Cisco: big mobile traffic coming

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	Cisco: big mobile traffic coming Global mobile data traffic will be so voluminous in 2019 that it will equal 65 trillion images, or 23 daily images per person on Earth for a year. This is but one finding of Cisco's latest Visual Networking Index, which was released this week. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Inc. Level the Playing Field: Cloud Productivity for SMBs Many of the 5.7 million companies in the U.S. with fewer than 500 are poised to leverage cloud computing for speed, agility and cost savings. In this webcast, you'll learn how The unique set of challenges they face -- staff, resources, security and skills -- can be addressed through the Microsoft Azure solution powered by Dell. View Now In this Issue 25 Valentine's Day gifts for geek gals (and guys) FCC Chief's plan saves net neutrality as AT&T gears up to sue Faster mobile uploads on the way, with video apps big winners An inside look into VMware's new hybrid cloud strategy EMC's all-in-one compute appliance comes with an app store Cisco offers ACI alternative for Nexus 9000 switches Intel to buy Lantiq in a push to make more home devices connected Now the FTC has its say on hotel Wi-Fi Wearables to fuel massive surge in mobile data use by 2019 DDoS attack size up 50-fold over past decade WEBCAST: CenturyLink Is your IT strategy helping you reach your goals? This webinar will discuss how to begin down a Hybrid IT path that adds on to your current on-premise IT infrastructure. What workloads make the most sense to move off-premise? Learn More 25 Valentine's Day gifts for geek gals (and guys) Inspired by tech, science and math? So are the makers of these 25 Valentine's Day gifts. Surprise a geek-minded sweetheart in your life with something special. Read More FCC Chief's plan saves net neutrality as AT&T gears up to sue Even before FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wrote 'This is how we will ensure net neutrality' on Wired, 'proposing that the FCC use its Title II authority to implement and enforce open internet protections,' AT&T was gearing up to sue the FCC. Read More Faster mobile uploads on the way, with video apps big winners Video uploads will get a performance boost with the help of LTE technology tested by Huawei Technologies and China Mobile. Read More WEBCAST: PC Connection VMware Software-Defined Storage and Virtual SAN VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) is simple to deploy, it offers elastic scalability and high performance, and lowers the storage TCO by 50%. Watch this short video to learn more. Learn More An inside look into VMware's new hybrid cloud strategy VMware has been making power play moves in the cloud computing market to position its offering as the premier enterprise hybrid cloud computing platform. As it does so, however, analysts question how well the grand plan VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger has put together stacks up with heavyweights of the cloud computing market, most specifically Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read More EMC's all-in-one compute appliance comes with an app store Converged infrastructure equipment is designed for ease of use, and EMC's latest product emulates the easiest tech toys around by including an app store. You won't be able to download games or photo apps for the VSPEX Blue, but a range of applications will be offered for the integrated compute-storage-networking system, including data backup and recovery. Read More Cisco offers ACI alternative for Nexus 9000 switches Cisco is adding a new control plane capability to its Nexus 9000 switches for customers not yet opting for or needing a full-blown application policy infrastructure. Read More WHITE PAPER: iDashboards Socializing Dashboards – How to Go Beyond Clicks & Analytics Analyzing data is no longer the only use for a dashboard. From motivation to accountability to LCDs in the lobby, this whitepaper discusses the different ways organizations can utilize dashboards, allowing them to communicate and engage a wider audience. Learn More Intel to buy Lantiq in a push to make more home devices connected In its push to connect as many gadgets to the Internet as possible, Intel has agreed to buy Lantiq, a German company that makes broadband access and home networking tech. Read More Now the FTC has its say on hotel Wi-Fi First the FCC slapped Marriott International with a $600K fine for Wi-Fi blocking and issued a follow-up enforcement warning to the masses. Now the FTC has issued a hotel Wi-Fi warning of its own. This one, however, is aimed more at would-be Wi-Fi users rather than establishments offering or blocking Wi-Fi access. Read More Wearables to fuel massive surge in mobile data use by 2019 The rapidly growing popularity of wearable devices will lead to a surge in volume of mobile traffic, Cisco is predicting. Read More DDoS attack size up 50-fold over past decade The size of the largest distributed denial-of-service attack was 50 times larger last year than 10 years ago, according to a new survey of Internet service and hosting providers, and attacks are also increasing in numbers and in sophistication. Read More
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