T-Mobile enhances Bobsled with mobile calling app and messaging

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	T-Mobile enhances Bobsled with mobile calling app and messaging One of the announcements we missed in our wrap-up from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) was news from T-Mobile on the latest feature for its Bobsled portfolio, now offering expanded messaging and enhanced calling functionality. Expanding upon the Bobsled Calling service introduced earlier this year, the latest addition of Bobsled Messaging provides a cloud-based messaging application that allows consumers to send and receive individual and group messages with friends and family from any Android-powered smartphone or tablet, and almost any Web-connected, browser-enabled device. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Avaya Avaya Mobile Collaboration Read a complimentary Frost & Sullivan white paper: Prepare Your Enterprise for the Mobile Revolution. The world is becoming increasingly mobile. Learn how to keep costs in check, boost user productivity, deliver a consistent experience, and maintain a single, manageable corporate identity for all end-users. In this Issue 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Thorsten Heins takes over as CEO at Research In Motion Verizon goes 4G LTE crazy at Super Bowl 46 Another reason for Cisco to pound its chest RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers - from dynamic firewalls to intrusion detection, and account management. Halo is SaaS and installs in 5 minutes. Halo Basic is free for up to 25 servers. Try Halo 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries This morning we have posted Network World's sixth annual collection of the current year's "25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries," which this time around features technological debuts the likes of Perl, OS/2, SPARC, UUNet and NEXTEL, as well as a geeky selection from popular cultural such as the starts of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "RoboCop." Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations This paper discusses ways to simplify data center transformation and introduces a new process – BOCA – Build Outs, Consolidations and Acquisitions. Learn the five stages of BOCA and see how the right remote access and IT infrastructure management tools, deployed early and continuously monitored, can dramatically improve overall efficiency. Read now! Thorsten Heins takes over as CEO at Research In Motion Research In Motion's co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have quit after a tumultuous period at the company, which saw intense competition, and a long services outage at the maker of the BlackBerry. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud Akamai Chief Scientist and co-Founder Tom Leighton explores the major forces and technology layers driving the cloud computing movement, the types of architectural approaches emerging and an assessment of the challenges that must be overcome for cloud computing to broadly succeed. Read now Verizon goes 4G LTE crazy at Super Bowl 46 Befitting the over-the-top nature of the Super Bowl, Verizon Wireless has gone overboard to ensure that anyone in or near Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the big matchup between the New England Patriots and New York Giants will be able to distract themselves during the game by using their smartphones constantly. Verizon gave Gotta Be Mobile a behind the scenes look at its COW (cell on wheels)... Read More Another reason for Cisco to pound its chest Never one to pass up an opportunity to toot its own horn, Cisco is celebrating a milestone... and not in its traditional stronghold of switching and routing. In just over two years, Cisco has landed over 10,000 customers for its Unified Computing System (UCS) blade server platform, the controversial product that alienated longtime partners HP and IBM. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 12 available devices to test drive Windows 8 Here are a dozen off-the-shelf devices that Microsoft says it uses in its labs to put Windows 8 through its paces. You, too, can buy one if you haven't already. CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 18 Can employee-owned devices save companies money? Hacking critical infrastructure systems now as easy as pushing a button? Anonymous takes out DoJ, RIAA in response to Megaupload.com take-down U.S. losing high-tech jobs, R&D dominance to Asia Tips for Facebook Timeline Apps: Beware what you share Megaupload.com shut down, execs jailed Galaxy Nexus smartphone a worthy upgrade Top 7 truths about consumerization of IT Another reason for Cisco to pound its chest
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