The case for and against virtualized desktops; Verizon chief trashes net neutrality

Mobile broadband revenues to soar to 2014; Verizon chief trashes net neutrality Wide Area Networking Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by Shunra Best Practices for Selecting WAN Optimization Solutions This white paper explains how to best make this critical technology decision. It provides an overview of best practices for defining requirements and comparing alternative solutions. Most important, it offers a metric – performance ROI – that IT organizations can use to select the WAN optimization solution that delivers the greatest business value. Learn More Spotlight Story The case for and against virtualized desktops As we stated in the last newsletter, the goal of cloud computing is extremely clear. That goal is to make a significant improvement in the cost effective, elastic provisioning of IT services. This newsletter will explore how desktop virtualization supports that goal and will identify some of the performance problems that are associated wtih desktop virtualization. Read full story Related News: Mobile broadband revenues to soar to 2014 Worldwide mobile data services revenues are expected to increase 17 percent in 2010. Through 2014, mobile data services revenues will grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12 percent. Verizon chief trashes net neutrality With the Federal Communications Commission due to vote on new net neutrality rules tomorrow, Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg warned the commission against passing rules barring carriers from favoring certain types of content. Cisco unveils new generation of branch routers Cisco this week unveiled a new generation of its Integrated Services Router, a branch office platform optimized for video and virtualized services. Gartner: Don't sweat move to IPv6 ORLANDO -- The future of communications calls for a focus on unified communications and collaboration, workforce mobility, IP telephony and network virtualization. But moving from IPv4 to IPv6? Don't worry about it yet, Gartner analysts say. Lawsuit over Gartner 'Magic Quadrant' should (poof!) disappear This won't be a long post so I'm going to make you wait until the end before revealing the sum of money this plaintiff wants to extract from Gartner because Gartner had the audacity to relegate its software to "niche player" status in the firm's legendary "Magic Quadrant."   On Friday, a judge in San Jose will hear arguments regarding Gartner's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed in May by ZL Technologies... Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. 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Click here to learn more.   October 22, 2009 MOST-READ STORIES IBM takes aim at Windows 7 with new desktop offering The top 7 roadkill victims on the journey to Windows 7 Reports: Google to launch music service and phone Goodbye steering wheel, here comes drive-by-joystick Verizon fires shots across iPhone's bow with Droid smartphone Deck out your home office Facebook for scientists gets millions in funding Cisco unveils new generation of branch routers What the heck are you doing on the Internet at that hour? Ballmer takes on SharePoint future, software licensing issues, Sidekick woes IDC: Optimizing Storage to Reduce Data Footprint and Lower Costs Read this review on today's storage optimization and technologies. Learn how they reduce the data footprint and identify how various technologies work toward this goal. Learn more Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. 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