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	Gigabit Internet Service Providers Challenge Traditional ISPs Companies such as Comcast and Time Warner don't think the United States is ready for -- or even needs -- gigabit Internet, but Google Fiber and a host of independent initiatives suggest that they are faster and cheaper. Read More   WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc Gartner's Unified Communications as a Service Report See what Gartner Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory firm, has to say about choosing the right Unified Communications solution for your business. Gartner's Magic Quadrant compares 16 of the leading UCaaS providers and names 8x8 a leader based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Learn more >> In this Issue iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Feb. 14 The erosion of IT's middle class IBM, AT&T pair to offer 'Internet of things' systems Half million Belkin WeMo users could be hacked; CERT issues advisory Business interests push for more unlicensed spectrum Apple shop maxes out Airport access points, upgrades to 802.11ac Whatever happened to the IPv4 address crisis? Florida police officer to 'live tweet' his shift tonight Some gamers steamed over alleged Valve anti-cheat DNS spying New products of the week 02.17.14 Microsoft Lync to play nice with Cisco, Android WHITE PAPER: IBM Cost-effective messaging for medium-sized businesses Help strengthen customer relationships, drive operational effectiveness and optimize your workforce with IBM collaboration and messaging solutions for medium-sized businesses. IBM Lotus software is designed to provide simplified solutions and delivery models based on your needs. View Now>> iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Feb. 14 Just in time for Valentine's Day, blurry photos of the iPhone 6 appeared online and went viral thanks to social media and Apple Obsession Syndrome. It didn't even matter that they were fakes. Read More   The erosion of IT's middle class As new technologies continue to emerge in the network, the need for highly skilled IT administration resources will grow just as well. However, the advent of Software Defined Networking (SDN), cloud systems, and orchestration software means many mundane tasks will become automated. If your day is mainly made up of those mundane tasks, then you should be worried about the future of your career. Read... Read More   IBM, AT&T pair to offer 'Internet of things' systems AT&T and IBM will start jointly offering services designed to help municipalities, utility companies and other organizations use "Internet of things" technologies to better manage their infrastructure. Read More   Half million Belkin WeMo users could be hacked; CERT issues advisory When U.S. CERT comes knocking, it seems unwise for a company to stick its head in the sand and hide. Read More   Business interests push for more unlicensed spectrum A new industry group has unintentionally thrown light on the business interests that underlie debates over U.S. spectrum policy. Read More   Apple shop maxes out Airport access points, upgrades to 802.11ac   What do you do when your Apple Airport Express wireless network just bogs down under too many users and big files? Read More   Whatever happened to the IPv4 address crisis? In February 2011, the global Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) allocated the last blocks of IPv4 address space to the five regional Internet registries. At the time, experts warned that within months all available IPv4 addresses in the world would be distributed to ISPs. Read More   Florida police officer to 'live tweet' his shift tonight How you feel about this particular application of technology to police work will likely depend on how you feel about Twitter. From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Read More   Some gamers steamed over alleged Valve anti-cheat DNS spying Are you a gamer? Got Steam? How steamed might you be then if Valve was spying on your web browsing via the Steam platform's anti-cheat solution known as VAC? A post on Reddit alleges that "VAC now reads all the domains you have visited and sends it back to their servers." Read More   New products of the week 02.17.14 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Sophos and Palo Alto Networks Read More   Microsoft Lync to play nice with Cisco, Android Microsoft is accommodating Cisco conferencing systems and Android tablets to help make Microsoft Lync and Skype communications platforms able to connect any customers by voice, video, messaging and conferencing regardless of what device they use. Read More
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