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	Sprint gives LightSquared more time to win over FCC Sprint Nextel has given LightSquared another month to gain FCC approval for its planned 4G network, extending a deal in which LightSquared would use Sprint's Network Vision infrastructure and save an estimated $13 billion in deployment costs. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. Learn More In this Issue Need Wi-Fi? Find a Vending Machine FCC approves first white spaces database, device Plano, Texas, schools see benefits from district-wide Wi-Fi Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012 Akamai to pay $268M for mobile, cloud vendor Cotendo RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat FOUR STEPS TO A PRIVATE OR HYBRID CLOUD STEP 4: ACCELERATE BUSINESS RESULTS WITH YOUR CLOUD. WEBINAR - JANUARY 19, 2012. In the From Virtualization to Cloud webinar series, Red Hat® and the IT Process Institute guide you through the best practices of cloud-building. Learn how to optimize cloud economics, reshape behavior for IT-as-a-Service, and streamline cross-functional collaboration. REGISTER NOW Need Wi-Fi? Find a Vending Machine Ah, Japan. The land of vending machines for, quite literally, everything. Now Japanese vending machines dispense one more item: free Wi-Fi! Read More FCC approves first white spaces database, device The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved the first database of unlicensed wireless spectrum that can be used by new so-called white spaces devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Meeting Network Video Delivery Requirements Businesses are increasingly relying on video to inform, educate and inspire, but video can overwhelm even the most robust networks. Video optimization ensures your infrastructure is able to support all multimedia demands by offloading media servers and delivering a high-quality user experience. Read now! Plano, Texas, schools see benefits from district-wide Wi-Fi At the Plano Independent School District in Texas, 82 schools and office campuses are equipped with Wi-Fi offering private channels for teachers and staff and a public channel for students. Read More Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012 Gartner says global IT spending growth will be essentially flat in 2012. IDC is more bullish, estimating 6.9% growth, driven by investments in smartphones, media tablets, mobile networks, social networking, and big data analytics. Read More Akamai to pay $268M for mobile, cloud vendor Cotendo Akamai Technologies has acquired Cotendo is a bid to become better at speeding up enterprise cloud and mobile traffic. Read More
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