Tuesday, July 16, 2013

AT&T offers phones on monthly installments, with annual upgrades

FISA court asks government to declassify secret order in Yahoo case

SDN, NFV creeping into provider networks

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July 16, 2013
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AT&T offers phones on monthly installments, with annual upgrades

AT&T is offering no-contract smartphones and tablets on monthly installments, with the promise of an annual upgrade, taking on similar offers by competitor T-Mobile US.

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Issue highlights

1. FISA court asks government to declassify secret order in Yahoo case

2. SDN, NFV creeping into provider networks

3. Malware campaign strikes Asian, European governments

4. VOSS simplifies the UC on-boarding process

5. '1 + 1 = 3': The Synergy between the NEW key technologies

6. Surface smartwatch in prototype with modified Windows 8, reports say

7. India's telegram service is dead … not so the telegram

8. Quick look: Death of India's telegram system

9. US military drone lands on aircraft carrier

10. Time and Distance Enemies of Agile Project Management

 

FISA court asks government to declassify secret order in Yahoo case

The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ordered the government to declassify its secret order and parties' briefs in a case which Yahoo expects will demonstrate that it resisted government directives. READ MORE

SDN, NFV creeping into provider networks

Network operators are starting small with their SDN and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) deployments, containing them to parts of the network where they can evaluate performance before rolling it out, according to Infonetics Research. READ MORE

Malware campaign strikes Asian, European governments

Trend Micro says it detected a targeted attack that sent malware-laden emails to representatives of 16 European countries and some Asian governments. READ MORE

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Knowing is half the battle. And there are many technical challenges for virtualized network environments on the way to cloud-readiness. Gary Kinghorn, Senior Solution Marketing Manager at Cisco, and Bob Laliberte, Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), discuss these obstacles in this informative webinar. Learn how Cisco Nexus 1000V helps

VOSS simplifies the UC on-boarding process

For large enterprises and service providers, the process of on-boarding a user can be quite cumbersome. Provisioning a user with a full set of UC services can be a complicated, error-prone process due to the number of systems that need to be set up. UC on-boarding can include voice, presence, conferencing and a number of other applications that fall under the "UC" umbrella. In addition to setting... READ MORE

'1 + 1 = 3': The Synergy between the NEW key technologies

As noted last time, just as the Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture is enabling IT to take advantage of "the cloud" - SaaS, public and hybrid cloud computing - so READ MORE

Surface smartwatch in prototype with modified Windows 8, reports say

Microsoft is reportedly moving ahead quickly with development of a smartwatch, having reached the prototype stage of a 1.5-in. device running on a modified Windows 8 housed in a translucent aluminum case. READ MORE

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Dispelling Myths about Cloud–based Archiving

Visit this Interactive Resource Center, designed to dispel any concerns you may have. It's packed with informative videos, whitepapers and case studies as well as Twitter feeds and a live Forum—everything you need to move confidently to the cloud. View Now!

India's telegram service is dead … not so the telegram

No matter how often my press colleagues predict this or that technology will be a "killer" of this or that one, the fact is that technologies as a rule do not die sudden or violent deaths, they fade away, sometimes over a very, very long time. READ MORE

Quick look: Death of India's telegram system

The 160 year-old institution hit hard by Internet, mobile phones READ MORE

US military drone lands on aircraft carrier

US military drone lands on aircraft carrier For the first time, the US military landed a drone on an aircraft carrier.Nicknamed "Salty Dog 502", the tailless, strike fighter sized, unmanned aircraft de... From: networkworld Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:19 More in Science & Technology READ MORE

Time and Distance Enemies of Agile Project Management

If you haven't read Nassim Taleb 'Anti-Fragile,' it's time to break out your e-reader. Big software projects are constitutionally doomed because they're fragile. Agile may be the way to go, but what can you do to make sure your agile project doesn't become fragile? READ MORE

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Public or Private Cloud: The Choice is Yours

The debate between deploying either public or private cloud services has remained to be a major worry & source of confusion among IT managers. This paper helps to define & differentiate between private & public cloud services in order to make a well-informed decision on which service to implement. Read Now

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