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Apple Launches 'Massive' CDN -- Report

The company has interconnect deals in place with Comcast and other ISPs, and will likely spend $100 million this year.

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A Brief History of the Prank Phone Call

More than a century ago, while the phone was still young, pranksters were already calling the morgue to ask for Mr. Stiff.

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Data Center Virtualization: Tough for Carriers, Tougher for Vendors

Carriers are taking the lead for data center virtualization, leaving vendors to catch up, say Heavy Reading analysts Roz Roseboro and Jim Hodges.

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Lunch With... Procera's James Dirksen

Dirksen and I talked about Procera's DPI technology and ate Thai food.

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Colt Targets Network Virtualization in the Data Center and Beyond

Colt has ambitious plans for virtualization using SDN and NFV.

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VMware, Cisco Build Rival Data Center Teams

Vendor lock-in is a carrier turn-off. Cisco, VMware and other vendors hope partnership will be sweet music.

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Cisco Earnings: What to Watch For

Following three consecutive quarters of revenue decline, Cisco might shake things up.

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Breakfast With... Pica8's Steve Garrison

Hard times are going to start around Christmas for many SDN startups.

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VMware Laughs at Container & OpenStack Threats

Containers, OpenStack, and networking hardware are competitive threats to VMware, which is embracing all three.

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'You Will': 20th Century Telephony Predictions

Videoconferencing and phones-on-your-wrist are two of the predictions in videos promoting phone innovations from 1993 and 1955.

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Telco Data Centers: Run for Your Life

Carriers face increasing competitive pressures requiring they control their own data centers.

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Google: Carriers & Cloud Providers Need to Cooperate

Enterprises demand performance and security in cloud applications that require cloud providers and carriers to work together.

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Winds of Change Blow NFV at HP

Despite recent shake-ups, HP remains committed to NFV, an executive says.

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Apple's New iPads: Built for the Enterprise

New security features will make it easier for carriers to sell iPads to enterprise customers.

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1959 Newsreel: Make Phone Calls – From Cars!

Also: A gloriously complicated homemade answering machine from the same year, and flappers in 1922 make their own mobile phone.

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Net Neutrality: Latest Proposal Will Make Everybody Unhappy

It's hard to unite carriers and net neutrality advocates, but FCC head Tom Wheeler is reportedly working on a plan that'll do it.

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Big Changes at Cisco's Engineering Org

The 25,000-person organization is reorganizing, part of a fundamental shift in industry technology.

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'Job Security' Biggest SDN Security Challenge

Shifting paradigms leave network operators scrambling.

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Net Neutrality Even Mark Cuban Could Love

Transparency trumps one-size-fits-all regulations.

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US Carriers, You're Going to Cuba!

President Obama opened the door to American business in Cuba, including telcos.

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