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	Clearwire's new CEO faces big challenges in the LTE race Clearwire announced a new president and CEO: Eric Prusch, most recently the company's COO and former CFO. He faces big challenges rolling out an LTE network to compete with rivals like Verizon and AT&T. Read More WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! In this Issue IT career choices: Startup or established company? Make mine modular: The rise of prefab data centers LightSquared reaffirms LTE dominance Cisco profit fell one-third in Q4 Electromagnetic interference and 10GBase-T in the data center New group plans 100,000 broadband-enabled jobs in US Verizon strike signals shift in telecom business FCC: Broadband delivers close to advertised speeds After 30 years, IBM says PC going way of vacuum tube and typewriter Work on home sensors targets energy efficiency Adtran buys Wi-Fi vendor Bluesocket WHITE PAPER: Enterasys Networks Enabling anIncreasingly Sophisticated Customer Base Stephens Support Services provides the IT infrastructure and support for Stephens' brokerage, holding company and hospitality businesses. Stephens Support Services is a separate organization that partners with each business, solving unique challenges and positively impacting the bottom-line through technology. Read now! IT career choices: Startup or established company? Stability trumps all other workplace attributes, according to a poll of IT professionals -- many of whom are, presumably, on the lookout for new job opportunities. Read More Make mine modular: The rise of prefab data centers When John Campbell talks about Purdue University's soon-to-be implemented modular data center, he can hardly hide his enthusiasm. Read More LightSquared reaffirms LTE dominance LightSquared has been in the headlines of a number of trade-industry stories in the past few weeks, as the company begins to roll out their wholesale-only LTE network. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Importance of Permanent Link Testing This white paper is the joint effort of 2 industry leaders of high speed infrastructure cabling and testing, Panduit and Fluke Networks. This technical paper provides a thorough analysis and review of different testing techniques and their associated benefits for high speed permanent links. Learn More Today! Cisco profit fell one-third in Q4 Cisco's profit in its fiscal fourth quarter fell about one-third from a year earlier, while its sales increased only 3.3%, the company reported on Wednesday. Read More Electromagnetic interference and 10GBase-T in the data center The majority of data center LAN links use 1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet) running on unshielded twisted pair structured cabling (Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a). While increasing demand for bandwidth is driving a shift to 10G Ethernet, that migration is being slowed by the fact that the 10G links being deployed today are based on optical transceivers or SFP+ Direct Attach copper, neither of which is backward-compatible to Gigabit Ethernet. Read More New group plans 100,000 broadband-enabled jobs in US Members of Jobs4America say they plan to add 100,000 U.S. call-center jobs over the next two years. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point ADCs Take Over Where Load Balancers Leave Off Application Delivery Controllers understand applications and optimize server performance - offloading compute-intensive tasks that prevent servers from quickly delivering applications. Learn how ADCs have taken over where load balancers left off. Read now! Verizon strike signals shift in telecom business Two unions representing Verizon's wireline workers call a strike as the company shifts away from traditional telephone service. Read More FCC: Broadband delivers close to advertised speeds An FCC study says broadband providers are delivering close to advertised speeds. Read More After 30 years, IBM says PC going way of vacuum tube and typewriter IBM CTO predicts PC going way of the 'vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs.' Read More Work on home sensors targets energy efficiency Homeowners who want to know which electrical device in their house consumes the most energy will soon be able to find out due to the research of Shwetak Patel. The assistant professor from the University of Washington is one of this year's recipients of Microsoft's Research Faculty Fellowships. Read More Adtran buys Wi-Fi vendor Bluesocket Enterprise Wi-Fi vendor Bluesocket has been bought by Adtran, which plans to hammer Bluesocket's "virtualized" wireless LAN like a stake into the hearts of its WLAN rivals, Cisco and Aruba Networks. Read More
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