802.11ac 'Gigabit Wi-Fi': What you need to know

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	802.11ac 'Gigabit Wi-Fi': What you need to know Your 802.11n wireless network and devices are about to become passe. Although the official 802.11ac specification won't be finalized until sometime in 2013, wireless equipment will soon appear on store shelves sporting the faster wireless protocol. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Warp Speed: The Nuts and Bolts of Web Acceleration Solutions Enterprises are quickly realizing that they can't achieve the web performance they need by simply deploying their web server on a high-speed network. Improving page rendering speeds incrementally through content caching is no longer enough. It's time to look for dramatic performance gains by applying optimization techniques right at the browser. Learn More! In this Issue BART defends mobile service shutdown to the FCC Carriers desperately seeking Windows Phone Netgear to ship gigabit-speed wireless in May with 802.11ac router Sprint to stick with unlimited data, likely even for an iPhone on LTE Sen. Grassley to allow vote on FCC nominees despite LightSquared worries Kenneth Van Wyk: We need more secure mobile devices WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how BART defends mobile service shutdown to the FCC Disrupting mobile phone service is a legitimate tool for law enforcement authorities working against terrorism or other dangerous situations, a mass transit agency has said in defending its own mobile shutdown last August. Read More Carriers desperately seeking Windows Phone AT&T and Verizon Wireless want Windows Phone smartphones to succeed in the U.S., partly to provide leverage against Apple's demands for subsidies required for selling the popular iPhone. Read More Netgear to ship gigabit-speed wireless in May with 802.11ac router Gigabit-speed wireless LAN equipment that uses the emerging IEEE 802.11ac standard is about to hit the market, with Netgear saying it will start shipping a consumer 802.11ac router in May for a starting list price of $199.99. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware APM Platforms Unify The Application Performance Lifecycle This paper discusses the selection requirements and benefits for a common APM platform to be used for proactive lifecyclebased performance management across development, test and production. Learn More. Sprint to stick with unlimited data, likely even for an iPhone on LTE Sprint plans to stick with unlimited data plans for its smartphones, and that apparently applies even if the next iPhone runs over 4G LTE, which pumps data to users much faster than 3G, Sprint officials said. Read More Sen. Grassley to allow vote on FCC nominees despite LightSquared worries U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley plans to drop a hold he placed on two FCC nominees because of a tussle with the agency over documents related to its treatment of would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared. Read More Kenneth Van Wyk: We need more secure mobile devices As things stand now, all bets are off if you lose your smartphone. Read More
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