Networking World: The Microsoft break-up that never happened

Network World's Products of the Week 6.17.13

With faster 5G Wi-Fi coming, Wi-Fi Alliance kicks off certification program

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June 19, 2013

The Microsoft break-up that never happened

Thomas P. Jackson, the former federal judge who in 2000 ruled that Microsoft should be split into two companies, died Saturday. What if his ruling, overturned before it could be implemented, had gone into effect?

Issue highlights

1. Network World's Products of the Week 6.17.13

2. With faster 5G Wi-Fi coming, Wi-Fi Alliance kicks off certification program

3. Startup beams your text msgs to extraterrestrials

4. Canonical taps international cell carriers for mobile advice

5. GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the cloud

6. Jive boosts mobile capabilities of its enterprise social suite

7. Making peril permanent: Google's Gmail app redesign

8. Power to the people: AT&T sets up free mobile charging stations in NYC

9. Video Q&A: The Cloud of Tomorrow

10. INSIDER BYOD decision points: Who pays?

11. Tumblr, Apple & You. Getting started.

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Network World's Products of the Week 6.17.13

Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Cloudmark and Dell READ MORE

With faster 5G Wi-Fi coming, Wi-Fi Alliance kicks off certification program

The Wi-Fi Alliance unveiled a certification program for 802.11ac Wi-Fi (also known as 5G Wi-Fi) designed to make sure devices using the wireless technology interoperate with older hardware. READ MORE

Startup beams your text msgs to extraterrestrials

For 25 cents, would you send a short message deep into outer space in the hopes that an alien race might receive it? READ MORE

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Canonical taps international cell carriers for mobile advice

Canonical announced Tuesday that it has formed an advisory group of international wireless carriers – including big names like Deutsche Telekom and Korea Telecom, but excluding all of the big four U.S. networks. READ MORE

GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the cloud

Internet tools are just starting to be applied to industrial tasks such as maintaining equipment and optimizing operations, but the wealth of data being produced by industrial systems could make this a major focus of development in the coming years. READ MORE

Jive boosts mobile capabilities of its enterprise social suite

Jive Software is making a mobile push with new and enhanced mobile applications that have an emphasis on helping users of the enterprise social networking (ESN) suite create, not just view, content from their tablets and smartphones. READ MORE

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Selecting the Best File-Sharing Solution

Security. Scalability. Control. These are just some of the many benefits of enterprise cloud file-sharing that you'll discover in this KnowledgeVault, packed with short videos, white papers and demos. View Now!

Making peril permanent: Google's Gmail app redesign

Google's recent update of its Gmail app made archive the default setting, encouraging its users to save their email, literally, forever. READ MORE

Power to the people: AT&T sets up free mobile charging stations in NYC

AT&T today announced a pilot project of solar-powered charging stations across all five of New York City's boroughs where the public can charge phones, tablets and other devices for free. READ MORE

Video Q&A: The Cloud of Tomorrow

If you're wondering about the current state of enterprise cloud computing and whether you're ahead or behind the game, check out the following two videos. Earlier this year at Interop 2013, John Gallant (chief content officer at IDG Enterprise) sat down with John Considine, CTO at Verizon Terremark, to discuss Considine's keynote at the show, which covered "The Cloud of Tomorrow". READ MORE

INSIDER

BYOD decision points: Who pays?

As enterprises implement BYOD initiatives, IT managers have some key decisions to make: who purchases the devices, who pays for data plans and carrier contracts, and how does the company manage a mix of corporate and personal access to data on the devices. READ MORE

Tumblr, Apple & You. Getting started.

Tumblrs about Apple, the iPhone & iOS: Clever. Entertaining. Insightful. Meaningful. Cool. Hot. Whatever. READ MORE

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Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization

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Check Point wins test of eight unified threat management (UTM) devices for small business.

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