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- Verizon, VMware offer a cloud platform to enterprises
Verizon Communications has announced a partnership with VMware on a software platform designed to make it easier and safer for companies to move some of their computing functions to the cloud while maintaining their in-house systems. Verizon will host the VMware platform in some of its data centers starting early next year, an executive said. Enterprises will be able to use "existing tool sets and frameworks that they use internally and use them to move [workloads] into the Verizon cloud," said Verizon IT executive Joe Crawford. ConnectedPlanetOnline.com
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- LightSquared will launch a challenge against Clearwire
LightSquared will begin its attempted assault on Clearwire and other 4G services next year, with plans to enter up to nine U.S. markets -- including Chicago and Dallas -- with its wireless service backed by Philip Falcone's Harbinger Capital Partners. "There is a big demand-supply gap and we are trying to step in and fill some of that. In terms of wireless penetration, the United States today is nowhere near the top countries," said LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja. Bloomberg
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- Samsung aims to extend its TV-market reach with apps
Samsung, which leads global sales of TVs, is working to attract interest in its application store, which is host to a collection of Web games, video and radio services and available through its Web-enabled TVs and Blu-rays. Google and Apple are two of its potential competitors in the TV-app market. "There's a big war to be fought and eventually won over who gets to control the operating system of television," a Forrester Research analyst said. The Wall Street Journal
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- Pressure increases vs. U.K.'s Project Canvas IPTV play
Opposition continued to mount against the U.K.'s Project Canvas IPTV venture as more companies have demanded that regulator Ofcom launch a full investigation into the service whose partners include BT, the BBC and TalkTalk. The latest complaint came from regional broadcaster Six TV, which joined Virgin Media in opposing the project. The Guardian (London)
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Cisco's strategy is not the typical lock-in approach: Cisco aims to be the infrastructure for whatever systems enterprises have running and is working hard to make sure its gear and products are compatible with a slew of vendor offerings. Network World/CIO.com
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Cisco may be the ally Skype needs: Cisco's reported $5 billion bid for Skype has raised the question: How can the telecom-equipment giant help the VoIP service pioneer turn a profit where previous owner eBay failed? The Wall Street Journal/Deal Journal blog
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