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	SEC nets VoiceCon award Siemens Enterprise Communications was awarded the "Best of VoiceCon" for the company's newly announced OpenScape UC Server 2010 edition. The award is given to recognize VoiceCon exhibitors that have made significant technological innovations and for products the judges believe help to move enterprise communications forward. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: 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 Smartphone users want better access to data Microsoft Reveals Communications Server W14 Undergrads flock to computer science programs : ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Smartphone users want better access to data A new survey of U.S. mobile phone users finds smartphones are widely used for personal and business tasks, that users want better access to more of both kinds of data, and the top task for the impending Apple iPad is "conducting work." Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint A Unified Communications Case Study Unified Communications helped Sprint save millions of dollars. Find out how you can save! Learn More Microsoft Reveals Communications Server W14 The floor was buzzing this week at VoiceCon as Microsoft announced their next generation unified communications platform. Microsoft Communications Server "W14" will replace the current Office Communications Server 2007 R2. No date for RTM has been announced but based on all the third party announcements it's going to be sooner rather than later! Read More E-GUIDE: HP ProCurve Standards to Soothe Networking Headaches Is you network comprised of multiple switching tiers running proprietary protocols capable of handling next-generation applications? This Network World eBook looks at open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwidth of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and more. Get expert advice on how to turn your network into a more simplified, open infrastructure. Read Now. Undergrads flock to computer science programs For the second year in a row, computer science enrollments in the U.S. have increased, according to an annual study of enrollment trends, giving hope that the degree program is seeing a revival that's here to stay. Read More
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