Defining applications vs services

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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 WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 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. In this Issue Groups push for telephone subsidy overhaul As a carrier's partner, Google may shine Xsigo unveils virtual fabric for data centers The cure for network downtime is not just technology Leveraging virtual I/O technologies to achieve converged infrastructures: The road to the private cloud LightSquared reaffirms LTE dominance Amazon promises to improve redundancy after Dublin outage Using renewable energy in the data center Clearwire's new CEO faces big challenges in the LTE race 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 WEBCAST: Akamai Technologies, Inc. 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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