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Monday, March 28, 2011

Developments in convergence infrastructure, services

UC and cloud-based services - An excellent combination? | How Apple played hard to get and seduced the enterprise

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Developments in convergence infrastructure, services
As the CTIA Wireless conference wrapped up in Orlando, Fla., three announcements that affect convergence were timed to coincide with the event. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Siemens

Finding the Value in Unified Communications
This paper examines the four stages of return companies can see from their UC investments: Lower communications costs are followed by lower operational costs, then better productivity, and finally a true competitive advantage. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

Client Health Score Solution Brief
This solution brief provides an overview of Aerohive's new Client Health Score feature which cuts through volumes of data to show you the overall health of clients in an "at-a-glance" format, then enables you to drill down if you see a specific problem. Read now!

UC and cloud-based services - An excellent combination?
In this newsletter we'll be wrapping up our discussion of and sharing excerpts from our two reports, "2011 SMB Communications Plans and Priorities" and "2011 Unified Communications and Cloud-Based Services Report". In particular, we'll be looking at the case for implementing UC on a cloud-based services model. Read More

How Apple played hard to get and seduced the enterprise
There was a time when you wouldn't mention the words "Apple" and "enterprise" in the same breath. Apple sold to consumers and didn't much care about catering to the enterprise. But the iPhone and iPad changed all that. Read More


REPORT: BMC

Which Workload Automation Vendors are Best?
Read how Enterprise Management Associates evaluates the workload automation offerings of BMC, CA, IBM, ASG, and several others. Hint: the report concludes, "BMC has the strongest product overall, scoring above average on functionality and higher than any other vendor on architecture and integration." Learn More Now!

Is Skype a security risk that endangers your privacy?
According to the NYTimes and Slashdot, there are reports of China stepping up electronic communications censorship beyond e-mail and the Internet in the form of "policing cellphone calls" such as if "antigovernment sentiment" words are spoken. Two callers, one speaking English and the other Chinese, have reported being cut off mid-sentence after saying "protest." Read More

Microsoft warns of hack attempt on Windows Live, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla
Microsoft issued a warning today that nine fraudulent digital certificates were issued by root certificate authority, Comodo Group. Although the certificates were quickly revoked, their initial release still poses a threat to browser users, including users of Internet Explorer. This is not a security flaw in Microsoft software, the company says, but it released a security update for Windows all... Read More


WHITE PAPER: Polycom

NDS thrives with Microsoft-optimized Polycom Solutions
Read how NDS Group Lte.'s success in implementing a Unified Collaboration platform based on Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft-optimized Polycom telephony, improved employee productivity, reduced costs and streamlined communications. Read More

Solo Iranian hacker takes credit for Comodo certificate attack
A solo Iranian hacker has claimed responsibility for stealing multiple SSL certificates belonging to some of the Web's biggest sites, including Google, Microsoft, Skype and Yahoo. Read More

Tablets of CTIA
We round up the hot (and not so hot) tablet computers that are being launched or shown off at the CTIA show in Orlando. Read More



GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS
Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here.

SLIDESHOWS

Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show
CTIA Wireless offers a look at the evolving mobile landscape, from handsets and apps to core network systems. Here's a few of the things that are hot at the show in Orlando.

First look at Firefox 4
Firefox 4 has finally arrived, after months of delays and after rival Web browsers Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome 10 already shipped. The browser gets a speed boost and several feature enhancements that are so significant that they all have their own proper names, like Panorama, JaegerMonkey and Firefox Sync. Were they worth the wait? Let's take a look.

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