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	IBM's networking lineage One of the topics that we frequently wrote about in 2010 was how the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing was one of the primary factors driving the acquisition strategy of many vendors. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Client Health Score Solution Brief This solution brief provides an overview of Aerohive's new Client Health Score feature which cuts through volumes of data to show you the overall health of clients in an "at-a-glance" format, then enables you to drill down if you see a specific problem. Read now! In this Issue Facebook, Google, Yahoo commit to 'World IPv6 Day' trial Telecommuting is Good for Employees and Employers 4G war of words is on Family Data Plans Likely Coming From Wireless Carriers Ericsson: Mobile broadband subscriptions will double in 2011 Court papers name Akamai tipster in insider-trading investigation 2011's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries DOWNLOAD: Aerohive Free Wi-Fi Planning Tool with New Auto Placement Feature With Aerohive's FREE web-based planning tool, you can plan a Wi-Fi deployment in no time! Upload your floor plan, draw the perimeter and walls using different wall types, and place any of a variety of different Aerohive APs either yourself or with our new auto placement feature to ensure the coverage level you specify. Learn more! Facebook, Google, Yahoo commit to 'World IPv6 Day' trial Several of the Internet's most popular Web sites - including Facebook, Google and Yahoo - have agreed to participate in the first global-scale trial of IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol known as IPv4. Read More Telecommuting is Good for Employees and Employers As technology evolves, many of the barriers that have traditionally limited telecommuting continue to disappear. The tedious standard of spending 40 hours a week sitting in a cubicle is fading as employers and workers both embrace the benefits associated with telecommuting. Read More WEBCAST: MegaPath 7 Tips and 2 Models: Find a MSSP that Fits Your Business Tune in with John Ramsey and hear about 2 models for handling network security and 7 tips on choosing a managed security services provider. You'll learn the benefits of working with an MSSP, and how important a provider's industry knowledge is to their business. Learn More 4G war of words is on Mobile operators were out in full force at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, promoting their improved data networks and unveiling new devices. But with their marketing efforts in overdrive, the operators may confuse rather than attract users. Read More Family Data Plans Likely Coming From Wireless Carriers Years ago cell phone companies began offering "family plans" that provided a common bucket of voice minutes for use by anybody in the family who owned a cell phone. Now, in 2011, many voice devices have been replaced by data devices--little computers, such as smartphones and tablet PCs, that require data connections. In response, wireless carriers are currently thinking hard about offering a new type of "family plan," a data-service (Internet-access) plan that covers a family of devices, allowing users to purchase a single bucket of bits for sharing among devices of their choosing. Read More WEBCAST: Websense, Inc. Securing the Social Web Organizations around the world are racing to take advantage of social networking and media like Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Along with these new resources, comes new risk as user-generated content circumvents traditional security technologies such as antivirus and URL filtering. View Now Ericsson: Mobile broadband subscriptions will double in 2011 The number of mobile broadband subscriptions will reach 1 billion before the end of 2011, boosted by faster networks and the growing popularity of smartphones, telecom vendor Ericsson said on Monday. Read More Court papers name Akamai tipster in insider-trading investigation Federal court papers name a former Akamai Technologies employee who allegedly revealed insider information to stock traders who were later charged with reaping millions of dollars from the information in what the FBI calls the largest hedge fund insider-trading case in history. Read More 2011's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Read More
	BECOME AN INSIDER Get premium content, in-depth reviews, practical tips and exclusive research. All for just signing up. Sign up for free today. SLIDESHOWS The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 It's hard to pick the weirdest and wackiest tech stories of 2010 considering there is so much nuttiness to choose from. But we'll give it a shot. Here we take a look at a number of stories that gave us pause in 2010. 2010's most popular iPad apps As the iPad celebrates its first birthday, it should raise a glass to Apple's App Store, which has provided users with an array of innovative applications. Late last week, Apple released a list of the 10 most popular iPad applications, with productivity apps making up the bulk. MOST-READ STORIES Facebook, Google, Yahoo commit to 'World IPv6 Day' trial Sony shutting plan that used to make 18M CDs a month The Verizon iPhone: Seven key facts you need to know 2011's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries Author warns of Russia's and China's 'Spinternet' Apple iPhoneys: the iPhone 5 edition Microsoft fights Apple trademark on 'App Store' AT&T and Verizon iPhone plans compared Cisco attorney's perceived anti-Semitism sends company back to court Be like Larry and Sergey: Google invites teens to online science fair
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