5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012

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	5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012 2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the late 1990s, when this network-of-networks stopped being a research project and became an engine of economic growth. Read More WEBCAST: Aerohive Wi-Fi Management Moves to the Cloud Once you've enabled your people to work from virtually anywhere, anytime, and on any device, you need to maintain essential security and control under the constant pressure to drive down cost, while increasing productivity and growth. Enter the Cloud. Learn more. In this Issue 30 years ago, a battered AT&T cried Uncle Sam Sprint LTE due first in Texas, Atlanta Broadcom makes home network push Bandwidth bottlenecks loom large in the cloud Sprint gives LightSquared more time to win over FCC WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Rethink Your Branch Network Strategy In today's virtual enterprise, access to corporate resources must be secure, reliable, and manageable, with consistently enforced policy while simultaneously allowing access from anywhere at any time. This is why access network strategies have become critical to business growth. View Now 30 years ago, a battered AT&T cried Uncle Sam It was 30 years ago yesterday - Jan. 8, 1982 - that AT&T agreed under extreme antitrust duress to divest itself of seven Regional Bell Operating Companies, the so-called Baby Bells. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Investment Protection and Elasticity for Your Network NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Learn More Sprint LTE due first in Texas, Atlanta Sprint Nextel will launch LTE in the first half of this year, most likely beginning in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, Texas, and Atlanta, the company announced on Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Branch on Demand Solution Brief Extending and Securing Access Across the Organization - The Aerohive Branch on Demand™ solution makes it easy to deploy corporate capabilities to employees anywhere, while reducing operational costs. Read now. Broadcom makes home network push Broadcom will demonstrate silicon that can use the next-generation coaxial home networking standard, with a real-world speed of 400M bps, at the International Consumer Electronics Show next week. Read More Bandwidth bottlenecks loom large in the cloud InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) CIO Tom Conophy has no reservations when it comes to the cloud. Read More Sprint gives LightSquared more time to win over FCC Sprint Nextel has given LightSquared another month to gain FCC approval for its planned 4G network, extending a deal in which LightSquared would use Sprint's Network Vision infrastructure and save an estimated US$13 billion in deployment costs. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 10 essential data center appliances With all of the noise in data center networking focused on switches, fabrics and lossless Ethernet standards, appliances like WAN optimizers and application accelerators are often overlooked. But they are important components of the data center/cloud infrastructure, especially as organizations virtualize desktop applications for remote sites. Here's a listing of 10 of the top players, and their products, in data center appliances. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES iPad 3 to sport HD camera on front, upgraded camera on back 9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012 FBI warns of new Zeus-based malware in phishing scam Six CES 2012 stories to watch When open source doesn't do it anymore IPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 3 IPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 31 Avaya: Top 10 pitfalls with UC implementations Passwords aren't dead but they need fixing Microsoft patch blows 'perfect game' but sends important message
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