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Rob Rich explains why without strong leadership, effective data management, organizational transformation and continuous improvement, technology can be as much a source of frustration as success. Transforming to become data-centric needs a carefully planned, multi-faceted, disciplined approach – here are some of the most important things you need to do.

As companies continue to step up the pace of migration to the cloud, many find themselves in the situation of having to bridge the gap between their physical and cloud infrastructures, which brings new challenges. IT has applications it regards as critical but lines of business have different application requirements that they regard as critical.

While the FCC fixates itself on "unlocking" the leased pay-TV set-top, operators are experimenting with services that require no set-top at all.

In keeping with the spirit of my Rethinking Communications column, I addressed two ways to make UC strategic for the business in my last piece. In some cases, this will be a recipe for success, but there will often be other factors at play that seem like good reasons to deploy UC – but really are not. To help you avoid such an outcome, here are two factors that should not be core drivers for UC.

NEW YORK-- Japanese telecommunications company Softbank, which has a controlling stake in U.S. telecom's Sprint Corp. (S), said it will split into two companies.

Verizon Communications, which several years ago had huge public cloud ambitions, is shutting down its public cloud service, which competes head to head with giants like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.

HAVANA — Cuban officials say they have held two days of talks with their U.S. counterparts about telecommunications and the Internet.

A Foreign Ministry statement says the two sides exchanged views on using the Internet for "economic and social development."

The Ministry said Friday that Cuban officials also raised complaints about the U.S. Embargo's negative impact on island communications.

It said U.S. telecom executives accompanied the delegation to Cuba, but did not give details.

Another US service provider has designs on the Canadian marketplace. Primus Telecommunications Canada has been granted creditor protection north of the border, saying it needs the cover as it restructures and sells its assets to Birch Communications.

Miami is a city of many traits. Historically recognized for the sun, beach and tourists of South Beach, it has now become much more than that. With one of the most diverse populations in the country, Miami is the strategic capital of the Americas, binding Brazil and Spanish-speaking Latin America (LatAm) to the U.S. market.