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	Gmail's new call feature takes off Those guys and gals at Google have been going gangbusters -- giving Gmail users the capability to make outbound calls from their computers to the PSTN. Using the Gmail subscriber's computers speakers and microphone, the Gmail softphone application provides "click to call" capabilities. The new service was used to make over a million phone calls in the first 24 hours following its official launch on Aug. 25, 2010. Read More WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes: The Future of the Perimeter Join two pioneers in network security: Nir Zuk and Marcus Ranum, for what promises to be a very lively discussion on the future of the network perimeter. As applications and users move in and out of the enterprise network, what happens to the network perimeter as we know it? Does it go away? Evolve? How should organizations address these changes? Sign up now! In this Issue London's calling…Through your voice gateway Five Ways Gmail Chat Looks Better than Skype Rethinking the Wireless Office Is there a softphone in your future? WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Getting the Right Foundation: Unified Communications Gartner has identified 16 features that comprise a complete UC system. Learn what they are and how you can build an infrastructure that integrates the best applications into a seamless UC environment and eliminates islands of communication. Read More! London's calling…Through your voice gateway Protecting your voice gateway is extremely important for preventing toll fraud and other criminal activities that can be conducted through your VoIP system. This post covers five key areas that can help reduce risks to your voice gateway. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Eight Fascinating Facts about DR What are the chances of seeing a no-hitter at a Major League Baseball game? They're much lower than the odds of finding an affordable disaster recovery solution for SMBs. As replication becomes more essential to DR and operational back up systems, the choices for DR solutions are rapidly growing. Read more fascinating facts on DR. Read Now Five Ways Gmail Chat Looks Better than Skype Your Gmail account sends e-mail, allows video and online chat, and now can call your contacts in the United States and Canada for free. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router Looking for routers that offer the scalability to extend your reach with cost-effective, feature-rich platforms that consolidate and deliver the business, residential and mobile services your customers demand? For a limited time, introductory kits are available for the newest additions to the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR portfolio. Read Now Rethinking the Wireless Office Despite all the promise of fixed mobile convergence, 3G, and ever-increasing WLAN speeds, most workers are still tethered to a jack on the wall for their network connectivity just as they have been since the days of thick wire and coax. But thanks to the promise of 802.11n and 4G technologies, there's a new opportunity for IT managers to rethink the use of wireless services as an alternative to wired.... Read More Is there a softphone in your future? In our latest research we've found that a whopping 70% of companies are increasing their deployment of softphones, while only 18% of firms have no plans to deploy softphones of any kind. Softphones are now becoming commonplace, thanks to their inclusion as a core part of UC desktop clients from vendors including Avaya, Cisco, IBM Lotus, and Microsoft, and increasing familiarity with public softphone-based... Read More
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