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	BT launches faster broadband upload speeds BT is letting web users on ADSL2+ connections increase their upload speed -- providing they sacrifice some of their download speed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Infrastructures for Innovation Nearly nine out of ten senior IT and business executives say that data, voice and network services can be leveraged to drive innovation, facilitating remote access to critical applications and speeding up customer service. They can generate immediate cost savings by eliminating the cost of maintaining separate voice lines. Read more! In this Issue Best Buy to sell WiMAX services Coping with Wi-Fi's biggest problem: interference Extreme Networks taps CEO with loads of enterprise network experience Radiology lab fits Cisco UCS profile Social media sucks up 23% of time online Avaya Labs tries to fast-track good ideas Wolfram|Alpha Widgets Exchange 2010 and the end of third-party archiving Cortado's Corporate Server becomes Android-friendly WHITE PAPER: Cisco Security in the Cloud This technology dossier contains four papers that address security considerations in cloud computing. It includes IDG Research results on what IT managers have to say about cloud security, executive viewpoints on blending cloud solutions to optimize security, and a strategy paper that addresses protecting data. Read now! Best Buy to sell WiMAX services In a move that could raise WiMAX's profile with mainstream users, Clearwire and Best Buy have struck a wholesale deal in which Best Buy will sell self-branded mobile Internet services using Clearwire's WiMAX network. Read More Coping with Wi-Fi's biggest problem: interference Over the last 10 years 802.11 technology has made remarkable strides -- getting faster, stronger and more scalable. But one problem still haunts Wi-Fi: reliability. Read More Extreme Networks taps CEO with loads of enterprise network experience Extreme Networks has named Oscar Rodriguez, a 20-year industry veteran, as its new president and CEO. Rodriguez replaces CFO and acting President and CEO Bob Corey, who will continue as CFO. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service See how you can transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Read now! Radiology lab fits Cisco UCS profile Cisco has over 900 paying customers for its Unified Computing System consolidated data center platform, which seems like a large number when you consider it represents a networking company's entry into the blade and rack mount server business - and that it's only been shipping for a year. Read More Social media sucks up 23% of time online E-mail played a key role in popularizing the Web, but is now taking an online back seat to both social networks and online games. Read More Avaya Labs tries to fast-track good ideas Avaya is working with virtual reality, context engines, and prioritizing relevant Facebook and Twitter entries in an effort to streamline how corporations do business by better managing their communications. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest A Cost-Effective Approach to Complexity Outsourcing network management can save time and drive lower total cost of ownership. Read more! Wolfram|Alpha Widgets The Wolfram|Alpha service is brilliant. Not only is it free (for the time being) but it leverages the huge data and algorithmic resources of Wolfram|Alpha to make available widgets that analyze specific data sets in a compact and relevant manner and that can be integrated into Web sites and blogs. Read More Exchange 2010 and the end of third-party archiving With the push for larger mailbox sizes by users and increasing compliance requirements by legal departments, e-mail archiving is no longer optional for most organizations. But thanks to new technologies available in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2010 SP1, including a bottomless mailbox capability and support for low-cost storage options, the need to deploy third-party archiving solutions is fading fast. Read More Cortado's Corporate Server becomes Android-friendly German software vendor Cortado has added Android-based smartphones to the list of devices using version 5.0 of its Corporate Server platform that can access network printers and documents stored in corporate networks, the company said on Tuesday. Read More
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