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INDUSTRY
NEWS
Top 10 Data Center Related
Technologies for 2007
Understanding trends that may impact
you and your data center is
important and critical . . .
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Gartner Predicts Half of Data
Centers
Will Run Out of Power by 2008
If you
don't think power and cooling is a
problem with data centers, then you
are either one of the lucky
companies with only modest computing
requirements or you have never lived
with a server cluster. MORE
DOE: Incentives, Not Regulations, to
Curb Energy Use
The
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is
stressing incentives over
regulations to improve the energy
efficiency of data centers.
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IT Caught Off Guard by Flu Pandemic
Warning
Call to make quarantine preparations
a priority is ‘eye-opener’ for
execs.
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New Congress Unlikely to Push
Telecom Agenda Forward
Industry watchers to surmise that
while some small-scale action could
come out of the House or Senate, the
real regulatory action in 2007 is
most likely to come from the FCC
rather than Congress.
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East Pushes the Way with Internet
Protocol TV
The
computer and Internet businesses may
have sprung from the West, but with
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)
it’s the East that's leading the
way.
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SIDE TRAQS
Virtually Addicted
A
lawsuit against IBM is reviving
debate over whether Web overuse may
be classified as an addiction. The
answer will have big implications
for business.
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Sleepless Over Security Breaches
Nearly
40 percent of federal technology
officials say worries about security
breaches involving telecommuters
cause them to toss and turn at
night, according to a survey
released yesterday.
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Jagland:
Telenor Should Reduce Grameen
Ownership
Our vision was to ultimately convert
this company into a social business
by giving majority ownership to the
poor women of Grameen Bank.
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Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S.
Tries Google
When
the State Department recently asked
the CIA for names of Iranians who
could be sanctioned for their
involvement in a clandestine nuclear
weapons program, the agency refused,
citing a large workload and a desire
to protect its sources and
tradecraft.
Frustrated, the State Department
assigned a junior Foreign Service
officer to find the names another
way
—
by using Google.
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EVENTS
CALENDAR
JANUARY
ChinaTel Summit & VC Forum 2007 —
The ChinaTel Summit will
highlight the following markets and
technologies in China: Telecom
Policy and Regulations, 2G and 3G
Mobile, IPTV, VoIP, xDSL, FTTH
(Fiber to the Home), Cable Access,
Ethernet, WiMAX, WLAN and Fixed
Wireless. The event offers the best
opportunities to network and
exchange views on future business
development strategies in the
rapidly expanding telecom and ICT
markets in China.
Jan 13–14,
2007 | Honolulu, Hawaii
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2007 BICSI Winter Conference —
CSI conferences and workshops
draw a diverse group of
decision-makers from across the
country and around the world who are
actively seeking the latest
solutions available in the market
today. If you believe education and
training are important for you to
broaden your skills, earn new
clients and prosper in your
business, the BICSI Winter
Conference is one event you will
want to attend.
Jan 22–25,
2007 | Kissimmee, Florida
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FEBRUARY
SATELLITE 2007 is the world’s
largest satellite conference and
exhibition highlighting key,
successful business strategies being
employed by forward-positioned
satellite companies. The event
spotlights new and emerging
profit-making opportunities in the
hot government services marketplace,
broadcasting, direct to consumer,
enterprise services sector and key
regional satellite growth markets.
Feb 19–22,
2007 | Washington DC
Convention Center
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EXPO COMM MEXICO 2007 — The 16th
international Telecommunications,
wireless and networking technology
exhibition
and conference for Mexico and
Central America.
Feb
27–March
2, 2007 | Mexico City, Mexico
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MARCH
VoiceCon® Spring 2007:
Build Your IP Telephony Platform
—
Bringing enterprise voice
decision-makers together with
leading innovators, vendors and
consultants to focus on key issues
and the migration to IP Telephony
and VoIP.
March 5–8, 2007
|
Orlando, Florida
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CTIA WIRELESS
is the world’s largest
telecommunications event dedicated
exclusively to wireless, broadband
convergence and mobile computing
technologies, covering the entire
industry from network infrastructure
to microprocessors to applications
to content to end-user hardware.
March 27–29, 2007 | Orlando, FL
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