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	Cisco network really was $100 million more The $100 million price differential between the Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco proposals to refresh California State University's 23-campus network that we wrote about earlier this week was based on an identical number of switches and routers in various configurations. Read More WEBCAST: Teradata Big Data Done Right View this on-demand webcast to learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now. In this Issue 9 things enterprise IT will like about Windows 8 Softbank deal validates US rejection of T-Mobile-AT&T merger, Sprint CEO says University researchers claim DNS boosting tool can speed Web performance by 40% Sycamore Networks headed to tech industry graveyard Apple sued over exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T So this guy's car breaks down in front of Steve Jobs' driveway RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here 9 things enterprise IT will like about Windows 8 Read More Softbank deal validates US rejection of T-Mobile-AT&T merger, Sprint CEO says Softbank's planned US$20 billion investment in Sprint validates the way the U.S. government handled last year's proposed merger of T-Mobile USA and AT&T, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Join the scale revolution for cloud ready networks Today's cloud evolution requires a full scale revolution. Citrix TriScale technology transforms enterprise data centers into highly scalable enterprise clouds. Download this whitepaper and learn how to scale your cloud network for more elastic performance, seamless expansion and simple consolidation. Learn More University researchers claim DNS boosting tool can speed Web performance by 40% Offerings such as Google Public DNS, OpenDNS and other public domain name system services promise increased security and privacy but can fall short on Web performance, according to a Northwestern University research team that has developed a tool it says can address that shortcoming. Read More Sycamore Networks headed to tech industry graveyard Sycamore Networks (NASDAQ—SCMR), whose optical switches and telecom software have powered carrier networks around the world since 1998, says it is shutting down. The company is selling off assets of its Intelligent Bandwidth Management business to a subsidiary of Marlin Equity Partners and may sell off or liquidate its other assets, including its IQStream mobile optimization technology. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Release 5.0 Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) provides the industry's most scalable, highest performance WAN optimization solution. Cisco WAAS is able to improve end user experience and reduce bandwidth for key applications. Learn more. Apple sued over exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T Apple's much-maligned iPhone exclusivity agreement with AT&T Mobility, started in 2007 but now ended, is once again the target of a class-action suit. Read More So this guy's car breaks down in front of Steve Jobs' driveway Those of you who don't want to read another word about Steve Jobs are excused. Those still here should find interesting a collection of personal anecdotes posted to Quora that answer the question: "What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs?" Read More
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