Verizon chief trashes net neutrality With the FCC due to vote on new net neutrality rules tomorrow, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg warned the commission against passing rules barring carriers from favoring certain types of content. Debunking the 'net neutrality will quash innovation' argument Peter Sevcik and Rebecca Wetzel: It's fascinating to hear Ivan Seidenberg and others argue vociferously that an open, fair, and transparent Internet will somehow quash innovation, when the opposite is true. Without net neutrality, the Internet risks becoming a black box within which service providers can do whatever they please to traffic. This is the surest way we know to not only to quash innovation, but also break the Internet. Gartner: Don't sweat move to IPv6 The future of communications calls for a focus on unified communications and collaboration, workforce mobility, IP telephony and network virtualization. But moving from IPv4 to IPv6? Don't worry about it yet, Gartner analysts say. 75% of mobile broadband users unhappy with speed More than three quarters of mobile broadband users are not satisfied with the speeds provided by their service providers, says Thinkbroadband.com. Managing IT assets where they live Nimsoft upgrades its Nimsoft Monitoring Solution to extend monitoring and historical reporting from the virtualized data center to hosted, cloud and SaaS resources and applications. The case for and against virtualized desktops The goal of cloud computing is to make a significant improvement in the cost-effective, elastic provisioning of IT services. This newsletter will explore how desktop virtualization supports that goal and will identify some of the performance problems that are associated wtih desktop virtualization. Mobile broadband revenues to soar to 2014 Worldwide mobile data services revenues are expected to increase 17% in 2010. Through 2014, mobile data services revenues will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 12%. AT&T accused of 'astroturfing' on net neutrality An AT&T executive has asked employees to post opposition to net neutrality rules being considered by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on an FCC Web site using their personal e-mail addresses, prompting accusations of unfair advocacy by an opposing group. Hiring budgets begin to thaw Research from Challenger, Gray & Christmas shows employers are planning to replenish their workforce as the economic recovery gets underway. Microsoft, Dell, Spectrum Bridge launch first public white spaces network The first public white spaces network officially launched on Wednesday in Claudville, Va. It uses sensing technology from Spectrum Bridge with software and Web cams supplied by Microsoft and PCs supplied by Dell. The project was funded the TDF Foundation. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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