haven't yet made the move to the cloud, attend this webcast to explore what to look for in an online backup solution to save you time, money and free up your precious IT resources. Learn more! Happy 25th birthday, IETF The Internet's leading standards body - the Internet Engineering Task Force - turns 25 on Jan. 16. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power A Framework to Visualize the Data Center Increasing rack density makes it critical to understand environmental characteristics around weight, heating, cooling and power. Flat-file data center planning and management tools can't Read Now Library system dumps MPLS with cheaper DSL, cable services The Sno-Isle, Wash., public library system expects to save $400,000 this year by yanking its MPLS network and replacing it with multiple, less expensive broadband connections that include consumer DSL, cable service and even dark fiber. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Unlock the Value of Virtualization Virtualization offers organizations the potential to meet new goals and reach new levels of business performance by delivering valued services to business users more efficiently and effectively. But to realize this potential, organizations need more than virtualization capabilities. Read More Study: Femtocells may boost more than just cellular coverage Femtocells will soon be able to improve home security, personal safety and help integrate smartphones with TVs, laptops and media players, in addition to improving cellular coverage in the home, ABI Research said on Monday. Read More Meraki adds routing to Wi-Fi cloud portfolio Cloud networking is taking off and could help enterprises unify their wireless and wired network operations in new, economical and convenient ways. Read More Broadband: How will faster wireless affect wireline? Several announcements in the last month got us to thinking about what effect faster wireless broadband speeds will have on wireline broadband. For example, could 4G/LTE broadband wireless substitute for wireline broadband access to the extent that wireless voice has replaced wired phone lines? Could 4G/LTE wireless broadband supplement wireline in cases of disaster recovery or in remote areas in lieu of a satellite broadband connection? Of will 4G/LTE hasten the move of cloud-based applications to mobile devices? Read More
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