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	After Sandy, communications slowly improve Some wireless and wired communications services downed by Hurricane Sandy have been restored over the past 24 hours, but FCC officials said Wednesday afternoon that several serious outages remain in New York, New Jersey and some other hard hit areas. Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Unified Infrastructure Management Examined This report provides a current view of AccelOps' capabilities in industry context, including interview excerpts with three AccelOps customers. Learn more. In this Issue Storm forces Internet hubs to run on generator power Caveats for VPN users in public Wi-Fi hotspot networks OpenFlow start-up Big Switch lands another big funding round CSU confirms Cisco RFP 12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros Rackspace offering lets users build customized virtual networks Stolen cellphone databases switched on in US Privacy experts criticize moves to sidestep IE10's default Do Not Track settings Stanford researchers develop all-carbon solar cell RSA buys SilverTail systems: Great fit, tremendous upside WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. Storm forces Internet hubs to run on generator power Two monolithic buildings in lower Manhattan that serve as major network hubs for the U.S. are operating on generator power, thanks to Hurricane Sandy. Read More Caveats for VPN users in public Wi-Fi hotspot networks Using non-secured public Wi-Fi hotspots can leave you vulnerable to identity theft, data theft, snooping, impersonation and malware infection. That's why so many people rely on public virtual private network services, but VPNs are no panacea. Here are five potential gotchas. Read More OpenFlow start-up Big Switch lands another big funding round OpenFlow controller start-up Big Switch Networks this week said it closed a $25 million Series B funding round to continue the expansion of the engineering, sales and marketing operations. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. CSU confirms Cisco RFP Our stories and blog on the California State University network refresh RFP generated many comments - 106 at last count -- both in support of CSU's findings on Cisco's pricing and in disbelief. Read More 12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros Ditch the slackers, take on dirty work, do it with data -- here's how to get the inside track on a highly rewarding career in IT. Read More Rackspace offering lets users build customized virtual networks Rackspace says it is now offering customers the ability to create customized virtual networks in a public cloud, using software defined networking-like capabilities. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Release 5.0 Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) provides the industry's most scalable, highest performance WAN optimization solution. Cisco WAAS is able to improve end user experience and reduce bandwidth for key applications. Learn more. Stolen cellphone databases switched on in US U.S. cellphone carriers took a major step on Wednesday toward curbing the rising number of smartphone thefts with the introduction of databases that will block stolen phones from being used on domestic networks. Read More Privacy experts criticize moves to sidestep IE10's default Do Not Track settings When it comes to consumers' rights to control their own browsers, everybody wants to sound like they're pro-choice. But with many millions of advertising dollars on the line, the definition of pro-choice tends to align with the financial interests of those doing the defining. Read More Stanford researchers develop all-carbon solar cell Researchers at Stanford University have developed a solar cell made entirely from carbon-based materials. Read More RSA buys SilverTail systems: Great fit, tremendous upside I recently scheduled a breakfast meeting in November with an industry buddy who is an executive at RSA. When I first reached out to him late this past summer, I really wanted to arrange this meeting to suggest that RSA take a look at SilverTail Systems, a web fraud detection and security software provider I know quite well. Looks like I'll have to find some other topics for conversation. Read More
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