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Net Neutrality: OPEN INTERNET PUBLIC NOTICE FROM FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI

September 1, 2010 misc

“Over the past months we have worked to preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet, based on the conviction that an open Internet is vital to innovation and private investment, competition, and free speech. “These efforts — including the dedicated work of FCC staff and participation by a broad range of stakeholders — have [...]

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AMI is forecasting significant displacement to free web-conferencing offers

September 1, 2010 misc

Small businesses (SBs, or firms with less than 100 employees) in the U.S. are increasingly using web-conferencing solutions, like GoToMeeting, LiveMeeting and WebEx. According to a recent AMI-Partners report, nearly half of U.S. SBs are using web-conferencing solutions today, with penetration expected to grow to 80% in 2011. However, this trend also brings challenges to [...]

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Google CEO Erik Smidth warns of data explosion and future without privacy

August 9, 2010 misc

Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, has warned of a frightening future where a data explosion will result in it being extremely easy to identify you, where you are, and what you are up to. Nothing to do with Google, of course. Speaking at the Techonomy conference, he said: “If I look at enough of your messaging [...]

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FCC To Propose Spending $400M to Connect Rural Doctors

July 15, 2010 misc

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to propose a new program to help rural doctors get access to broadband in hopes of improving patient care. At the meeting set for Thursday, the agency will propose that $400 million a year from the Universal Service Fund should go to linking doctors and hospitals to the Internet [...]

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Valicom Announces launch of Clearview Telecom Expense Management Software

February 1, 2010 misc

Valicom, a provider of telecom expense management (TEM) services announces the official launch of its new software as a service Clearview. The Clearview announcement puts the company on the leading edge of software solutions that enable customers to reduce and manage telecom expenses without reliance on telecom carriers or third party service providers. Valicom delivers [...]

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