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FCC chairman's strong net neutrality plan turns the Internet into a public utility
U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler just pulled out the big gun in the net neutrality battle: In an op-ed published on Wired, Wheeler announced a proposal to invoke the agency's Title II authority, which would allow the FCC to regulate broadband Internet service as a public utility, similar to phone service. And he did so in strong, no-nonsense terms: "Using this authority, I am submitting to my colleagues the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC. These enforceable, bright-line rules will ban paid prioritization, and the blocking and throttling of lawful content and services. I propose to fully apply—for the first time ever—those bright-line rules to mobile broadband."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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Google should not apply 'right to be forgotten' on .com domain, advisory council says
Conflicting explanations of a court ruling may lead to further legal struggles Read More
Small ISPs should be exempt from strong net neutrality rules, trade group says
Most broadband providers—all but a handful of the largest ones—should be exempt from tough new net neutrality rules being considered by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, a trade group has argued.The FCC shouldn't impose new rules on small and medium-size ISPs because they lack the market power to selectively block or slow Web traffic as a way to charge websites for prioritized traffic, a lawyer for trade group the American Cable Association [ACA] wrote in recent letters to the FCC.During net neutrality discussions over the past year, the ACA, representing about 800 small and medium-size ISPs, has essentially argued that less than 10 large ISPs should be subject to new net neutrality rules that would reclassify broadband as a regulated common carrier. ACA has voiced support for an open Internet and has said the FCC has authority to pass new rules without reclassifying broadband under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Five myths (debunked) about security and privacy for Internet of Things
IoT has the potential to enable improvements to so many facets of life, the list is endless. Its primary advancement is enabling the interconnectedness of "things" and resulting insights and synergies. Yet that same connectedness raises concerns for security and privacy that must be addressed. Read More
Wearables to fuel massive surge in mobile data use by 2019
The rapidly growing popularity of wearable devices will lead to a surge in volume of mobile traffic, Cisco is predicting.Cisco forecasts that 578 million wearable devices will be in use around the globe by 2019, up from 109 million last year. That's a fivefold increase, but the resulting mobile data traffic will increase by a factor of 18—though most of that traffic will be channeled through smartphones, the networking giant claimed Tuesday in its annual look ahead at traffic trends.Some wearables, like the upcoming Apple Watch, require using a smartphone to transmit data. But the devices on average already generate six times more traffic per month than a basic handset, Cisco said. Its high-end example of a wearable is a GoPro video cameras, which can generate about 5 MB of mobile data traffic per minute when live streaming.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Zero Touch Provisioning can help the network world catch up to server advances
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.While the term Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) might be increasingly more common to networking, the concept of automation has existed for years in IT. At its core, ZTP is an automation solution that's designed to reduce errors and save time when IT needs to bring new infrastructure online.This is particularly useful for data center servers, where scale and configuration similarities across systems make automation a necessity. In the server world, for example, Linux has revolutionized on boarding and provisioning. Rather than using command-line interfaces (CLI) to configure systems one at a time, administrators can use automation tools to roll out the operating system software, patches and packages on new servers with a single command, or the click of a mouse.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More
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Citrix's 900 job cuts seen as 'defensive' move
Citrix Systems announced better than expected financial results for the last quarter but also a restructuring plan that will see 900 jobs being cut.The restructuring, which includes the elimination of 700 full-time and 200 contractor positions, is expected to deliver savings of $90 million to $100 million per year, Citrix said.Investors seemed to cheer the news, which came out late Wednesday. Citrix's stock rose as high as $63.27 per share on Thursday, or 7 percent over the previous day's close."I think Citrix's plans qualify as what might be called defensive layoffs," said Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT.The results beat analyst expectations, "but only barely," King noted.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Cisco integration gives Samsung Knox users more options for secure connectivity
Samsung Electronics smartphones and tablets protected using the company's Knox security technology have been integrated with VPNs from Cisco Systems, giving enterprises more options for communicating securely.Integration with Cisco's VPN platform is important because most enterprises use Cisco gear, according to Leif-Olof Wallin, research vice president at Gartner. Samsung's Knox platform is used to protect applications and data on the smartphone or tablet and Cisco's AnyConnect for Samsung Knox is used to secure the communication.These kinds of collaborations are about making it easier to reuse existing equipment for new functions. In this case, enterprises don't want to invest in new VPN gateways, so its up to Samsung to provide the widest possible support for different software and hardware.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Wi-Fi growth set to drive sales of new Ethernet speeds
Steadily growing demand for faster enterprise wireless LANs in the next four years is expected to drive up sales of both Wi-Fi gear and a new type of Ethernet for connecting next-generation access points. Read More
After Wheeler unveils proposal, what's next for net neutrality?
Expect Republicans to push for their bill in Congress and broadband providers to sue in the coming months Read More
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the rebirth of satellite Internet
The Internet, coming to a sky near you. Read More
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