Monday, April 26, 2010

Survery confirms UC interest; Skype 'rescues' prof stranded by volcano

Skype 'rescues' professor stranded in Europe by volcano | T-Mobile named best 'on-the-move 'mobile broadband provider

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Survery confirms UC interest
At times, we point our readers to online analysis we consider noteworthy, and today we'd like to highlight a recent independent survey and report commissioned by the International Avaya User Group and conducted by Steven Taylor and David DeWeese of the Webtorials Analyst Division. The report is titled "2009 Business Communications Drivers: Integration, Optimization, and Cost Reduction Drive Investments in Business Communications." Read More


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Securing mobile data in transit and at rest is a top IT concern. This eGuide offers expert advice on simplifying management and security of smartphones, improved fail-over for DR and control of enterprise application downloads and permissions. Read now and download a free license of BlackBerry Enterprise Express to manage up to 75 users. Read Now.

Skype 'rescues' professor stranded in Europe by volcano
When professors "phone it in," it usually means they're being lazy or dispassionate about the lessons they're teaching. But for Columbia University Law professor Tim Wu, phoning it in was the only way he could teach his classes this week. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

Understand the Network Impact of 802.11n
As performance and reliability increase with 802.11n, the WLAN becomes a viable alternative to the wired network for mission- critical applications. This paper outlines the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More!

T-Mobile named best 'on-the-move 'mobile broadband provider
T-mobile has been named the best mobile broadband provider for internet access ''on the move' by Broadband Genie. Read More


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Cisco's move to open-source its Telepresence is genius
Though Cisco was simply fulfilling a legal requirement when it announced this week it would release the code behind its Telepresence Interoperability Protocol as open source, it surely struck some as baffling. And struck others as good business sense. Read More



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15 copies of CompTIA A+ study kits (book, video, flash cards) are available from Cisco Subnet.Deadline April 30. 15 books on Microsoft Systems Center Enterprise suite are available, too.

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12 "White Hat" hackers you should know
These "White Hat" security researchers are ethical hackers whose discoveries and inventions shake things up - as they try to stay one step ahead of their underground "Black Hat" cousins.

Interop history quiz
The venerable networking tradeshow Interop convenes this month in Las Vegas. Answer the following 10 questions about Interop, keep score and see how you stack up at the end.

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