AT&T Security Hole Exposes 3G iPad Email Addresses

A security vulnerability on an AT&T website exposed the names, email addresses and ICC ID credentials of an estimated 114,000 iPad 3G owners in the United States, according to a report from Gawker.com. The list includes many CEOs and top government and military officials. The breach was confined to AT&T servers and has not been patched, according to Gawker, although the incident is likely to raise questions about the overall security of iPads and iPhones. http://www.gawker.comhttp://gawker.com/5559346/apples-worst-security-breach-114...

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Hitachi EPON/DePON Fiber Acces Gains USDA Acceptance

Hitachi's Salira DePON product family has been accepted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for use on projects funded by the Rural Telecom Infrastructure and by the Broadband Loan and Loan Guarantee Programs. USDA RUS listing allows broadband service providers serving communities of up to 20,000 population to install Hitachi's Salira DePON solution using funding obtained under the RUS programs. http://www.hitachi-cta.comIn...

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BT launches Virtual Data Centre in Brazil

BT launched its Virtual Data Centre (VDC) service in Brazil. The servoce provides a dynamic and virtualised infrastructure platform that enterprises to address their IT and networking infrastructure needs as a service. BT VDC offers servers, storage, networks and security that is orchestrated and automatically provisioned through its online portal. http://www.btplc....

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Ciena Posts Q2 Revenue of $253.5 million

Ciena reported revenue of $253.5 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2010. This includes $53.5 million in revenue from the acquired assets of Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks business (the MEN business), reflecting approximately six weeks of operations since the March 19, 2010 acquisition date. Revenue from Ciena's pre-acquisition portfolio was $200.0 million, representing a 14% sequential improvement compared to fiscal first quarter revenue of $175.9 million, and a 39% improvement compared to the same period a year ago when Ciena reported...

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Brocade Unveils its "One" Architecture for Virtualized Data Centers

At a press and industry analyst event in NYC, Brocade outlined its vision for unifying network architecture and simplifying the virtualization of enterprise applications. The strategy centers on removing network layers, simplifying management and protecting existing technology investments as enterprises migrate to cloud architectures. In the data center, Brocade shares a common industry view that IT infrastructures will eventually evolve to a highly...

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Daimler Renews with Orange for IP VPN in Latin America

Daimler AG has renewed a key contract with Orange Business Services for its IP VPN service in Latin America. This includes the responsibility of Orange Business Services for the network and Business Talk Global, a feature-rich, converged voice VPN service, to 12 of the automotive company's sites in Latin America to the company's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. http://www.orange....

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CTIA Spring 2011 Scheduled in Orlando

The Spring 2011 International CTIA WIRELESS show will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida from March 22-24, 2011. The show will return to the Las Vegas Convention Center for March 27-29, 2012.This year's International CTIA WIRELESS 2010 attracted 39,000 attendees, of which 20% were international visitors. http://www.ctiashow....

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Alcatel-Lucent Pushes Ahead with 100G Coherent Optical Transmission

Alcatel-Lucent introduced its next-generation, 100 Gbps coherent optical transmission technology for overcoming fiber impairments across the network. The technology, which was developed in-house by Bell Labs, leverages an ultra fast baud-rate monolithic digital signal processor implemented in CMOS along with 100G PDM-QPSK modulation. This combination eliminates need for external PMD/CD compensators, enabling the transmission of 100G wavelengths...

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