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	Magor upgrades telepresence system Magor Communications recently announced Release 3 of its TeleCollaboration HDWorkPlace portfolio. The collaboration features, designed to improve video-based meeting effectiveness, allows participants to see, control and edit shared files and documents in real time. Magor's approach to telepresence melds together 1080p HD video capabilities with remote collaboration to create what the company calls "TeleCollaboration." Read More WHITE PAPER: NEC How did The Peninsula Shanghai improve their guest services? They partnered with NEC. Peninsula wanted to create a fully converged voice and data wireless LAN throughout the hotel to respond to guests requests instantly. See how NEC, a leading provider of IT and network solutions and services, helped Peninsula deal with this challenge in this case study. Click to continue In this Issue Cisco's John Chambers answers his critics: What premium pricing? Cisco tries to expand video calling with IME Hosted VOIP Needs QoS WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Profiting from PCI Compliance Working together, the major payment card providers have developed a set of data security standards and created a council for enforcing them. For many companies, regulatory compliance can already be an overwhelming and confusing area to navigate, and the need to comply with the PCI DSS might feel like yet another burden. Learn More Now Cisco's John Chambers answers his critics: What premium pricing? Cisco CEO John Chambers addresses competitors' criticism of premium pricing, proprietary technology and circumventing IT when necessary. Read More WHITE PAPER: Force10 Three Steps to Saving with Cloud Computing Discover how cloud computing dynamically streamlines your infrastructure, delivering freely scalable application service levels; dramatic capital and operational cost savings; flexibility and agility without new hardware; and more. Read Now! Cisco tries to expand video calling with IME Cisco Systems plans to extend unified communications beyond individual enterprises, introducing a new appliance and a protocol that the company hopes will become an industry standard. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now Hosted VOIP Needs QoS MegaPath, Inc. announced the release of its Duet hosted IP-PBX. The offering, aimed at SMBs (both single and multiple locations) is delivered over its fully managed MPLS Virtual Private Network (VPN). It includes either T1 or Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) access service, with Ethernet coming soon. Solutions such as this help customers avoid having to add access capacity, as hosted solutions... Read More
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