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	Open source IP PBX saves serious cash for Michigan CAT In a move that might send shivers down the spines of mainstream IP PBX vendors like Avaya, Cisco and ShoreTel, Michigan CAT has deployed an open source Asterisk IP PBX to handle its phone calls and contact center at half the cost of what commercial vendors would have charged. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Collecting Compliance Evidence: The Role of Event Logs This Quest Software white paper discusses how to maximize the power of event logs. You'll learn about recent regulation changes, how your company can best prepare for an audit and the solution you need to address these issues. Read More In this Issue Inside the labs at Microsoft, HP and IBM P2P-based alternative to DNS hopes to challenge ICANN Desperate to connect? Consider satellite Cisco's LineSider buy is key for cloud ambitions IBM chip breakthrough may lead to exascale supercomputers Verizon sets the bar for future LTE launches FCC takes first step toward reallocating TV spectrum Network Instruments delivers improved insight for global energy company Fortinet unveils high-speed security blade for Fortigate-5000 chassis What the IP address meltdown means for you SAP's HANA will speed real-time data analytics WEBCAST: Akamai Technologies Increase Download Completion Rates Join IDC for this live Webcast as new research on Electronic Software Delivery is revealed. Find out how to effectively monitor and deliver small and large downloads to ensure end user success and satisfaction. And because it's live, you can ask the experts questions specific to your environment. Register Today. Inside the labs at Microsoft, HP and IBM At Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, investment in research and development is a reflection of corporate culture. This three-part piece examines the different approaches taken by each of these influential tech companies. Hewlett-Packard prides itself on its pragmatism, while Microsoft holds the flag of basic research aloft -- and IBM continues to file more patent applications, year after year, than any other tech company. Read More P2P-based alternative to DNS hopes to challenge ICANN A group led by former Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde is forming to develop a peer-to-peer-based alternative to today's ICANN-controlled DNS system, according to a blog posted on Tuesday. Read More Desperate to connect? Consider satellite A dual-mode phone usually sports cellular and Wi-Fi connections. However, there's now a handset option with cellular and satellite communications for emergency responders and others who may find themselves frequently beyond the reach of any terrestrial mobile network (folks in the desert or on an offshore oil rig, for example). Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Combating Security and Compliance Challenges Don't wait for a security breach or compliance issue to damage your company. Ongoing monitoring can proactively identify and reduce threats. Learn how you can successfully stop security issues before they become serious problems. Read More Cisco's LineSider buy is key for cloud ambitions This week's acquisition of LineSider, the small Massachusetts software company, fills a vital piece in one of Cisco's three strategic pillars: virtualization. LineSider makes networking provisioning software for virtual data centers and clouds, delegating and enforcing policies among VMs and physical assets. Read More IBM chip breakthrough may lead to exascale supercomputers IBM researchers have made a breakthrough in using pulses of light to accelerate data transfer between chips, something they say could boost the performance of supercomputers by more than a thousand times. Read More Verizon sets the bar for future LTE launches Verizon Wednesday laid down some important markers that AT&T and T-Mobile will try to match or best when they launch their own LTE networks next year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Inc. Cloud –Inspired Data Center Transformation In these articles, Network World and its sister publications CIO and Computerworld present the latest thinking and explore the latest trends on how data centers are evolving toward the cloud ideal. Read now! FCC takes first step toward reallocating TV spectrum The FCC releases proposed rules to allow TV stations to give up unused spectrum in favor of mobile broadband services. Read More Network Instruments delivers improved insight for global energy company At Apache, a Houston-based global energy company, 2010 has been a year of increased network visibility, says Dave Schraudt, network analyst at the Fortune 500 corporation. Read More Fortinet unveils high-speed security blade for Fortigate-5000 chassis Fortinet today introduced a high-speed security blade that combines a slew of capabilities -- including firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, identity-based application controls, anti-virus, anti-spam and Web filtering -- and delivers up to 40G bit/sec throughput. Read More What the IP address meltdown means for you The world is running out of IPv4 Internet addresses, without which the Internet can't function in its existing form. Read More SAP's HANA will speed real-time data analytics SAP's High-Performance Analytic Appliance, or HANA, which started shipping on Wednesday, should give its customers a much faster, more flexible way to analyze large volumes of data in real-time, analysts said. Read More
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