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Broadband growth seen slowing, shifting to Asia 08 July, 2009 05:55
Nearly 650 million households will have broadband Internet service by 2013, but the growth rate of high-speed access will slow between now and then, research company Parks Associates predicted on Tuesday. - +
Clearwire to launch WiMax in Las Vegas on July 21 08 July, 2009 07:04
Clearwire will start offering its mobile WiMax wireless data service commercially in Las Vegas on July 21, building on its still-sparse coverage area with a fourth major city. - +
Cisco's new-market ambitions extend into orbit 07 July, 2009 11:01
At its user conference in San Francisco last week, Cisco Systems boasted about the 30 new businesses it's developing. One is scheduled to launch by the end of this year -- in a very literal way. - +
Cisco to expand mobile collaboration features 02 July, 2009 10:15
Cisco will tackle the mobile world over the next year with a series of new features to bring smartphones into business communications, the head of the company's software group said at the Cisco Live conference on Wednesday. - +
Cisco won't take on Amazon in cloud 01 July, 2009 07:50
Cisco Systems won't try to compete with pay-as-you-go cloud computing providers such as Amazon, and instead will sell its infrastructure to those companies and provide its own software as a service. - +
Chambers unfazed at disrupted speech 01 July, 2009 07:34
Cisco Systems believes networking among doctors as well as among sensors in the field can help prevent pandemics, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said in a keynote address at the company's annual Cisco Live customer conference that was briefly disrupted by a protest and a technical glitch. - +
Senate confirms Genachowski as FCC chairman 30 June, 2009 04:03
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Julius Genachowski, a former technology adviser to President Barack Obama's campaign and transition team, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. - +
Broadband stimulus exempted from 'buy American' 30 June, 2009 07:51
The U.S. government has exempted broadband builders who want federal grants from a "buy American" provision of the US$787 billion stimulus package passed in February. - +
New chips don't deliver, Facebook says 26 June, 2009 06:09
The latest generations of server processors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices don't deliver the promised gains in performance, according to the head of technical operations at Facebook, a massive consumer of servers. - +
Cloud is Internet's next generation, HP executive says 26 June, 2009 05:03
"Cloud" has proliferated as the term for Internet-based computing resources because "everyone can draw one," according to Russ Daniels, the cloud services CTO at Hewlett-Packard, who just added CTO responsibilities at the company's Electronic Data Systems division. - +
Facebook lets any site add live comment streams 26 June, 2009 04:57
Any Web site owner can now put up a stream of Facebook status updates, using a feature that the social networking platform introduced on Wednesday.
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Savings do add up: How organisations are saving thousands by adopting Unified Communications and Collaboration. 15 June, 2009 12:01
This week's CW Live podcast features a discussion between Audrey William, research director at research firm Frost & Sullivan Australia, and Craig Campbell, business unit executive for Integrated Communications Services at IBM Australia / New Zealand on why companies are adopting unified communications, and whether there is any benefit to hosting a unified communications solution in the cloud.- +
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This week's CW Live features a discussion between Dr Kevin McIsaac, IBRS Research's Advisor for Virtualisation and Craig McKenna, Consulting Technical Leader, System Storage, for IBM's Growth Markets division, on why storage virtualisation is key to an organisation's information management plan.- +
Computerworld Live Podcast #100: Enterprise Cloud Computing and Network Virtualisation 25 March, 2009 13:46
CW Live speaks with Matthew Zanner, HP ProCurve worldwide director of datacentre solutions, about how cloud computing is changing the way IT professionals are designing their networks and running their datacentres.- +
Computerworld Live Podcast #99: Reducing the Costs of Enterprise Mobility 28 January, 2009 10:43
CW Live speaks with Mark Thompson, Global Sales/Marketing Manager for HP's ProCurve Networking Business, to discuss strategies for reducing the cost of enterprise mobility, including tips on securing a wireless network, smart network design strategies, and advice for simplifying the management and support of wireless networks.- +
Computerworld Live Podcast #98: The Future of Datacentre IP 18 December, 2008 10:33
CW Live speaks withLin Nease, Director of Emerging Business for HP ProCurve, to discuss the future of networks, including the effect of IP-based storage on datacentres, new capacity requirements generated by the use of 10Gb Ethernet, and how an efficient network design can slash energy and cooling costs, and help enterprises build a "green" image. - +
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