Is your WAN ready for HD video?

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	Is your WAN ready for HD video? The Webtorials Editorial/Analyst Group just released the findings from the "2010 Next Generation Video Conferencing and Collaboration Report," and the results show that perhaps we have finally – after almost 50 years of talking about video – reached the point where it is indeed time for video to become a mainstream part of your network. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Read More! ESG Whitepaper talking about Windows Data Consolidation in Mid-Sized Virtual Server Environments. This paper focuses on the challenges of virtualizing Windows environments and the need to consider network storage as a part of the overall solution. NetApp and VMware's joint solution is also examined in detail. Read now! In this Issue Avaya, Skype in deal to offer low-cost, IP-based calling Comcast: We will meet our IPv6 deadline At long last, Obama highlights IPv6 issue A third of firms don't know who their ISP is 10 years after: Optical market recovers from dot-com bust WHITE PAPER: Biamp The IT Survival Guide to Audio Conferencing IT managers who understand the unique requirements of audio conferencing systems and know how to avoid common audio pitfalls are an indispensable resource for their companies. In this guide you'll learn how to navigate the AV landscape, find trusted resources, understand the language, and avoid making critical mistakes. Read now. Avaya, Skype in deal to offer low-cost, IP-based calling Avaya and Skype signed an agreement to offer Skype Connect to Avaya customers to help them lower international voice-calling costs through IP-based calls. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Managing Major Online Events If your organization allows recreational video at all, you need to ensure that you retain control of the network to mitigate any risk. Click to learn how a combination of policy and Blue Coat technologies can support business needs and keep employees productive and happy. Free the WAN with Blue Coat. Read now! Comcast: We will meet our IPv6 deadline Comcast says it will meet its 2012 deadline of transitioning its network to support IPv6, the long anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications schedule. The ISP is halfway through a nine-month public trial of IPv6 that has attracted 7,000 of its business and residential customers nationwide. 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 At long last, Obama highlights IPv6 issue The Obama Administration until now it has ignored one of the biggest issues facing the Internet: the rapid depletion of IPv4 Internet addresses and the imminent need for carriers and content providers to adopt IPv6. Read More A third of firms don't know who their ISP is A third of firms don't know who their ISP is, says Consumerchoices.co.uk. Read More 10 years after: Optical market recovers from dot-com bust The optical market has commenced a sustained recovery 10 years after the dot.com bust, says market research firm iSuppli. Read More
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