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	Avaya builds massive Wi-Fi net for 2014 Winter Olympics Avaya engineers are putting the final touches on a network capable of handling up to 54Tbps of traffic when the Winter Olympics opens on Feb. 7 in the Russian city of Sochi. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T Four Keys to Choosing a Holistic Mobile Management Solution Getting peak value from mobile technologies takes a wide range of applications and services. Here are four capabilities every end-to-end mobile management solution must include. Learn More In this Issue Box has been thinking outside of the cloud First Look: Gigabit Wi-Fi adapters Google buys maker of fascinating, creepy robots 2013: The year in numbers UC is a mess, and Oracle's trying to clean it up Microsoft era ending at Juniper Voice calls from planes: A social debate, not a technology dilemma Google bolsters spreadsheet app; adds first offline mode Dell and Red Hat team to sell enterprise OpenStack Outdated IT contracting rules added to HealthCare.gov woes? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Comcast The Network – A Growth Engine for Business The enterprise network, once the Rodney Dangerfield of IT, has emerged as a key enabler of business agility. Today's employees and customers expect instant access to information, from any location and with any computing device. In this report from Comcast and IDG, learn why investment in network services that provide both scale and flexibility will be critical as a foundation for sustainable growth. Box has been thinking outside of the cloud Many people think of Box as a cloud company. But really, it's a collaboration company, says Vikrant Karnik, senior vice president of enterprise cloud consulting services for systems integrator Capgemini, a newly minted Box partner. Read More First Look: Gigabit Wi-Fi adapters At some point, desktops and laptops will come with the new Gigabit Wi-Fi standard 802.11ac built in. But if you can't wait and want to speed up the wireless links on your existing devices, you can buy an 802.11ac adapter today. Read More Google buys maker of fascinating, creepy robots Google has acquired Boston Dynamics, a company that builds robots that mimic the movements of humans and animals with stunning dexterity and speed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco and Netapp Total Economic Impact Of FlexPod Data Center Platform FlexPod is a data center platform jointly developed by NetApp and Cisco that delivers networking, computing and storage. This Forrester report offers key findings from Forrester's interviews with FlexPod customers. View Now 2013: The year in numbers From single digits to trillions, the tech industry loves numbers, and it generated plenty of them in 2013. Here's a look at some of the figures that stand out from the year. Read More UC is a mess, and Oracle's trying to clean it up Saying that multi-vendor UC is hard to deploy is as gross an understatement as saying the Yankees overpaid for Jacoby Ellsbury. In both cases it makes sense on paper and may work out OK in the short term, but over the long haul, both may not provide the original value that was sought out. Read More Microsoft era ending at Juniper So it appears the Microsoft-style software emphasis and strategy for growth at Juniper is ending. With this week's sudden resignation of software chief Bob Muglia and the year-end retirement of CEO and fellow Microsoft alum Kevin Johnson, it's back to the hardware future at Juniper. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Business Value of Creating Exceptional Digital Experiences Watch this on-demand webcast to review the findings of IDC's recent analytical report titled: "The Business Value of IBM's Exceptional Digital Experience Solutions." Learn More Voice calls from planes: A social debate, not a technology dilemma Making voice calls via cell phone aboard a plane doesn't hold much interest for U.S. airline passengers or airlines, but there isn't a technological reason to ban them, according to federal authorities. Read More Google bolsters spreadsheet app; adds first offline mode Google rolled out an overhauled version of its Sheets spreadsheet app today, bringing more capabilities and offline mode to its suite of cloud-based productivity tools. Read More Dell and Red Hat team to sell enterprise OpenStack Dell will start selling systems early next year that run Red Hat's version of the OpenStack open-source cloud platform. Read More Outdated IT contracting rules added to HealthCare.gov woes? Critics of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' botched deployment of HealthCare.gov can point to a series of management mistakes, but many observers point to a more systematic problem with government IT contracts. Read More
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