Farewell to the DS-0?

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	Farewell to the DS-0? In the most recent article about SIP Trunking, we mentioned that service providers are now starting to provide packet-based services for intercompany communications for voice and other multimedia communications. As such, we may be saying a semi-final farewell to the DS-0, a – or even the – fundamental building block for telecommunications networks for about 50 years. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Case Study – Constangy Learn how to consolidate and virtualize many different servers, and eliminate the expense and difficulty of remotely managing the hardware and software. Read now! In this Issue Sniffing open WiFi may be wiretapping judge tells Google Microsoft Releases Wi-Fi Data Collection Source Code 10 questions for Stoke.com Finance VP Prabhala EU OKs switching to cheaper roaming contracts when abroad New York Times has a lot of angry iPad subscribers after latest gaffe 10 HP TouchPad apps for newbies WHITE PAPER: EMC The Changing Role of Network Management Read how new challenges in IT like virtualization and cloud computing are changing the role of Network Managers, who are now required to leverage automation and integrated solutions even further to adapt to these changes. Learn how EMC Ionix Network Solutions help Network Managers overcome these challenges. Read now Sniffing open WiFi may be wiretapping judge tells Google Looks like Google Street View cars may have been "officially" riding dirty and Google may get slapped hard for its Wi-Spy fiasco. A federal judge did not dismiss the case against Google; instead in the first such decision of its kind, the judge ruled that sniffing open Wi-Fi packets might violate the Federal Wiretap Act. Read More Microsoft Releases Wi-Fi Data Collection Source Code In a strange bit of timing, Microsoft published what it calls "relevant portions" of the source code it uses for WiFi data collection in Windows Phone 7 in the hope of quieting critics concerned about privacy intrusion. The posting came last Friday, right before a three-day holiday weekend when a lot of people were already playing hooky from work. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Social Media in the Contact Center for Dummies Grasp the opportunities and challenges of working within the new social media market landscape. The book describes the commercial tools, as well as free ones, organizations use to manage the massive stream of information they collect from various social media channels. Read Now 10 questions for Stoke.com Finance VP Prabhala Name: Venkat Prabhala Read More EU OKs switching to cheaper roaming contracts when abroad The European Commission has proposed new regulation that will allow consumers to sign up for a cheaper mobile roaming contract, distinct from their contract for national mobile services, while keeping their usual phone number and without having to change SIM cards. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Importance of Permanent Link Testing This white paper is the joint effort of 2 industry leaders of high speed infrastructure cabling and testing, Panduit and Fluke Networks. This technical paper provides a thorough analysis and review of different testing techniques and their associated benefits for high speed permanent links. Learn More Today! New York Times has a lot of angry iPad subscribers after latest gaffe The New York Times needs some new mobile app developers. The newspaper, which recently started charging readers for online content, has a lot of angry subscribers on its hands after an update broke the NYTimes for iPad application. Many, if not most iPad subscribers have been unable to access Times articles since Friday, when an update pushed through Apple's App Store rendered the application unable... Read More 10 HP TouchPad apps for newbies The bare essentials for HP TouchPad noobs Read More
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