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 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Experience Cisco TelePresence -- Free Experience Cisco TelePresence -- Free Click to continue In this Issue Skype 'rescues' professor stranded in Europe by volcano T-Mobile named best 'on-the-move 'mobile broadband provider Cisco's move to open-source its Telepresence is genius E-GUIDE: BlackBerry Expert Guide: Crafting a Secure Mobility Strategy 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 VIRTUAL EVENT: CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld & Network World Live Security Panel – April 28th Join us on April 28th for a live virtual event that will provide candid, expert advice on top security challenges and issues – all from the comfort of your desktop. Get in on the discussion - from the unique challenges presented by cloud computing and virtualization to the mass adoption of social media. Attend and you may win a Kindle! 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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