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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Full-duplex radio breakthrough can double Wi-Fi capacity

Cerf: Future of Internet doesn't include an IPv7 | Disaster recovery trial by fire... literally

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Full-duplex radio breakthrough can double Wi-Fi capacity
Stanford University researchers have found a way to double the capacity of wireless networks, while at the same time making them more reliable and efficient. Read More


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Cerf: Future of Internet doesn't include an IPv7
Vint Cerf takes his title of Chief Internet Evangelist for Google seriously, and is knee-deep in several projects to bring the next versions of the Internet into being. These projects include pushing for worldwide IPv6 adoption, but they don't include plans for an IPv7. Read More

Disaster recovery trial by fire... literally
On a Sunday morning last year, John Brooks received news no one wants to hear. There'd been an electrical fire in the basement of a New York City office tower - where his law firm has an office. Read More

Disk or tape? How about both
Enterprises today have many more backup choices than they used to have, and they're taking advantage by pairing legacy technologies such as tape backups with newer disk-based data protection options. Read More


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Cisco grapples with transition as routers and switches lag
Cisco is in the throes of a companywide transition away from the switches and routers that form the bedrock of its business toward new markets to fuel future growth -- and the shift is affecting Cisco's revenue. Read More

Microsoft builds speedy flash bridge between RAM and hard disk
Microsoft research project makes flash storage work more efficiently in conjunction with RAM and hard disk for speedier reads and writes. Read More

Juniper up next with cloud switches
Juniper's data center announcement next week is expected to include switches based on new silicon that allows them to establish a flat fabric for cloud computing. Read More


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IT turf wars: The most common feuds in tech
Dev vs. ops, staff vs. management -- here's how to rise above the friendly fire and turn IT unrest into productivity. Read More

Yahoo to open-source cloud-serving engine
Yahoo is developing an internal cloud-serving engine to boost its own productivity, and intends to release the code as an open source this year. Read More

Green memories accelerate ROI for data centers
Hundreds of thousands of KWh are being consumed by the use of memory components in servers today. By adopting more energy-efficient components in optimized server architectures, such as lower voltage DRAMs and advanced solid-state drives (SSDs), data centers can drastically reduce power consumption and associated energy costs. Read More

Best practices for maximizing VDI success
Cost-saving technologies remain a priority for IT in 2011 and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), with its ability to streamline operations, is one of the technologies at the top of the list. Read More

Obama sets $126M for next-gen supercomputing
President Barack Obama has included funding in his 2012 budget proposal for development of the next generation of supercomputers, an exascale system. Read More



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