Computerworld Networking: August 06, 2014 ===============================================================
Sprint confirms new CEO amid reports of abandoning T-Mobile merger Sprint confirmed today that CEO Dan Hesse will be replaced by board member Marcelo Claure, effective Monday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684790/17/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Cisco Systems~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Innovations that Protect Against Advanced Attackers This webinar will explore new technologies and process for protecting endpoints from advanced attackers and how innovations like continuous data collection combined with big data analytics are pushing the envelope for what security teams can do during and after an advanced attacker puts them in their sights. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684791/18/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=eb2347ae ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. FCC chairman grills Verizon over data throttling http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684792/19/ 2. Obama signs cellphone unlocking bill http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684793/20/ 3. Web acceleration protocol nears completion http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684794/21/ 4. Who wins if Iliad buys T-Mobile? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684795/28/ 5. Telefonica bids $9B to acquire Brazilian telecom operator http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684796/29/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Path Selection Infographic Path selection technology provides the ability to re-direct select traffic and application flows through alternate WAN routes based on service metrics, such as path availability and priority. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684797/30/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=0b9abd8c ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FCC chairman grills Verizon over data throttling FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has sharply questioned Verizon Wireless over its plan announced last week to throttle mobile data speeds for customers with unlimited plans. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684792/31/ Obama signs cellphone unlocking bill The right to unlock your cellphone became law on Friday as President Barack Obama signed a bill that rapidly passed both houses of the U.S. Congress. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684793/32/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unlocking the collective knowledge of people Five years ago, IBM observed the planet was becoming instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. 20,000 engagements later, here's what we know and believe about social business. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684798/33/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=894fd7e1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Web acceleration protocol nears completion When it comes to speeding up Web traffic over the Internet, sometimes too much of a good thing may not be such a good thing at all. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8989770/154078/684794/34/ Who wins if Iliad buys T-Mobile? 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