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The latest enterprise networking news, analysis, blogs and product reviews covering networking topics such as routers, switches, wireless networking, wireless Access Points (APs), servers and managing deployed systems. Includes disaster recovery and network management software as well as all the information you need to design, deploy, monitor, manage, secure and support your Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and Wi-Fi systems.
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Building on the Starent ST40, Cisco introduces the ASR 5000, a platform dedicated to the mobile network to create an end-to-end Internet IP Protocol next-generation network.
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Ericsson and Netgear together introduced the Netgear 3G Mobile Broadband Router for bringing Internet access to unwired locations, from remote offices to in cars and on trains.
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In partnership with the state of Montana, tech vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, NextIO and Nice have created the "Big Sky" system, the cornerstone of the new Rocky Mountain Supercomputer Centers. The 3.8-teraflop system, powered by IBM's System p and System x servers and running Microsoft's Windows HPC Server 2008, is designed to fulfill Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's vision of using technology to be the economic engine that revitalizes the region, which some until now have called "The Great American Supercomputing Desert." The goal is to grow the system to 20 to 25 teraflops, and should demand exceed the RMSC's capacity, workloads can be spilled over to IBM's Computing on Demand cloud computing center.
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Montana’s “Big Sky” supercomputer, powered by technology from IBM, Microsoft, NextIO and Nice, is aimed at revitalizing the Rocky Mountain region by attracting business and jobs to the area. Officials with the Rocky Mountain Supercomputer Centers wanted to create an environment where any business can get access to HPC capabilities, regardless of their size.
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Nokia plans to “vigorously” defend itself against a class action complaint filed by an investor. The complaint accuses Nokia of failing to take into account manufacturing problems when it made statements about certain devices.
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AT&T, after some collaborating and optimizing, announced it will allow Sling Media's SlingPlayer Mobile app to run on its 3G network. The app enables iPhone users to enjoy their home TV programming from anywhere.
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T-Mobile USA could be spun off or sold as an IPO from parent company Deutsche Telekom, according to reports. T-Mobile currently ranks fourth in the United States, behind Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. Although T-Mobile recently upgraded its 3G network and introduced a selection of high-profile smartphones, service issues involving Google's Nexus One and the Sidekick mobile device have left any number of customers vocally unsatisfied.
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AT&T ranked first in the 2010 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index wireless carrier category, beating 2009 winner Verizon Wireless. Apple grabbed the prize for favored laptop manufacturer, while coffee drinkers are smitten with Dunkin’ Donuts.
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Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers says the economic recovery appears to be gaining speed and Cisco will add as many as 3,000 jobs over the next few quarters as it looks to continue its expansion into new markets. Cisco reports a solid fiscal second quarter that included a 23.2 percent increase in income over the same period in 2009 and an 8 percent jump in sales.
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Hewlett-Packard, like any Tier 1 IT supplier, listens to what its customers—and potential customers—say. Back in July 2008, the company introduced its first portable data center product, the 40-foot, 22-rack, railcar-sized POD (Performance-Optimized Datacenter) because that size was the one most potential customers were interested in at the time. At a cost of $1.2 million apiece, only the largest enterprises could afford one. On Feb. 2, 2010, HP introduced a half-sized alternative to the big one—a 20-foot POD that might fit budgets better with a price tag of $600,000. The company claims that there's a lot of interest in this smaller-sized portable IT system that can operate anywhere there is power or some kind of coolant, as needed. This eWEEK slide show reveals some of the details of what's in the box.
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Enterprises looking to drive down costs and improve communications increasingly are turning to video conferencing, according to a survey done for Global IP Solutions. The survey echoes what other studies are finding, and supports the strategies of such vendors as Cisco, Polycom, Juniper, Tandberg and Radvision.
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The Motorola Devour smartphone, running Google’s Android 1.6, will arrive on the Verizon Wireless network in March, making it Verizon’s first phone with Motorola’s MotoBlur social software.
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Pepsico taps Cisco and BT for a telepresence initiative that will roll out in the company’s major offices worldwide. The project will use Cisco’s TelePresence technology and BT’s services. The move illustrates the growing enterprise demand for telepresence technologies, and the need for interoperability between vendor systems. Cisco and Polycom differ on the ways to establish interoperability standards.
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Using Wi-Fi mobile technology from Row 44, Southwest plans to begin installation of broadband service on its 540 airplanes in the second quarter and to complete the task by early 2012.
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Businesses will continue expanding their use of such technologies as VOIP and UC over the next few years, according to In-Stat and Dell’Oro. By 2013, 79 percent of U.S. businesses will have deployed a VOIP solution, In-Stat said. By 2014, revenues generated in the UC space will outpace those in the larger enterprise voice market, Dell’Oro group said.
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Hitachi announces IT Operations Analyzer software.
Monitor and diagnoses issues in multivendor network environments. Web-based interface, agent-less, multiple network views and automated root cause analysis help maximize network availability and reduce expenses. Good for businesses with 50-250 nodes.
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InterSpect 610 system provides innovative, but pricey, inside-out protection.
Version 3.0 detects variety of intrusions—for a price.
Bart's Network Boot Disk provides an easy-to-use, customizable boot.
Visual Network Design's RackWise 1.0, a multivendor equipment diagramming and assembly management utility, takes the sting out of creating plans to rack-mount network infrastructure equipment.
Combo corrals WLANS, but interface needs work.
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