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	Purdue app slows servers when cooling fails An administrator from Purdue University has developed software that can slow servers when the AC goes out. Read More WHITE PAPER: NeuStar, Inc. Holiday Readiness Guide for Ecommerce This white paper is all about Internet Gifting Essentials as it is critical that merchants ready their sites from both a performance and selling perspective. Based on the e-tailing group's Annual Mystery Shopping Survey, highlighted Internet gifting essentials were present in three-out-of-four of the 100 websites we surveyed last holiday season. Read More In this Issue Chrome jumps into hardware speed-up game Why Cisco wants to purchase Skype Burning Man's open source cell phone system could help save the world Your broadband isn't fast, and you're furious: Fix-it tips Research experiment disrupts Internet, for some U.S. military wants to exert influence over private cyber infrastructure HP unveils Cloudstart to speed private cloud deployment The potential challenges of virtual appliances Telstra becomes first to offer HSPA+ at 42M bps WHITE PAPER: Shoretel TCO Whitepaper Comparing competing solutions on equal footing can be difficult. We also know that a system with the lowest purchase price may not have the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifespan of the IP unified communications system. To help with your comparison, learn the 12 cost components that must be incorporated in any TCO analysis. Read more! Chrome jumps into hardware speed-up game Google plans to follow the lead of Microsoft and Mozilla by offloading some browser chores to the graphics processor to speed up Chrome. Read More Why Cisco wants to purchase Skype Cisco is reportedly eyeing a purchase of Skype before the leading PC-based VoIP (voice over IP) company goes public. A Skype acquisition could either give Cisco a strategic advantage against its competitors, or perhaps make Cisco a more attractive target for larger potential suitors. Read More Burning Man's open source cell phone system could help save the world Today I bring you a story that has it all: a solar-powered, low-cost, open source cellular network that's revolutionizing coverage in underprivileged and off-grid spots. It uses VoIP yet works with existing cell phones. It has pedigreed founders. Best of all, it is part of the sex, drugs and art collectively known as Burning Man. Where do you want me to begin? Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer Need real-time insight so you can simply plan and manage your data center? Learn how Data Domain used Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer software to find underutilized racks and saved $400K in space, power and cooling in one quarter. Read Now. Your broadband isn't fast, and you're furious: Fix-it tips The FCC is now criticizing broadband providers for a situation well-known to most of us: Sometimes, speed stinks. But what can you do about it? Here are some tools, tips and tricks to self-heal your sluggish net connection. Read More Research experiment disrupts Internet, for some An experiment run by Duke University and a European group responsible for managing Internet resources went wrong Friday, disrupting a small percentage of Internet traffic. Read More U.S. military wants to exert influence over private cyber infrastructure The U.S. military wants to exert more influence over the protection of power grids, transportation networks and financial network systems, a Pentagon official says in a broad-ranging essay published in Foreign Affairs. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Why Scalable Blades If you are considering upgrading from a current bladed or non-bladed server design, this white paper will arm you with technical details on the HP Integrity server blade architecture and how this scalable system can be configured for single and multi-blade conjoined configurations. Read now HP unveils Cloudstart to speed private cloud deployment Hewlett-Packard has unveiled CloudStart, a package that includes hardware, software and consulting services, and aims to speed up the construction of private clouds,. Read More The potential challenges of virtual appliances In our last newsletter we discussed some of the benefits of virtual appliances. In this newsletter we will discuss some of the potential challenges that are associated with virtual appliances. Read More Telstra becomes first to offer HSPA+ at 42M bps Australian mobile network operator Telstra says it has become the first operator to launch a mobile broadband service using HSPA+ at 42M bps (bits per second). Read More
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