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Computerworld Networking Mar 09, 2016 FCC proposes Lifeline update to include affordable broadband, help close digital divide The goal is to allow around 5.5 million more low-income Americans to receive both broadband and voice assistance. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Aruba's new products improve wireless connections • 3D Robotics means business with its new enterprise drone system • NYC and Los Angeles still lag in mobile network performance • Industrial IoT still needs humans -- and user interfaces • AT&T, Verizon call for federal action on encryption policy • Billboards can track your location, and privacy advocates don't like it • Cisco issues critical patch for Nexus switches to remove hardcoded credentials • Slack adds major new voice-calling feature, more perks on the way • Cisco makes a rare hardware play with Leaba Semiconductor acquisition • Enterprise IoT: A cost-cutter today, a money-maker tomorrow • Make threat intelligence meaningful: A 4-point plan White Paper: Silver Peak Systems Inc Brief: Redefine Your WAN with Broadband This solution brief explains how organizations can work to improve business agility as they learn to reduce their dependency on MPLS for stable, high-performance networking. Read More ▶ Aruba's new products improve wireless connections The wares support the kind of speed needed for allowing video collaboration and other latency-sensitive services on a network. Read More ▶ 3D Robotics means business with its new enterprise drone system 3D Robotics has teamed up with Sony and Autodesk to build an enterprise drone platform for capturing data about work sites. Read More ▶ NYC and Los Angeles still lag in mobile network performance The nation's most populous metro areas -- New York and Los Angeles -- again finished below average in the latest RootMetrics test of mobile network performance. Read More ▶ Industrial IoT still needs humans -- and user interfaces General Electric Predix UI system lets enterprises develop user interfaces for applications on the company's Predix cloud platform. Read More ▶ AT&T, Verizon call for federal action on encryption policy The two carriers are directly affected by any outcome affecting encryption policy that could come from the nation's courts or Congress. Read More ▶ Billboards can track your location, and privacy advocates don't like it A geolocation-tracking feature on billboards owned by Clear Channel Outdoor gives the company new ways to target advertising and measure its effectiveness, but is also raising privacy concerns. Read More ▶ Cisco issues critical patch for Nexus switches to remove hardcoded credentials Cisco Systems has released software updates for its Nexus 3000 and 3500 switches to remove a default administrative account with static credentials that could allow remote attackers to compromise devices. Read More ▶ Slack adds major new voice-calling feature, more perks on the way Could the new features help collaboration at work or cause more confusion? Read More ▶ Cisco makes a rare hardware play with Leaba Semiconductor acquisition Cisco Systems is buying chip expertise that could help it in the data center. Read More ▶ Enterprise IoT: A cost-cutter today, a money-maker tomorrow 2016 will be a big year for transitions from the first use of IoT, for internal operations, to the second type that enriches the business as a whole, according to research company Gartner. Read More ▶ Make threat intelligence meaningful: A 4-point plan Threat intelligence is a hot topic, but it requires a ton of work to be operational and effective. Here's how to steer clear of the traps. Read More ▶ eGuide: Silver Peak Systems Inc eGuide: The Software-Defined WAN Today's hyper-connected, cloud-based envrionments demand greater agility and efficiency. Enter the software-defined WAN, which can address this shortcoming in traditional WAN architectures by putting an overlay on top of them. 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