Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Defining applications vs services

Groups push for telephone subsidy overhaul | As a carrier's partner, Google may shine

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Defining applications vs services
One of the perpetual tasks in telecommunications is defining the terms that we're talking about. For example, we all talk about "the cloud," but we bet that most folks when asked would have vastly differing definitions - if able to define at all. Read More


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Application-Aware Network Performance Management
Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now.

WHITE PAPER: F5

Controlling Migration to IPv6: A Gateway to Tomorrow
This White Paper describes how the BIG-IP LTM system help organizations migrate to IPv6, and can operate as an IPv4 to IPv6 gateway; operating identically in either environment, and within mixed environments. Learn More!

Groups push for telephone subsidy overhaul
Telecom groups ask U.S. lawmakers to support a plan to shift telephone subsidies to broadband. Read More

As a carrier's partner, Google may shine
Google's planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility will force the search giant into a whole new set of relationships with mobile operators, which could benefit the carriers but also create tension. Read More

Xsigo unveils virtual fabric for data centers
New software from Xsigo Systems is designed to link all the servers in a data center virtually, allowing IT managers to reconfigure virtual machines and other resources without carrying out traditional networking tasks. Read More


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Saving cloud computing users from evil doers
This video panel discussion delves into IT's current and future security threats. Topics include web application security, vulnerabilities, threats and mitigation/defense strategies, and tactics with individual perspectives on the magnitude and direction of threats. Learn more

The cure for network downtime is not just technology
Design and tune your network all you want. But if your company doesn't also have a culture of high availability, your High Availability and Fast Convergence is not complete. Read More

Leveraging virtual I/O technologies to achieve converged infrastructures: The road to the private cloud
A private cloud architecture leverages the power of end-to-end virtualization so workloads can be fluidly distributed among a pool of servers, but this ideal cannot be achieved with traditional network infrastructure. Read More

LightSquared reaffirms LTE dominance
If you've not heard of LightSquared, well, perhaps you won't. They're a wholesale-only LTE network operator. But given the capacity constraints faced by the entire WWAN industry, every little bit helps, and a new deal with Sprint bodes well for both the company and LTE overall. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

Simplify Remote Office Data Recovery
This white paper reviews the factors that can make data recovery in remote offices a complicated problem and describes the range of technology options available, explaining the benefits and shortcomings of each in the context of remote offices. Learn more

Amazon promises to improve redundancy after Dublin outage
Amazon Web Services (AWS) learned a lot of lessons from the outage that affected its Dublin data center, and will now work to improve power redundancy, load balancing and the way it communicates when something goes wrong with its cloud, the company said in a summary of the incident. Read More

Using renewable energy in the data center
Earlier this year, social networking giant Facebook finished construction of its newest data center in Pineville, Oregon. In a press release, Facebook officials touted the new facility as "setting new standards for environmental responsibility in data center design and operations." Those standards incorporate renewable energy tactics such as rainwater reclamation, solar energy, and heat recycling. Read More

Clearwire's new CEO faces big challenges in the LTE race
Clearwire announced a new president and CEO: Eric Prusch, most recently the company's COO and former CFO. He faces big challenges rolling out an LTE network to compete with rivals like Verizon and AT&T. Read More



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