Recap: 'Mobile' the word at CES 2011

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	Recap: 'Mobile' the word at CES 2011 If we could boil down this year's just-concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2011) into one word that word would be "mobile." Of course we would probably need to add a few words to modify "mobile" like more mobile, faster mobile, bigger mobile, mobile computing, mobile video, mobile broadband, and mobile networks. And while the focus of CES is decidedly on consumers, each of these mobility trends also has an effect on enterprise convergence. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Effective Data Protection for Cloud Computing In Cloud Computing environments, applications reside in massively-scalable data centers where compute resources can be dynamically provisioned and shared to achieve significant economies of scale. Storage capacity scales with compute resources, and each needs to be effectively managed to gain the maximum benefits from Cloud. Read Now In this Issue Skype growth eats into international calls A New Year, A New Focus Salesmanship helps bottler sell unified communications Cisco Videoscape attempts to be single source of video 2011's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries WHITE PAPER: Brocade Introducing Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) is an emerging technology that will revolutionize the way data center networks are architected and how they function. Read Now. Skype growth eats into international calls International phone traffic is on the slide and one research company reckons that a likely cause is the effect of VoIP service Skype. Read More WEBCAST: Aruba Networks Medical Center Shares Tips on Wi-Fi Application Assurance In this 15-min webinar, Rutland Regional discusses how they deliver reliable voice, video and medical device communications at the point of care. WLAN at Rutland was once a nice to have serving a select group & has now transitioned to what is deemed a utility serving a diverse group of users. Learn more now! A New Year, A New Focus ConvergedWelcome to week one of the new "Masters of Converged Solutions" web site and blog, formerly known as "Masters of Unified Communications." Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Prepare IT for Growth The need has never been so great to balance evolving IT Services with reduced IT budgets. Learn to position your organization for growth in this uncertain business climate. Read Now Salesmanship helps bottler sell unified communications Unified communications systems haven't caught on as much as expected, and even though IT managers report some solid productivity benefits, rolling out such new technologies may require IT to engage in a bit of salesmanship with end users. Read More Cisco Videoscape attempts to be single source of video Cisco Systems on Wednesday showed an offering that will give people a unified way of viewing video on TV's, mobile phones, and tablet computers. Read More 2011's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Read More
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