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	Global Crossing offers collaboration apps; snom announces phone Today we focus on highlights of three separate announcements: Global Crossing has a new family of collaboration applications, snom has certified a new phone for use with Microsoft OCS 2007 R2, and CounterPath and Metaswitch Networks have announced a joint development and marketing agreement. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel - Lucent Converged Mobile Backhaul As service providers strive to leverage their network to deliver innovative services, optimizing the transport infrastructure is key in ensuring profitability. In converged mobile backhaul, the Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MPR creates a transition from TDM to IP, while preserving low total cost of ownership. Read Now In this Issue Man gets 10 years for VoIP hacking 'Preliminary' finding invalidates VoIP patent, says EFF CIOs Say They're Hiring Again WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Build a RFP for UC Measuring TCO is the best metric for determining the risks and benefits of any technology. This white paper provides guidance on how to effectively measure the TCO for a Unified Communications system and will provide the details you need to build a comprehensive RFP. Read More! Man gets 10 years for VoIP hacking A Venezuelan man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for stealing and then reselling more than 10 million minutes of Internet phone service. Read More WEBCAST: NeuStar, Inc. 30 Minutes to Faster Web Pages Join this discussion and learn the importance and nuances of load testing, measuring scalability, setting page performance and transaction response rates, and what to do when things go wrong. You'll even hear performance improvement tips that are quick to implement and free. View Now 'Preliminary' finding invalidates VoIP patent, says EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation is claiming an early knock-down in its ongoing fight to strip a small Florida company called C2 Communications of a VoIP patent EFF calls bogus and that C2 has invoked to pry payments out of major U.S. carriers such as AT&T, Verizon and Qwest. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel 10 Tips for IP-based Communications With IP telephony, the goal is to stop maintaining two parallel networks for voice and data. This white paper provides 10 tips to simplify management of VoIP and UC and achieve the end goal of self-service IP-based communications. Read More! CIOs Say They're Hiring Again The IT employment outlook is starting to improve, but the industry shed jobs last year at a much faster pace than it is now adding them. Read More
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