UC as an evolution of IT and telecom; HP teams with Avaya

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	UC as an evolution of IT and telecom This week, we take time to highlight a white paper hosted on Webtorials and authored by our long-time colleague Gary Audin on best practices to migrate to unified communications. In his analysis, Audin contends that UC is really the convergence of six communication products areas -- some of which have existed for years and others that are recent entries. Read More E-BOOK: AMD Virtualization Server Report Card Virtualization servers are designed to deliver more of the capacity that VMs need to run optimally. VMs crave lots of RAM and dedicated CPU resources. This eBook includes InfoWorld's report card on ratings for virtualization servers, tips to optimize virtualization performance, and cutting-edge virtualization implementations. Click To Continue. In this Issue HP draws on Avaya as a unified communications partner vs. Cisco The Avaya FAQ Q&A: SIP pioneer/Cisco Fellow jumps ship to Skype How to Scope Someone Out Online RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T AT&T Designing Tomorrow's Ethernet-Based Metropolitan Area Networks Click to continue HP draws on Avaya as a unified communications partner vs. Cisco HP has brought Avaya into its alliance partners program in a move that will help it compete against Cisco by offering more choices to customers interested in unified communications and contact centers. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Discovering Improved Data Protection Strategies This report examines the impact that virtualization has on data protection and disaster recovery and the need for highly virtualized servers and storage within this context. It outlines the factors you should consider as you evaluate and implement data protection solutions in your virtual environment. Learn more. The Avaya FAQ Avaya has made news over the past few years by going private, buying up Nortel's enterprise division and revamping its channel partner system. Here are some frequently asked questions about Avaya. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Take a Smarter Approach to Archiving Examine strategies and tactics for unifying data and content. View an e-discovery calculator and go inside a 3-year ROI model. Learn More Q&A: SIP pioneer/Cisco Fellow jumps ship to Skype Jonathan Rosenberg, co-author of the Session Initiation Protocol, joined Skype in November 2009 as chief technology strategist to apply what he's learned about disruptive IP technologies. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix caught up with Rosenberg over a Skype voice connection to see what the Skype lure was for him. Read More How to Scope Someone Out Online By the time my roommate, Sarah, invited a strange man from Australia to stay with us for a month, he no longer seemed like a stranger to her. They had met each other online through a British dating Website, exchanged numerous personal e-mail messages, and eventually communicated through intensive, all-night Skype sessions. Sarah felt like she knew Mr. Australia so well by then--had fallen in love with him so deeply, in fact--that she hardly blinked at inviting him to stay in our apartment for a month. And he didn't think twice about springing for a $2000 plane ticket to fly halfway around the world to see her. Read More
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