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What the FCC's Wi-Fi expansion means for you
Mobile devices like the iPhone 5 are embracing the 5 GHz band, and that trend will expand as 802.11ac radios become prevalent even on smartphones starting in 2013. Read More


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Worst Microsoft Windows Automatic Updates of 2012
Auto update at your peril: Five Patch Tuesdays that made a living hell for Windows users Read More

Air Force software turns warplanes into wireless routers in the sky
A software upgrade called Net-T effectively turns U.S. military aircraft into giant airborne wireless routers, allowing ground forces to share information with each other and with their allies overhead. Read More

Hadoop goes to the cloud
Two public cloud service providers have rolled out hosted versions of Hadoop clusters, including SkyTap announcing a partnership with Hadoop distributor Cloudera, and Joyent teaming with HortonWorks on a cloud-based Hadoop service that's available today. Read More

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New task for CIOs: Make money
As tech infiltrates every corner of the business, it's only natural that some IT departments are producing revenue-generating products and services. Insider (registration required) Read More


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Courier receives speedy delivery of cellular savings
Exceed Group proves that small and midsized companies can uncover huge savings when they implement wireless expense management with Mobil-Eye. Read about what steps Jet Delivery took to reach full optimization of their AT&T contract. Learn how to get your own free Mobil-Eye wireless expenses analysis. Learn More.

Cisco to buy SON software vendor Intucell for $475 million
Cisco Systems is planning to acquire Intucell in a bid to make its products more attractive to mobile operators as traffic volume on networks continues to grow. Read More

Three indicted for making, spreading Gozi Trojan
Three individuals were indicted in New York today for allegedly creating and distributing the Gozi malware that's said to have caused tens of million of dollars in losses at several major U.S. banks. Read More

Tape Storage Finds New Life in the Enterprise and Beyond
Tape is not dead--far from it. In fact, many enterprises depend on it for cost-effective long-term storage. Tape is also finding new applications in the virtualized and increasingly video-centric world of IT. As enterprises deal with bigger sets of data, tape will play a vital role going forward. Read More

Juniper's SDN vision is broadest in the industry, but it's just a start
As most people who follow the networking industry know, Juniper outlined its vision for software-defined networks (SDN) at last week's Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas. I've had a bit of time to digest the information, answered a number of questions about it, and I thought it was time to share my thoughts on what they announced and the impact to the industry. Read More


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Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT
This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More.

Firefox OS smartphones: Everything you need to know about the hardware
The Mozilla Foundation (in partnership with GeeksPhone) has just revealed that the first "Developer Preview" phones will be shipping with the new, Open Source, "Firefox OS" very, very shortly - possibly as early as just a few weeks from now. A few things worth noting: Read More

Data Privacy Day 2013: Microsoft releases privacy trends study and video series
We are fast approaching Data Privacy Day (Jan. 28) 2013, when the USA, Canada and 27 countries of the European Union will "raise awareness of and generate discussion about data privacy rights and practices." Read More

TechTip: Smartphones, tablets make best TV remote control
TechTip: Smartphones, tablets make best TV remote control Learn how to control your TV and Tivo with your smartphone or tablet in under a minute. Follow tech reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb From: networkworld Views: 50 5 ratings Time: 01:04 More in Science & Technology Read More

Truth in IT job postings: What those want ads really mean
Make no mistake about it: There's a massive difference between what employers say and what they actually mean Read More

 
 
 

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