October 9, 2009
Optimization as a service
Network World
Johna Till Johnson writes about carried-managed optimization that’s delivered as a service.
“Carrier-managed optimization delivered as a layered service on top of Internet and WAN connectivity is of great interest to IT organizations, despite the fact that it is a pretty recent development (two years ago you’d have been hard-put to find any). The appeal is easy to understand for both sides: carriers get a new way to differentiate from each other in an age of cheap bandwidth; users get optimization without capital investment or a need for skilled staff. As hosted and managed UC also spread, optimization is likely to become part of the package when the provider is a carrier.”
Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1.2
ZD Net
Jason D. O’Grady writes about Apple’s new iPhone OS 3.1.2 release.
“Apple today released iPhone OS 3.1.2 to all iPhone users. according to Apple’s release notes, the update includes the following bug fixes and improvements: resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep, resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart and fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming.”
Can a laptop ever be too thin?
ZD Net
John Morris raises the question of if notebooks can really be too thin.
“Portability is, of course, important and I’m glad the days of lugging six- to seven-pound laptops are long gone. But it reaches a point of diminishing returns. Laptop bags aren’t getting much smaller. But if I have to choose, I can live with a slightly thicker ultraportable that has better performance, longer battery life and more features.”