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Tuesday, November 02, 2010

How to improve WAN performance

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How to improve WAN performance
The performance of applications across the WAN are beset by a range of problems – latency, congestion, chatty applications, contention with other apps, low bandwidth – that can be addressed in a variety of ways. (Network World Insider content) Read More


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WHITE PAPER: HP

Reduce Networking Costs by 66%
This IDC paper highlights interviews with customers who have implemented a complete HP networking solution from the edge to the core. Read IDC's opinion on HP's networking solutions since its recent acquisition of 3Com and see how customers on average have reduced networking costs by 66% and achieved a ROI of 466%. Read now.

Will the next wireless infrastructure be humans wearing radios?
The next large-scale wireless infrastructure could be comprised of humans wearing low-power radios, creating a living mesh network that can even handle high-definition video. Read More

U.S. cable companies embrace IPv6
While some traditional telecom carriers such as AT&T appear to be dragging their feet on deploying the emerging standard known as IPv6, the U.S. cable industry -- led by Comcast -- is charging ahead on this long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More

4G WiMax comes to New York City
NYC, get ready for 4G. Sprint announced that its 4G WiMax network has arrived in all five boroughs of New York City, bringing the fastest data network to more than 8 million new customers. Read More


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Top 10 Problems Network Techs Encounter
In this environment, network technicians are required to do more than simply add new machines to the network. Often they are called on to troubleshoot more complex issues, thus keeping the network up and running at top speed. Read now!

Asian cities dominate fast broadband, report finds
High-speed broadband has become a phenomenon of densely-populated Asian cities, which now account for 74 of the top 100 global cities offering fast connections, according to Akamai's latest State of the Internet report. Read More

U.S. broadband plan author talks about his regrets
Blair Levin is a fellow at the Aspen Institute and was the lead author of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) controversial National Broadband Plan. He spoke with David Ramli in a telephone interview about his regrets and the rising importance of wireless over wired connections. Read More

Would Oracle buy EMC?
In a recent newsletter we discussed the ongoing battle between a couple of the giants of the IT industry.  In particular, we talked about the escalating battle between Cisco and HP.   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

Boost your Mac's speed with a hybrid drive
The king of the hill in today's storage world is the solid-state drive (SSD). These drives use flash memory, have no moving parts, offer incredible access speed, and can make a huge difference in the performance of your computer. Read More

Iomega, Seagate release ultra-thin drives
Seagate and Iomega have announced new high-capacity portable drives; both support the USB SuperSpeed protocol. Read More

Broadband stimulus creates computer training centers
The broadband stimulus program wasn't created just to deploy broadband in underserved rural areas – it was also designed to create education centers to help train more people in how to use the Web. Read More



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