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	Cisco reaches agreement with Innovatio over Wi-Fi patents Cisco Systems has come to an agreement with patent firm Innovatio IP Ventures in a dispute over Wi-Fi standards-essential patents that targeted its customers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Apperian IDC Buyers Guide: The Enterprise Mobile App Lifecycle Download this IDC Buyers Guide on managing the enterprise mobile app lifecycle to learn why apps are a key component to your mobile strategy and questions to ask of your organization to determine the best enterprise mobility solution. Download the interactive workbook now. In this Issue 25 Valentine's Day gifts for geeks at heart How the U.S. can avoid becoming a 'third-world country' in broadband Shark Tank's tech winners & rejects Errors to avoid when deploying distributed antenna systems and small cells First Look: Firefox 27 Starbucks hits $1B in mobile payment revenues in 2013, analysis says Westmont College jumps to Gigabit Wi-Fi for three reasons: "Speed, speed and speed" How smartphones can reshape the way we pay 7 clever mobile apps to conquer procrastination Touring Boston Through Google Glass WHITE PAPER: IBM The Top 10 Secrets to Using Data Mining to Succeed at CRM This white paper address how data mining is used to get more value from CRM systems -- particularly focused on application of predictive analytics to the customer lifecycle (acquire, grow, retain). Read Now 25 Valentine's Day gifts for geeks at heart Treat your sweetheart to a Valentine's Day gift with a techie vibe Read More How the U.S. can avoid becoming a 'third-world country' in broadband Credit: CNN Since a federal court decision last month determined that the FCC cannot enforce net neutrality regulations on internet service providers (ISPs), many have warned that a de-regulated internet could result in slowed broadband speeds for high-bandwidth internet services. Read More Shark Tank's tech winners & rejects ABC's "Shark Tank" program, on which entrepreneurs make their pitches to a panel of high profile investors on national TV, isn't the final word on whether a product or service will succeed. But as last week's show featuring Egos Ventures' $1.99 Cycloramic iOS and Android app illustrates, a thumb's up on the program – not to mention a $500,00 investment -- can boost a product into the stratosphere, or in other words, to the top of the Apple App Store charts. Read More WHITE PAPER: CommVault ESG: How to Build a Strategic Archive This paper discusses the reasons ESG believes CommVault Simpana software, a data management platform that delivers backup, archive, search, and analytics capabilities, could be a viable cornerstone of an organization's information retention strategy. Learn More Errors to avoid when deploying distributed antenna systems and small cells Successfully extending cellular coverage inside buildings requires careful analysis. Here's how to avoid the traps. Read More First Look: Firefox 27 SPDY, social integration and more improved in the latest Firefox version. Read More Starbucks hits $1B in mobile payment revenues in 2013, analysis says Starbucks was able to generate a staggering $1 billion in revenue from smartphone transactions used at sales terminals in its stores in 2013 largely due to the fanatical loyalty of its customers, according to a recent estimate. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Get more out of cloud with a structured workload analysis Adopting cloud technology is a reasonably easy decision. Figuring out when and how to get the most value from cloud computing is the next—often more challenging—step. Read this white paper to learn how a robust analysis of your workloads can help identify candidates for your target cloud environments. Read Now Westmont College jumps to Gigabit Wi-Fi for three reasons: "Speed, speed and speed" Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif., was the first school in the country to deploy an all-802.11n network when, four years ago, it rolled out 290 Meraki access points to bring nearly complete coverage to dorms, classrooms and campus buildings. Read More How smartphones can reshape the way we pay Target; Nieman-Marcus; Michaels. Lately, it seems that a week doesn't go by without some major retailer being forced to inform customers that their payment systems have been compromised, potentially affecting millions of cardholders and their finances. Of course, that's on top of the myriad scams that happen every day on a smaller scale and end up costing both consumers and businesses billions of dollars every year. Read More 7 clever mobile apps to conquer procrastination Call it a disease, a bad habit, or a character flaw, but procrastination spares no one from its strangling grip. Just search "procrastination" in any mobile app store, and you'll be rewarded with a glut of solutions that promise to motivate, badger, cajole, prod, inspire or otherwise spur you into action. Before you kick another project down the road, check out these 7 apps and conquer your task-avoidance once and for all. 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