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Verizon FiOS tech heading to enterprises
Verizon Business has quietly developed an enterprise version of its popular residential FiOS high-speed Internet service.
Microsoft: It's all about software
Similar to its famous "developers, developers, developers" rant, Microsoft is chanting "software, software, software" as it
lays the cornerstones of its unified communications platform.
Cisco: It's all about the hardware
Cisco's approach to unified communications is a network-based, hardware-intensive implementation designed to provide support
for more environments – like point-of-sale systems, non-PC workgroups and mobile device platforms – than desktop- or server-based
strategies.
The benefits of 802.11s wireless mesh nets
Mesh networking has been hyped as the next big thing in wireless, but the current IEEE 802.11 standard does not define it.
That hasn't stopped vendors from trotting out proprietary mesh gear to meet market demand, and the IEEE 802.11s Working Group
was formed to address that. A draft standard is reportedly now feature complete.
Is LTE the next must-have mobile broadband technology?
A look at LTE’s enterprise potential, and how it stacks up against WiMAX.
Developers praise Android at Google I/O
Developers praised the programming experience and the potential of Google's Android mobile platform at the Google I/O conference
as the company emphasized its flexibility and showed cool new features.
Ozzie hints at Microsoft's search future, downplays Yahoo
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie on Wednesday suggested that Microsoft has its own clear ideas on the next direction
it will take in Internet search, downplaying any deal the company might still make with Yahoo in favor of highlighting Microsoft's
own ambitions.
Microsoft gives first glimpse of Windows 7; shows off touch-screen tech
Windows 7 will feature multi-touch screen technology among many features Microsoft revealed Tuesday night during the first
official demo of the software.
Microsoft Exchange dumped for Linux-based clone
Pennsylvania hospital Moses Taylor Hospital replaces Microsoft Exchange 5.5 e-mail system with Linux-based PostPath Server
to save money, support more users and messages.
Cisco unveils services approach to enterprise mobility
Cisco's new Mobility Services Engine runs software programs to collect wireless LAN data and share it with higher level applications.
The goal is to support different kinds of underlying wireless nets, numerous and varied wireless clients (including sensors
and RFID tags).
Identity management for the masses
Sabre Holdings shares steps it has taken to enable identity management on open systems to hundreds of thousands of users.
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