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	Verizon Wireless trialing Home Phone Connect Verizon Wireless has added a new twist to the concept of wireless substitution with a market trial in New York and Connecticut for a service called Home Phone Connect. The service includes a base station that connects to the Verizon Wireless network, then connects the call from the base station located inside the home to a conventional home phone handset. Read More WEBCAST: Emerson Network Power Hands-on DC management shouldn't give you paper cuts This webcast demonstrates how field-proven Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer software is already providing substantial ROI for data centers up to 500 racks. Its dynamic, graphic interface gives a deep view of your data center to help you more efficiently plan changes, lower operating costs, and deliver on-target capacity planning. Watch Now. In this Issue Wireless bundle to bring contactless payments to mobile devices Desperate to connect? Consider satellite Time for your company to consider cable? WHITE PAPER: Sprint Why MPLS? This paper outlines the top 6 attributes to look for in a vendor and will help you with considerations for multiple network access alternatives, application performance management, session persistence, cost predictability and more. Read More Wireless bundle to bring contactless payments to mobile devices Inside Contactless has announced a new packaging of its NFC silicon and firmware with a third-party security controller. The combination promises a complete system for secure mobile payments that can be easily integrated into a smartphone or tablet. Read More WEBCAST: CA Business Service Assurance In an attempt to keep its proverbial head above water, IT has traditionally worked in a break-fix mode within operational silos. View Now Desperate to connect? Consider satellite A dual-mode phone usually sports cellular and Wi-Fi connections. However, there's now a handset option with cellular and satellite communications for emergency responders and others who may find themselves frequently beyond the reach of any terrestrial mobile network (folks in the desert or on an offshore oil rig, for example). Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Effective Data Protection for Cloud Computing In Cloud Computing environments, applications reside in massively-scalable data centers where compute resources can be dynamically provisioned and shared to achieve significant economies of scale. Storage capacity scales with compute resources, and each needs to be effectively managed to gain the maximum benefits from Cloud. Read Now Time for your company to consider cable? A few years back, I predicted that a cable company would supply the lion's share of WAN services to a Fortune 100 company within the year. Still hasn't happened, but there are increasing signs that 2011 could be the start of cable as a serious contender in the enterprise arena. Read More
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