AT&T kills $39 billion T-Mobile deal

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	AT&T kills $39 billion T-Mobile deal AT&T has scrapped its plans to purchase rival mobile carrier T-Mobile USA in the face of opposition from two U.S. agencies. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fluke Networks Overlay vs. Integrated Wireless Security Look at the pros and cons of different approaches to wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS). There are a few different ways to deploy monitoring systems that scan the airwaves for unauthorized devices and intrusion attempts. Each approach has its merits. It's up to the enterprise IT department to understand the tradeoffs. Click to continue In this Issue Cloud activity to explode in 2012 Companies shift away from year-end bonuses, perks, gifts -- except on Wall Street IBM goes out on a limb to predict next 5 big things Year-End Surprise: AT&T Abandons T-Mobile Deal Critics stage last-ditch effort to derail domain name expansion plan Microsoft to ask for dismissal of Novell lawsuit AT&T, Verizon LTE nets offer similar data download, Web browsing speeds Big Data, analytics get even bigger, hotter in 2012 Employees aren't waiting around for IT to deliver new apps Is It Over at RIM? DARPA's Spy Telescope Will Stream Real-Time Video from Any Spot on Earth 'Tis the Season: Cisco Product Engineer Holiday Wishes American Airlines CIO on Stepping Down Amid Bankruptcy RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cyrusone Free CyrusOne white paper. Determine the pros and cons of building, retrofitting or buying data centers with this free data capacity planning white paper from CyrusOne and Data Center Knowledge. You'll discover the top seven IT infrastructure management challenges and learn how colocation can help you minimize risk by offering a secure, scalable solution. Click to continue Cloud activity to explode in 2012 In testing cloud computing services and observing the growth of cloud activities, we've noticed that there are distinct phases that organizations go through in adopting cloud. Read More Companies shift away from year-end bonuses, perks, gifts -- except on Wall Street Year-end bonuses are a thing of the past at many companies. Challenger, Gray & Christmas surveyed human resources executives and found that 43% of companies don't award year-end bonuses, perks or gifts. Read More IBM goes out on a limb to predict next 5 big things IBM today issued its sixth annual look at what Big Blue thinks will be the five biggest technologies for the next five years. In past prediction packages the company has had some success in predicting the future with telemedicine and nanotechnology. This year IBM thinks very soon people will never need passwords; mind reading will happen; and the so-called digital divide will cease to exist. Read More Year-End Surprise: AT&T Abandons T-Mobile Deal I really thought the acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T would go through, but it really is dead. Now, from a competitive perspective, this (as I said earlier) likely wouldn't have been great for the market - fewer competitors inevitably mean less consumer choice, less innovation, and higher prices. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Solaris on the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud This paper provides a high level overview of the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and then describes the value that Oracle Solaris brings to the Oracle Exalogic offering. Learn More! Critics stage last-ditch effort to derail domain name expansion plan Debate around a controversial plan to add hundreds of new domain name extensions to the Internet infrastructure has reached a fever pitch in the nation's capital, as critics engage in a last-ditch effort to scrap or delay the plan, which is scheduled to launch Jan. 12. Read More Microsoft to ask for dismissal of Novell lawsuit Microsoft intends to ask the court to dismiss a Novell antitrust lawsuit, after a hung jury in Utah could not come to an accord on the case last week. Read More AT&T, Verizon LTE nets offer similar data download, Web browsing speeds Data downloads and Web browsing on new LTE-ready smartphones were slightly faster on AT&T's new 4G LTE network than on the far more widely spread 4G LTE network of rival Verizon. Read More Big Data, analytics get even bigger, hotter in 2012 Every enterprise software vendor will tell you how hot and in-demand their products are, but the notion rings fairly true with respect to BI (business intelligence) and advanced analytics. The products just kept selling throughout the global recession, as companies looked to gain insights into their business and subsequently, more efficiency as well as new ideas. Read More WEBCAST: IBM InfoSphere MDM Solution for Product Information Management Learn how leading retailers, distributors and manufacturers leverage IBM InfoSphere Product Information Management solutions to boost supply chain productivity and deliver an optimal customer purchase experience. Learn More Employees aren't waiting around for IT to deliver new apps Today's tech-savvy employees aren't waiting around for IT to deliver new applications. They're taking matters into their own hands, according to new survey data. Read More Is It Over at RIM? When I last wrote about RIM and the BlackBerry mess, only a few months ago, I gave the company more than the benefit of the doubt. Core, major problems have been evident for some time (declining sales are always a strong indicator that something is really wrong at any business), but it was easy to see that possibilities did in fact exist and that a turnaround was possible. Read More DARPA's Spy Telescope Will Stream Real-Time Video from Any Spot on Earth While you may not be concerned about Santa Claus spying on you in real-time to find out if you are good or bad, he's not the only one who is making a list and checking it twice, planning to find out who is naughty or nice. Leave it to the DARPA, the Pentagon's research arm, to make Santa's magical powers of surveillance look quaint. Read More 'Tis the Season: Cisco Product Engineer Holiday Wishes Every year my team has a "Secret Santa" holiday party and gift exchange. This week, I was working with a couple of our Cisco engineers and noticed their "Top 10" list of holiday wishes - conveniently taped to their cubicle window for their Secret Santa. Do any of these match the items on your list this year? Read More American Airlines CIO on Stepping Down Amid Bankruptcy In this Q&A, CIO Magazine Hall of Fame member and soon-to-be ex-CIO of American Airlines Monte Ford talks about technology influence, cultivating future leaders and feeling sad. Read More
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