GENBAND showcases portfolio, network transformation trends at Perspectives15

	Leaked memo suggests Microsoft is prepping an instant messenger-style email client | How BlackBerry got blindsided by the iPhone
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	GENBAND showcases portfolio, network transformation trends at Perspectives15 GENBAND held its Perspectives15 customer and partner summit last week in Orlando, highlighted by product announcements and insightful commentary by GENBAND executives and external industry thought-leaders.As the conferees were gathering, GENBAND announced its Advanced Media Software (AMS) and Q50 Media Platform, designed to be key elements of its Distributed Session Border Controller (D-SBC) solution. The Q50 leverages Intel’s Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)-based architecture and GENBAND’s AMS to provide high definition audio and video multimedia processing complete with transcoding. The Q50, available now, is designed for fixed and mobile service providers, as well as large enterprises. The Q50 leverages high density COTS server technology in a compact footprint to provide significant energy savings.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Emulex Corp Enhance the Performance of Content Delivery Networks Content delivery service providers and TV broadcasters move vast amounts of audio, video and mixed-media information, both internally and out to consumers. Network Visibility Product solutions ensure performance. Learn more In this Issue Leaked memo suggests Microsoft is prepping an instant messenger-style email client How BlackBerry got blindsided by the iPhone Charter reportedly close to $55 billion deal for Time Warner Cable INSIDER Overcoming the massive friction slowing the Internet of Things INSIDER First look: Windows Server 2016 goes on a cloud diet WHITE PAPER: Imperva DDoS Response Playbook This handbook provides you with a practical guide for planning and executing a DDoS response plan. Learn more. Leaked memo suggests Microsoft is prepping an instant messenger-style email client A Microsoft memo leaked on Twitter hints at a new email client that aims to provide instant messenger-like functionality, separate from what Skype, Outlook, and Yammer already do. Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot Software Why Your Next Generation Firewall Protection Isn't Enough The attack vectors have changed from a user on a PC within the network to any user on any device, operating inside and outside of the organization. To combat these threats, you need real-time predictive threat intelligence that can be easily integrated with your NGFW to protect at the network layer, or on the endpoint itself. Learn more >> How BlackBerry got blindsided by the iPhone Apple in 2007 introduced the world to the iPhone and the smartphone industry would be the same. In an instant, Apple's take on what a phone should look like and how it should operate became the de-facto standard amongst all manufacturers hoping to compete in the burgeoning smartphone market.And while some companies, like Samsung, ably adjusted their products accordingly, others, like BlackBerry, were completely blindsided by the new consumer-oriented smartphone market that had been created.It almost seems like ages ago, but BlackBerry devices in the early to mid-2000's were incredibly popular and represented the gold standard amongst smartphones. Yet once the iPhone was introduced, BlackBerry's fall from grace wasn't too far behind.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WEBCAST: New Relic| Emulex| AppNeta| CA How APM can Improve Operations and Development Industry analyst Robin Layland joins Dan Kuebrick of AppNeta and Stevan Arychuk from New Relic to discuss what operations and developers need from a performance management solution. View now Charter reportedly close to $55 billion deal for Time Warner Cable Charter Communications is said to be near a US$55 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable, a deal that would create a broadband powerhouse in the U.S.The deal could be announced as early as Tuesday, according to articles in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, the first to report the story.Charter also plans to acquire Bright House Networks, a smaller cable company. If successful, the deals would make Charter, currently the fourth biggest cable company in the U.S., second to only Comcast.This is Charter’s second attempt to buy Time Warner Cable. After its first offer was rejected, Comcast in 2014 made its own bid. That deal, however, fell apart in April after the Federal Communications Commission referred the proposed acquisition to a hearing in front of a judge. The move effectively killed that plan because of the time and effort it would have taken.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More INSIDER Overcoming the massive friction slowing the Internet of Things Just stating that the Internet of Things needs to be standardized is too simplistic. So let's get specific: Standardization must occur in the middle networking layer, and the quickest way to get there is to extend the Internet Protocol (IP) all the way to the end devices that are the "things" of the IoT.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More INSIDER First look: Windows Server 2016 goes on a cloud diet Windows Server 2016 is both an evolution of the current Windows Server 2012 R2 release and a revolution in the making. If you plan to use Windows Server 2016 in the same way you’ve used Windows Server all along, you’ll be able to pick it up and work with it with very little learning curve. But if you are ready to abandon the old ways and embrace the new world of cloud servers, containers, and microservices, Windows Server 2016 has something new for you.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More
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