In today’s technologically-advanced world, teleworking is playing a large role in the marketplace. In fact, a recent study found that “24% of rural businesses and 35% of non-rural businesses currently allow employees to telework or telecommute”, and “nationally, 2.4 million U.S. business establishments, out of approximately 7.4 million total businesses, allow employees to telework.”
A single computer used to fill an entire room. Now, the processors in most smartphones are greater than those of the first mega-computers. But, as technology gets smaller and smaller, it gets more and more difficult to produce "nano-sized" electronics.
So scientists have decided to get nature involved. Scientists at the University of Leeds in the UK and at Japan's Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology are using a special form of bacterium to test their theory. The microorganisms - Magnetospirillum magneticum - naturally create tiny magnetic crystals when they ingest iron. These magnets are similar to those found in PC hard drives.
Whether protecting your PC at home or defending your company’s functionality as the head of the IT department, the following will help protect the health of your computer system in 2012.
IBM researchers have developed a prototype optical chip that can transfer data at 1Tbps (terabit per second). That's the equivalent of downloading 500 high-definition movies. Read the full article from NetworkWorld/IDG News Service here. Anything that technologically advanced, not to mention fast, gets SDN's attention.
Blog post written by Mark Shlanta, CEO of SDN Communications for the article featured in Prairie Business Magazine.
ShoreTel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire M5 Networks ("M5"), a recognized leader in hosted Unified Communications. As a result of this acquisition, ShoreTel will be uniquely positioned to provide customers a choice between on-premise and hosted UC solutions.
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