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	Sprint's cut in data prices won't help its network woes Sprint's new lower-priced shared data plan sounds ambitious, but analysts say it doesn't go far enough and won't address the carrier's network performance sore spot. On top of that, some analysts say that carrier-revenues overall could drop in the current price war, cutting into network technology advancements for all the major carriers over the long run. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Guide to Managing and Lowering Mainframe Software Charges Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. This best practice guide provides a step-by-step process to reduce mainframe MLC costs up to 20% without compromising business critical services. Learn More In this Issue Hacking traffic lights with a laptop is easy Linux Foundation to offer new certification for IT workers FCC allowed to question AT&T, Verizon on business broadband pricing Installing Ubuntu on an old netbook with hair tearing and profanity Ahead of VMWorld, VMware promotes Casado to lead NSX Researchers build security framework for Android Start-up offers up endpoint detection and response for behavior-based malware detection Review: Can Tablo help you cut the cable TV cord? Start-up fights ambush attacks on SDN, virtual machine networks WHITE PAPER: Equinix How Network Connections Drive Web Application Performance Users around the globe, on all sorts of devices, expect Web applications to function as seamlessly as desktop applications. This paper discusses the challenges and solutions for effectively delivering applications in today's global marketplace. View now Hacking traffic lights with a laptop is easy You've seen traffic lights hacked in movies like Live Free or Die Hard or The Italian Job. If you are gamer, then you might have "hacked" traffic lights in the video game Watch Dogs to cause epic wrecks and allow you to escape the cops. But now security researchers have hacked traffic lights in real life and say it's easy to do. Read More Linux Foundation to offer new certification for IT workers With an eye toward deepening the global Linux talent pool, the Linux Foundation today announced that it will offer two new certifications for engineers and administrators. Read More FCC allowed to question AT&T, Verizon on business broadband pricing The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has the green light to collect new data on the pricing of so-called special access services, the middle-mile network services used to deliver business broadband and mobile service backhaul. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Harness the Big Four – Cloud, Mobile, Social, and Analytics Register today to attend this webcast, and see examples of how The U.S. Tennis Association, Wimbledon and U.S. Golf Association are using the right IT infrastructure to deploy Cloud and Big Data & Analytics. Learn More Installing Ubuntu on an old netbook with hair tearing and profanity After a few extremely frustrating hours trying to install Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, the latest version of the Ubuntu operating system for desktop PCs and laptops, on an older netbook style laptop (one with only USB ports) I finally succeeded. Read More Ahead of VMWorld, VMware promotes Casado to lead NSX Casado is now VMware's top SDN guru. Read More Researchers build security framework for Android University researchers have modified the Android operating system to let developers plug in enterprise-class security enhancements that would normally require overhauling a mobile device's firmware. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Leveraging Software-Defined Flash to Drive Your Business With end-to-end, tightly integrated functionality and super-fast flash technology, products like IBM FlashSystem V840 Enterprise Performance Solution empower businesses to leverage the efficiency of SDS and the speed of flash storage all at once. Learn More Start-up offers up endpoint detection and response for behavior-based malware detection Start-up SentinelOne is offering security software for behavior-based malware detection intended to augment, not replace, the type of full anti-virus endpoint protection suites that typically also have signature-based defense, a firewall and other features. Read More Review: Can Tablo help you cut the cable TV cord? For TV viewers looking to cut ties with their cable or satellite provider, the Tablo box can get them started with its ability to provide DVR functionality and grab free, over-the-air HDTV signals for live viewing or recording for later. Read More Start-up fights ambush attacks on SDN, virtual machine networks Start-up GuardiCore is working on a security product that works through a 'honeypot' approach to detect and block stealthy attacks on software-defined networks (SDN) and multi-vendor virtual-machine infrastructures for enterprise customers as well as cloud-service providers. Read More
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