Marriage of IT And Telecomm Will
Create More Job Opportunities
What better proof point that IT and telecommunications are rapidly merging and evolving into a new industry segment than the fact that IBM is positioning itself for the change over through recent acquisitions in the last 18 months, and the coming introduction of new products and services. MORE

Industry Expects Data Center Demand
to Continue to Boom
As in the 1990s, the data center business is booming. But this isn’t déjà vu all over again, say analysts and industry practitioners. This time, the bubble won't burst. MORE

2008 Data Center Hardware Budgets
What will IT monies be spent on in the new year? MORE

Telecom Firm in China Sets Sights on U.S. Market Ownership, Tactics Raise Security Issues
From a fortress-like corporate campus in this southern city, retired army officer Ren Zhengfei is building one of China's most successful experiments in capitalism. A mammoth operation with 70,000 employees and strong backing from the state, Huawei Technologies brags that its goal is to dominate telecommunications equipment markets all over the world. MORE

2007 Was a Record Year for Data Breaches
The number of data breaches exploded in 2007, largely as a result of the TJX incident, according to two groups that track data breaches. With hundreds of millions of people around the world at risk of identity theft, companies and other organizations that store personal information need to step up their security efforts to stop the problem, the groups say. MORE

Study Predicts Data Center Energy Spike
An AMD study has revealed fascinating changes to global data center energy use, suggesting that even small shifts in operational procedures could cut electricity consumption. MORE

AT&T and Other ISPs May Be Getting Ready to Filter
For the past fifteen years, Internet service providers have acted — to use an old cliché — as wide-open information super-highways, letting data flow uninterrupted and unimpeded between users and the Internet. MORE

SIDE TRAQS

‘Stocks’ Beats ‘Sex’ in China Keyword Searches
The names of three banks and the word “stocks” beat “sex” to become four of the most Googled words in China last year, according to a Google China list seen on Thursday. MORE

New Google Talk Bots Bring Real-Time Translation to IM
In Google's never-ending quest to collect and utilize the world’s information, the company today introduced a new translation feature to its Google Talk chat client. Delivered as a series of chat bots, these tools can quickly translate a phrase or paragraph for you, and they can even be added to group chats to act as real-time translators. MORE

Everything You Know about Green Cars is Wrong
Much of what you think you know about “clean cars” is wrong, misinformation spread by word of mouth and unreliable blogs (not including this one). MORE

Internet Overtakes TV in Sweden, The U.K. Will Be Next
The U.K. next year will become the first major economy in which the Internet overtakes television as the No. 1 advertising medium, according to a new forecast from WPP’s GroupM unit. MORE

Giving Birth the Latest Job Outsourced to India
As commercial surrogacy takes off, rent-a-womb trend fuels debate. MORE

This Valentine’s Day, Give the Woman Who Has Everything the Galaxy’ Largest Diamond
The weight of the precious stone reportedly makes up ten billion trillion carats or five million trillion pounds. MORE

EVENTS CALENDAR

JANUARY

INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO) is the event with an educational program that teaches enterprises, SMBs, and Government Agencies how to select and deploy IP-based voice, video, fax, and unified communications. It's where service providers learn how to profitably roll out services their subscribers are clamoring for. The vibrant Exhibit Hall features solutions for enterprises, SMBs, government and service providers. ITEXPO is where buyers, sellers, resellers and manufacturers meet to forge relationships and close deals.
January 23–25, 2008 | Miami, FL MORE
 

NTCA’s Annual Meeting & EXPO Join us in New Orleans for a unique experience only this city can deliver. Even more, you will be taking part in something important, something historic — celebrating the rebirth of the city.
February 10–13, 2008 | New Orleans, LA MORE

EXPO COMM MEXICO 2007 is the 17th annual international telecommunications, wireless and networking technology exhibition and conference for Mexico and Central America.
February 26–29, 2008 | Mexico City, Mexico MORE

MARCH

The FT Global Outsourcing and Offshoring Conference focuses on how to achieve success through a dramatically different lens. Via sessions delivered by some of the world’s foremost thought leaders, you’ll gain a “three-shot,” close-up, “how-to,” view of: What you, the outsourcing or offshoring decision maker, must do in order to succeed; Market factors that will affect the success of your global services delivery; Ways in which all the players — corporations, advisors and providers — must work together to create and sustain success.
March 18–19, 2008 | New York, NY MORE

APRIL

Interop is the leading global technology event, bringing together IT professionals and business leaders to see all of the latest technologies in action.
April 27–May 2, 2008 | New York, NY MORE

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