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Featured Articles » Ulticom Unveils Sophisticated DEA Capabilities for Ulticom DSC » Adaptxt Unveils New Versions of Smart Keyboard App » DX.com Improves Services for Australian Customers » BuQu Tech Unveils Product Roadmap for 2013   Sponsored By: Ixia Network Visibility Solutions Enhance the Capacity of Your Application, Security and Network Performance Tools Tolly Group Benchmark Test Results Tuesday November 13, 2012 TIME: 2:00 PM ET/ 11:00 AM PT IT organizations face extreme pressure to preserve high network performance while satisfying their users' demands for increased network bandwidth. Spikes in network traffic consumption, often associated with social media, video and other multimedia traffic, can present a formidable challenge to network teams. To meet these challenges, IT organizations must optimize the performance of their monitoring tools and improve network security. 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Register Today!   Top Stories » BT111: New Bluetooth Smart Ready HCI Module by Bluegiga Technologies » EatWave Vending Unveils Industry's First Fully Automated, Refrigerated Vending Machine » Verizon Wireless Offers Powerful HD Spectrum 2 by LG » NXP Introduces Next Generation NFC Tag IC Products   From The Expert Corner November 06, 2012 Sony Fading as It Reports a Small Operating Profit in Second Quarter By Tabitha Naylor Contributing Writer After a loss a year ago, Japan's Sony Corp booked a small operating profit in the second quarter. Estimated by five analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters (News - Alert) , a 1.64 billion yen loss a year ago compared with July-September operating profit of 30.3 billion yen ($379 million) was close to the average 33.8 billion yen profit. For 58 billion yen, the company recently completed the sale of its chemical business to state-backed Development Bank of Japan. This business year, other asset sales may further inflate operating profit. In the early 1980s, Sony blazed a trail with its Walkman portable music players, stuck to its forecast for a full-year operating profit of 130 billion yen ($1.63 billion). In August, it had reduced that from 180 billion yen. Analysts predict a full-year profit of 107 billion yen. An annual operating loss of 67 billion yen was reported by Sony, last year. From a previous forecast of 12 million, Sony cut its forecast for full-year sales of its hand-held PSP and Vita game consoles to 10 million. It also expects to sell fewer TV sets, 14.5 million and compact digital cameras, 16 million than it previously forecast, but kept its prediction for PlayStation home console sales at 16 million... 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