Carrier Ethernet: welcome tonic for global business

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	Carrier Ethernet: welcome tonic for global business In today's uncertain economic climate it takes courage to predict good news in any sector, but industry analysts such as Infonetics and Ovum are sticking to their predictions for strong growth in Carrier Ethernet services and equipment - a $20 billion market set to grow to between $40 billion to $50 billion by 2014. Impressive - but still just a ripple on the greater global economy. Read More WHITE PAPER: Argent What's the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware?    Using VMware NIC Teaming?    Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You'll be surprised)    Get this essential FREE white paper now    11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff     Click to continue In this Issue Darlene Storm: Wicked Wednesday: 'Funnypots and Skiddy Baiting' Alcatel leaps ahead with 400-gigabit routing chip LightSquared faces more turbulence over GPS Arrests made in China over Alibaba fraud case Sharky: Um, because we didn't want to waste all your work? WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. Social Technologies Transform Business Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Darlene Storm: Wicked Wednesday: 'Funnypots and Skiddy Baiting' Adrian Crenshaw gave a very amusing Notacon 2011 presentation called Funnypots and Skiddy Baiting. For entertainment purposes only, here are some of his ideas to mess with attackers who mess with you.   Read More Alcatel leaps ahead with 400-gigabit routing chip Alcatel-Lucent is charting a course to the next generation of carrier routers with new silicon that is focused today on delivering services from the edge of a network but could also power a massive packet engine for the core. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compellent VMware 1,000 Desktop Reference Architecture Learn how IT organizations can effectively employ a variety of drive technologies to largely offset the boot/login storms created in virtual desktop environments. Read now LightSquared faces more turbulence over GPS There's little disagreement about what a test report expected this week will say about LightSquared's proposed LTE network: It knocks out GPS on many devices. There's far less consensus about what causes the problem and what to do about it. Read More Arrests made in China over Alibaba fraud case Chinese police have arrested 36 suspects for allegedly operating scams that netted $6.6 million from customers from customers of e-commerce platform Alibaba.com and other sites. Read More Sharky: Um, because we didn't want to waste all your work? This government agency has been completely redesigning its cabling, equipment, and server room and closets for a big infrastructure upgrade. But when a pilot fish checks on the project's status, he's in for a shock.   Read More
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