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Apr 29, 2015, 09:00
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qaisar khalifa
Carrier Ethernet services have seen significant growth over the last decade, most recently being driven by the uptake in cloud services. Now SDN will bring greater performance and cost efficiency to optical transport networks and carrier Ethernet services, further driving this growth.
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Apr 28, 2015, 09:21
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qaisar khalifa
Digital classroom technology is taking hold at Marietta City Schools, a charter school system in central Georgia. The district serves almost 9,000 students in eight elementary schools, a sixth-grade school, middle school and a high school.
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Apr 24, 2015, 12:07
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qaisar khalifa
Technology makes it easier to be productive without being in the office, and working remotely has become routine for many employees. We wanted to know how prevalent it is today.
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Apr 22, 2015, 11:00
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qaisar khalifa
Computing isn’t the only business function that can thrive in the cloud. Voice services from the cloud offer such a wide array of operational and cost benefits that you’ll call your friends to tell them all about it.
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Apr 22, 2015, 09:30
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qaisar khalifa
Whether managing a campus network or specialized enterprise wide area network (WAN), cost control is a paramount concern as IT budgets are under constant pressure and return on investment is routinely scrutinized.
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Apr 21, 2015, 17:00
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qaisar khalifa
In today’s connected world, real-time access to information is often critical to the success of an organization. A wise technology organization will mitigate risks of telecommunication outages by introducing a diverse data carrier. But sometimes technology leaders who understand the need for implementing diverse carriers are unable to sell their CFO or budget committee on approving the funds to mitigate the risks of network downtime.
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Apr 20, 2015, 17:00
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Urvi Bhalara
Today’s CIOs are facing an evolving set of priorities and challenges. They need to deliver strategic value to the enterprise, and often this means ensuring the organization can react quickly – at the “speed of business” – and stay relevant.
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Apr 20, 2015, 13:30
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Urvi Bhalara
Today’s networks have a lot of ground to cover. The resources companies depend on—cloud-based applications, remote offices, and centralized data centers, to name a few—can be located a significant distance from the business.
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Apr 20, 2015, 09:00
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Urvi Bhalara
Healthcare providers are under constant pressure to improve care while making operations more efficient and cost-effective. Spurred in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, they are turning to information technology to enhance services, improve productivity, and be more efficient.
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Apr 15, 2015, 11:55
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Urvi Bhalara
Until recently, business continuity (also known as disaster recovery) was more of an afterthought than a priority for companies. Even when there were plans in place, they were rarely updated or tested.
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Apr 15, 2015, 09:00
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Urvi Bhalara
You’re a growing enterprise, and you are moving to the cloud. Sure, there are still questions around what applications and how aggressively you make the move, but the decision has already been made.
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Apr 14, 2015, 09:00
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Urvi Bhalara
A recent Comcast Business survey of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) on LinkedIn found that the overwhelming majority, 79 percent, offer free Wi-Fi for their customers.
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Apr 13, 2015, 13:00
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Urvi Bhalara
There’s no doubt that business people are spending more and more time online. But what exactly are they spending their time doing?
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Apr 13, 2015, 10:14
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Ali Bagasrawala
Comcast Business teamed up with the Center for Digital Education (CDE) to perform a survey to understand the role of high-performance networks in K-12 schools. The results of the research show that high-performance networks are crucial for K-12 schools and now’s the time to modernize network foundations.
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Apr 10, 2015, 09:00
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Ali Bagasrawala
Electronic gadgets are so integrated into our daily routines that most people don’t leave home without them. It’s the norm for everyone to pack up their smart phones and tablets when they head into work.
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Apr 8, 2015, 13:00
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Ali Bagasrawala
Beginning in the early 2000s, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) pioneered the development of Carrier Ethernet—Ethernet for use in wide-area networks (WANs)—by classifying several significant carrier-grade attributes that distinguish it from the more familiar enterprise local-area network (LAN) Ethernet.
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Apr 7, 2015, 11:00
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Ali Bagasrawala
Hotels and the travelers who frequent them bear little resemblance to their counterparts from just a few years ago. The explosion of new technologies has allowed hotels to change the way they operate and has made the average traveler more tech-savvy and connected than ever.
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Apr 7, 2015, 08:30
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Ali Bagasrawala
Imagine your business without an Internet connection. Customers depend on getting service from you online or via your IP phone system. Employees need to communicate and collaborate and are often doing that online.
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Apr 6, 2015, 08:36
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Ali Bagasrawala
With the increasing incidence of companies operating with distributed teams working from remote locations or in the field, your “network” is seemingly without geographic boundaries.
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Apr 3, 2015, 13:00
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Ali Bagasrawala
Many smart and forward-thinking companies, particularly small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs), will conduct a technology checkup as a means to increase their productivity and competitiveness.
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