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	Google may invest in SpaceX for Internet through satellites Google may invest around US$1 billion in the project Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Using the Network to Optimize a Virtualized Data Center Enterprise IT has gone through several major shifts over the past several decades. The 1960s and 70s saw the rise of the mainframe. The mainframe ceded control in the client/server era, which in turn gave way to Internet computing. View Now In this Issue IDG Contributor Network: Is it time to move to beamforming 802.11ac? 2015's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries Virgin Galactic wants to launch 2,400 comm. satellites to offer ubiquitous broadband Facebook at Work Wants to Get All Up in Your Business Cities cheer Obama's push for municipal broadband The never-ending quest to dethrone email WHITE PAPER: CDW Rutgers Business School Taps the Cloud for I.T. Team Support By leveraging cloud services, the burgeoning school can deliver rapid virtualization and easy single sign-on without cutting corners. View Now IDG Contributor Network: Is it time to move to beamforming 802.11ac? No, it's not a drone. D-Link and Linksys launch two of the fastest Wi-Fi routers ever. And one certainly looks like it. Read More   2015's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries Back in 1990Network World's annual roundup of the year's "25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries" this time includes the debuts of the Hubble Space Telescope, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft PowerPoint, IMDb and the EFF. Not to mention Archie and TED. And if you want to catch up, here are the collections for 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: VMTurbo, Inc.   Cloud: Delivering Performance in Shared Environments This whitepaper explores how service providers use VMTurbo to provide consistent performance across all workloads, as well as the three roles a responsible managed service provider (MSP) takes in order to accomplish that directive. Learn More Virgin Galactic wants to launch 2,400 comm. satellites to offer ubiquitous broadband   Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson this week said he wants to launch as many as 2,400 small satellites in an effort to set up a constellation capable of bringing broadband communications through a company called OneWeb to millions of people who do not have it. He said he plans to initially launch a low-earth-orbit satellite constellation of 648 satellites to get the project rolling. OneWeb also got backing from Qualcomm for this planned world-wide Internet service. OneWeb said it plans to work with local partners to provide access. OneWeb terminals act as small cells with the ability to provide access to the surrounding area via a WiFi, LTE, 3G or 2G connection using an operator partner's licensed spectrum, or only LTE or WiFi on unlicensed spectrum.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Facebook at Work Wants to Get All Up in Your Business   Facebook's long-rumored enterprise offering is stepping out of the shadows, though it's far from being a finished product. It's called Facebook at Work, and while it looks a lot like Facebook's existing mobile app and website—complete with Likes, comments and private messaging—it's walled off from the wider social network to allow for inter-office communication. As TechCrunch reports, Work is a standalone app for iOS and Android, and it has a separate website.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Rethinking Enterprise Wireless Networks This paper from IDC explores the trends, challenges, and solutions that the latest generations of WiFi architecture deliver. View Now>> Cities cheer Obama's push for municipal broadband Dozens of U.S. cities are cheering President Obama's proposal this week for the Federal Communications Commission to allow municipalities to provide their own Internet broadband services even in states that have banned such services. Read More   The never-ending quest to dethrone email Build a better mousetrap, as the cliché has it, and the world will beat a path to your door. That line of thinking has even been applied to the most rudimentary corners of the technology world: standards and protocols that have stuck around for decades, yet viewed as creaky and badly in need of replacement. But few old-guard standards have seen as many pretenders to the throne as the SMTP/POP3/IMAP email triumvirate has. If only someone could come up with an alternative that did everything email did but better, more securely, and with less hassle, wouldn't it be worth it?To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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