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	Does Juniper have too many SDNs? After last week's Innovation Day announcements, Juniper Networks has a range of SDN, data center fabric and data center switching products to choose from. Does it have too many? Read More WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Leverage Analytics to grow customer life-time value Consumer expectations are changing; retailers today have challenges in all fronts from acquiring to growing to retaining profitable customer base. 81% of consumers expect the same brand experience across all channels. Learn More In this Issue Cisco replaces UCS server head; software leaders also depart INSIDER Review: Gigabit Wi-Fi access points for SMBs Apple Watch and its wireless tech Big network names oppose Title II regulations, with major exceptions Microsoft and Cisco offer a cloud-in-a-box 5G faces technical, political hurdles on the way to offering multigigabit speeds Home air quality sensor stores data in the cloud BlackBerry teams with Samsung on locked-down, high-priced tablet WHITE PAPER: IBM 3 Guiding Principles to Improve Data Security and Compliance Data security is a moving target—as data grows, more sophisticated threats emerge; the number of regulations increase; and changing economic times make it difficult to secure and protect data. Learn More Cisco replaces UCS server head; software leaders also depart Cisco Systems has replaced its top computing executive. Paul Perez, vice president and general manager, Computing Systems at Cisco, left the company this month for undisclosed reasons. He is being replaced by Satinder Sethi, vice president of UCS Product Management & Solutions. Read More INSIDER Review: Gigabit Wi-Fi access points for SMBs Last year we reviewed five of the first Gigabit Wi-Fi access points to hit the market. This time around, we're testing three new entrants: the Cisco WAP371, D-Link's DAP-2695, and the Edimax WAP-1750. (Insider Story) Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Security Considerations in the Internet of Things (IoT) Era In the evolving era of the Internet of Things, the combination of tiny sensors, powerful and inexpensive processors and cloud-based management and analysis tools are creating entirely new categories of products and also new opportunities for criminals and other malicious actors Learn More Apple Watch and its wireless tech Apple hasn't called its upcoming Apple Watch 'magical' as it did with the iPad in 2010, but its wireless components have some spellbinding features. Read More Big network names oppose Title II regulations, with major exceptions The FCC's net neutrality decision last month that imposed stricter regulations on Internet Service Providers, under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, has networking companies opposing each other even more fiercely than usual. The industry is split, though not evenly, between those that support the idea of stricter ISP regulation, re-imposing stricter net neutrality standards and treating the service providers more as public utilities, and those that oppose the measures. Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Infographic: The Future of the Internet of Things The Internet of Things is rapidly transitioning from "What" and "Why" to "When" and "How." Xively has created an infographic on the future of the IoT that combines industry research with our own customer experience to create a visual representation of where the market is today. How will the IoT transform your business? Learn More Microsoft and Cisco offer a cloud-in-a-box Cisco and Microsoft have jointly created a software and hardware package designed to help cloud providers spin up new services more quickly. Read More 5G faces technical, political hurdles on the way to offering multigigabit speeds For 5G to be successful, the whole telecom industry has to reevaluate how networks work and are developed. Multiple challenges, both political and technical, have to be overcome before the technology can become a reality. Read More Home air quality sensor stores data in the cloud Researchers have developed a connected air quality sensor that measures fine particulate matter (PM) in homes.The US$200 Speck combines a particle sensor and machine-learning algorithms to gauge the level of so-called PM2.5 pollution in the air, which has been linked to disease. Read More BlackBerry teams with Samsung on locked-down, high-priced tablet This past weekend, at the CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany, BlackBerry announced its next tablet computer ... sort of. Read More
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