Qualcomm Incorporated and, more recently, QTI have been providing operators with consulting and network optimization services for high-density venues, such as stadiums, convention centers, and airports for more than a decade.

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Among the drivers are identity and security, data analysis and personalization, network optimization, contextual services, next generation communications services and monetization.

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The moves are part of a reorganization of the company into three new groups: Web security, WAN optimization and cloud services.

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Lenovo optimization does not impact any essential services or software features.

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The Smarter Energy Research Institute is a first-of-a-kind collaboration between corporate research and the energy and utilities industry to transform leading energy companies through the use of predictive analytics, system optimization and advanced computation to deliver better services to their customers.

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Meraki solutions support BYOD, guest networking, application control, WAN optimization, application firewall and other advanced networking services.

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We all know how optimization has become a key focus in the IT services business today.

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