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WiMax Ready To Surge Again
Growth of the wide-area technology slowed in the economic meltdown, but analysts predict the deployment of WiMax equipment will take off again by year end.
Canonical, Eucalyptus Offer Private Cloud Consulting
Consulting service would encourage the concept of hybrid clouds -- open source private clouds that align with Amazon's EC2 public cloud.
Mobile Payments Startup Raises $8 Million
Bling Nation is entering the highly competitive space filled with deep-pocketed rivals such as Visa and MasterCard.
Global IT Spending To Drop 10.6%: Forrester
The good news: IT spending growth will resume in the US in the fourth quarter, and in the first half of 2010 in other markets, according to Forrester Research.
Nokia Siemens' Acquisition Of Nortel's LTE Unit Contested
In the face of objections from creditors and suppliers, Nortel wants a judge to approve the proposed $650 million sale.
Comcast Rolling Out WiMax Service
The cable company will be reselling Clearwire's 4G service starting this week in Portland, Ore.
Nokia Siemens Acquires Nortel's CDMA, LTE Assets
The $650 million purchase of Nortel's CDMA operation should help Nokia as it seeks to ramp up its handset sales in North America.
GroundWork Monitor Adds JBoss Portal
Open source Monitor 6.0, now available in beta, will soon include a software development kit for adding user interface features.
Telecom Firms Demo Successful Femtocell Milestone
Starent, picoXcell, and Continuous Computing's push for better access point standardization indicates that significant progress is being made.
Dell Expands Virtualization, Server, Storage Portfolio
The company also added more flexible support services and turnkey virtualization configurations for small and medium-sized businesses.
FCC Chief Nominee To Promote Wireless, Broadband
At a hearing Tuesday, senators lavished praise on Julius Genachowski, but had harsh words for the FCC's performance over the past decade.
Broadband Line Growth Defies Economic Downturn
More than 3 million broadband lines were added in the last quarter in North America; globally, more than 16.5 million lines were added.
IBM Expands Cloud Computing Appliances, Services
New products and services will let companies deploy task-specific internal clouds, while also tapping into new public cloud services.
Lawmaker: Power Grid Vulnerable To Cyberattack
Hackers could bring down electrical grids serving entire regions of the U.S., leaving homes and businesses dark for months, Congressman says.
7 Ways To Cut Data Center Costs: Gartner
IT managers who have to deal with increasing computing demand while also trying to cut costs would be wise to rationalize hardware costs and adopt server-based energy management.
HP Unveils Scale-Out Computing Hardware For Data Centers
The ProLiant SL server line is a lightweight, power-efficient modular computing system for companies with large data centers that support cloud computing environments.
Cisco Adds Rack-Mount Servers To Unified Computing Family
Improvements over the B-Series blades include a low-latency, lossless 10 Gbps Ethernet foundation that enables a wire-once deployment model.
FCC Pressed On Improving Broadband Access
The Telecommunications Industry Association and other groups are asking for the government to act fast and rule fairly in extending faster Internet service.
Verizon Business Unveils 'Computing As A Service'
The company's CaaS users will be able to access a real-time self-service portal to manage physical and virtual servers, network devices, storage, and backup services.
Verizon, Intuit, Boomi Jump Into Cloud Services
The service rollouts demonstrate how vendors are trying to differentiate themselves with innovations intended to get them a bigger share of the emerging cloud computing market.
Sun Boosts OpenSolaris On Networking, Virtualization
The OpenSolaris 2009.6 networking stack has been rewritten to take advantage of large-scale, multiprocessor servers functioning on a high-speed network.
Utility Leaders Want Larger States Role In Broadband Stimulus Funds
NARUC suggests states could help speed up the process to review the thousands of applications that are expected to pour in.
Switch, Router Shipments Down, Backhaul Shipments Way Up
Infonetics reports that telecom carriers are increasing the bandwidth on their backhaul networks to handle exploding mobile data traffic.
FCC To Examine Rural Broadband Needs
A new report indicates that there will be a multiplicity of solutions ranging from cable and DSL to satellite and broadband over power lines.
AT&T, Verizon Racing To Rollout 4G Wireless
Super-high-speed LTE wireless infrastructure is expected to expand into mainstream networks in the next few years, analysts predict.
EMC To Acquire Configuresoft
Configuresoft products, which assist IT operations in maintaining continuous regulatory and security compliance, are used in EMC's server configuration solutions.
AT&T Boosts 3G Networks
The carrier will be spending nearly $18 billion to double the speed of its mobile data networks up to 7.2 Mbps.
VMware Rolls Out vSphere 4
VSphere 4 has the capability to manage the data center as a set of virtualized resources.
Verizon Beefs Up Handset Security
The over-the-air authentication service enables workers to securely access business networks from handsets nearly anywhere in the world.
GPS Could Fail Next Year, Warns GAO
The U.S. Air Force may not be able to acquire new satellites in time to prevent disruption in GPS service for military and civilian users.
Interop: NetQoS Upgrading Performance Center
Version 5.0 is headlined by a connector for Microsoft Excel, an application performance dashboard, and maps with real-time event notifications.
Interop: 10 Gigabit Ethernet Advances Into Data Centers
Mellanox has teamed up with Arista Networks and Supermicro to demo a network design optimal for virtualization and server consolidation.
Managed Services Model Helps Companies Weather Recession
CompTIA reports that managed services providers are holding profits longer and recovering sooner than traditional product and support sales companies.
Interop: Microsoft, HP Partner On Unified Communications
The companies will co-develop a unified communications suite with support for Microsoft Office Communications Server on a number of HP hardware platforms.
Broadband Forum Reorganizes, Promotes Packet Network Specs
The newly merged group will forge the Core and access aggregation work of the IP/MPLS Forum with the continuing work of the Broadband Forum.
4G Wireless Growth Expected To Outpace 3G
The next generation of mobile broadband technology will have more than 100 million subscribers in four years, according to a report by Pyramid Research.
Cisco Announces Smart Grid Roadmap
At the core of Cisco's plan is a secure IP-based communications network to help utility companies optimize power supply and demand.
Interop: Virtualization Ushers In Data Center Efficiencies
VMWare and Citrix will be joined at the conference by Ixia, VKernal, Vizioncore, and others to show how much the enterprise has to gain by adopting virtualization.
Google Outage Caused 5% Internet Traffic Decline
As a consequence of Google's problems, business Web sites that depended on services like Google Analytics took twice as long to load on average and were twice as likely to fail.
Four In 10 Interop Attendees Increasing IT Spending
Target investment areas include virtualization, cloud computing, IT energy conservation, mobility and wireless, and network infrastructure and data center upgrades.
Motorola Wins $310 Million Contract In China
The company will provide GSM and 3G equipment and services in various markets.
Government-Regulated Power Efficiency Sought For Consumer Electronics
The amount of power consumed worldwide by mobile phones, TVs, and PCs could jeopardize efforts to reduce emissions linked to global warming, says an advisory group.
DHS Disaster Recovery Plans Lacking, Report Finds
Eight of the Department of Homeland Security's 27 critical systems don't have an identified alternate processing site.
Microsoft To Speed Hyper-V With Release 2 Of Windows Server 2008
Competition between VMware and Microsoft heats up, as Microsoft claims rapid gains in virtual machine implementation based on Hyper-V.
Aruba Remote Network Products Include $99 Device
The Virtual Branch Network products take a page from the virtualization playbook to simplify the management of branch and remote locations while lowering costs for users.
Government IT Spending To Increase 7% Next Year
Major government-wide IT initiatives planned include cloud computing, collaboration, and government transparency.
Federal Budget Lays Out Government Cloud Computing Plans
Despite up-front costs, the White House expects that rolling out government-wide common IT services will pay off in the long run.
Nortel Intensifies Business Unit Breakup
In bankruptcy proceedings since January, Nortel has been evaluating whether to make its carrier networks and metro Ethernet networks into standalone operations.
Interop Preview: Networking Rules The Dynamic Data Center
Learn how virtualization and the coming Converged Enhanced Ethernet standard are making networking matter more than ever, at the Las Vegas conference May 17-21.
Interop Preview: Cloud Computing, ROI In Spotlight
Attendees of the Las Vegas conference, May 17-21, will learn how cloud computing and social networking can give a lift to return on investment.
Obama's Budget Calls For Shifts In IT Spending
The Department of Defense would see a number of increases for IT spending, but some tech-heavy programs such as a battlefield network effort are marked for cuts.
Microsoft Offers Cloud-Based Public Data Hosting With Azure
The Open Government Data Initiative aims to help government agencies host public data on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform.
Verizon Switches To Smartphones For Maintenance Requests
The company unveiled its iSite open source tool that allows service techs to analyze problems and manage work lists in real time from their BlackBerrys.
Broadcom Takes Bid To Acquire Emulex To Stockholders
The $764 million tender offer for the smaller company is scheduled to expire on June 3.
Vizioncore Lets Virtual Machine Users Provision Themselves
VControl could speed IT operations by allowing end users to configure and initiate their VM of choice without requiring assistance from IT managers.
Monitoring Tools Can Boost E-Health Record Systems Performance
Federal stimulus money is pushing health care providers to implement e-medical record systems, but keeping the technology performing to doctors' satisfaction is the larger concern.
CA Aims To Redefine The Mainframe
Its new mainframe strategy, marked by the release of Mainframe Software Manager, will be a multiyear process.
Emulex Rejects Broadcom's $764 Million Acquisition Offer
The two firms have been in tense acquisition talks dating back to December.
Boost Mobile Overwhelmed By Texters
The influx of customers wanting the $50 unlimited plan is too much for Boost Mobile's infrastructure to handle, and many users are getting delayed text messages.
London Data Center To Heat Nearby Buildings
The site of the former docks of the East India Co. is expected to help the neighborhood save enough energy to boil 3,000 kettles of water continuously all year long.
Eucalyptus Open Source Private Cloud Project Goes Commercial
With a $5.5 million investment from Benchmark Capital, Eucalyptus is preparing to sell deployment, consulting, and maintenance services for its open source software.
25% Of Companies Increasing IT Investments
More than 69% of respondents say their companies see at least half the expected value from their IT investments.
IBM, Brocade OEM Deal Challenges Cisco
IBM has been rebranding Brocade data center networking products, including Brocade's Fibre Channel directors, switches, and host bus adaptors.
T-Mobile Aiming For Smarter Grid
The carrier's embedded SIMs will enable smart meters on a low-voltage transformer to communicate back to the utility over a smart grid.
Universities Get $5 Million To Tap IBM-Google Cloud
National Science Foundation grant recipients will explore image processing, large-scale data analysis, improving the Internet, human genome sequencing, and other areas.
Emulex 'Reviewing' Broadcom's Takeover Offer
The target of an unsolicited $764 million takeover bid by Broadcom, Emulex is examining its options, the Fibre Channel storage networking company said in a statement.
VMware, Virtualizing Data Center, Looks To Cloud
The vSphere 4 suite is meant to help the enterprise generate an internal cloud of x86 servers, then align it with external clouds.
Broadcom Issues $764 Million Bid To Acquire Emulex
A deal would bring the companies' networking and storage technologies under one roof. In December, Emulex rebuffed Broadcom's overtures.
Broadband-Over-Powerline Gets Funding, Lives On
BPL Internet service, a competitor to cable and DSL broadband, provides broadband service to some 670 households in Manassas, Va.
Sun Strikes Back At Cisco
The company launches a line of Intel Nehalem-based servers and a networking module that plugs into a blade chassis and reduces the need for separate switching hardware.
7 Wireless Router Problems And How To Solve Them
Slow data speeds, dead spots, Wi-Fi that's AWOL -- don't replace that router yet -- first try these tips to overcome your 802.11x router headaches.
Silicon Valley Phone, Internet Outage Raises Security Questions
AT&T has increased its reward to $250,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprits.
Silicon Valley Internet, Phone Service Sabotaged
The areas affected are in the southern portions of San Jose, home to many of the nation's major technology companies.
Tropos Rolls Out 802.11n Mesh Routers
The latest in outdoor mesh routers, which the company claims can reduce latency by 50% and improve coverage by up to 20%, are aimed at businesses.
Cox Moves Forward With Wireless Plans
Cox will use its acquired spectrum to launch cellular service, but other cable providers likely will look toward WiMax to provide mobile services.
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