Court overturns FCC's Comcast net neutrality decision; Cisco's data center deluge

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	Court rules against FCC's Comcast net neutrality decision A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the FCC did not have the authority to order Comcast to stop throttling peer-to-peer traffic in the name of network management. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in an order Tuesday, overturned the FCC's August 2008 ruling forcing Comcast to abandon its network management efforts aimed at users of the BitTorrent p-to-p service and other applications. The FCC lacked "any statutorily mandated responsibility" to enforce network neutrality rules, wrote Judge David Tatel. Read More DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Free Download from RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Now. In this Issue Apple to showcase iPhone OS 4; third-party multitasking support likely Cisco launches new servers, switches, SANs to sweep through the data center Cisco's data center deluge (slideshow) Six myths about Macs in the enterprise Researchers track cyber-espionage ring to China Open-source advocate enters IBM antitrust fray What's new in Microsoft OCS 14: Five voice features CA cutting 1,000 jobs Permanent IT employee numbers set to rise Who bought Apple's 300,000 iPads? Take a guess E-GUIDE: APC by Schneider Electric 5 Ways to Shrink a Data Center Most data centers can support an average density of 100 to 200 watts per sq. foot. The future of high-density computing – beyond 30 KW - will have to rely on water-based cooling, but is that cost effective? This expert guide discusses the latest energy technologies for today and the future. Read Now. Apple to showcase iPhone OS 4; third-party multitasking support likely Apple sure is keeping busy these days. With the iPad launch just 3 days behind us, Apple yesterday sent out invitations to a number of developers and media outlets for an iPhone OS event to be held on Apple's campus on Thursday, April 8. While the iPad has been gobbling up all of the buzz lately, Apple's invitations promise to showcase "the future of the iPhone OS" so things should certainly be interesting. Read More Cisco launches new servers, switches, SANs to sweep through the data center Cisco this week rolled out a bevy of data center products ranging from servers to switches to SANs, all designed to further broaden the company's reach beyond networking and into IT infrastructure. Read More Cisco's data center deluge (slideshow) Cisco rolled out sweeping extensions to its data center portfolio, including new servers, fabric extenders, SAN switches and more. 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Read More Open-source advocate enters IBM antitrust fray Software developer and political lobbyist Florian Mueller weighed in on the European Commission's investigation of monopoly abuse claims against IBM, accusing the computing giant of deserting the interests of the open-source software community. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Prepare for Windows 7 in Three Phases Many organizations are skipping Vista and looking forward to Windows 7. This research provides necessary steps to prepare for Windows 7 and ensure a successful migration with adequate operating system (OS) support. Learn More Now What's new in Microsoft OCS 14: Five voice features With the next generation of Office Communications Server, due out before the end of this year, Microsoft will look to establish itself as a company that can be trusted with unified communications. One of Microsoft's sticking points with customers will be enterprise voice capabilities. Read More CA cutting 1,000 jobs CA is planning to cut about 1,000 jobs, or roughly 7.7% of its workforce, according to a document filed Tuesday with the US Securities & Exchange Commission. Read More Permanent IT employee numbers set to rise Over 40% of employers are likely to increase their number of permanent IT employees during the second quarter of 2010, according to the latest Hudson report. Read More Who bought Apple's 300,000 iPads? Take a guess Today, the world somehow seems different. I can't quite place it, but... Read More
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