Monday, October 11, 2010

Cisco offers consumer telepresence; MegaPath enhances VoIP service

Cisco unwraps home TelePresence | Mitel enhances wireless; CounterPath and XO make VoIP announcements

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Cisco offers consumer telepresence; MegaPath enhances VoIP service
Two separate announcements to cover in this edition: Cisco has launched "Umi" as a consumer telepresence service, and MegaPath is offering free Cisco phones coincident with some new enhancements to its VoIP service. Read More


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Today's centralized identity infrastructure can't keep up with tomorrow's increasingly federated demands, from user-centric identity, to Identity-as-a-Service, and the cloud. In "The Emerging Architecture of Identity Management," Gartner outlines a vision for tomorrow's identity landscape-one with virtualization at its core. Download the report-free!

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Email Archiving Deep Dive
Mail servers continue to deal with ballooning message volumes and management challenges. Email archiving software provides a viable solution, particularly when granular government regulations apply. Learn More Now.

Cisco unwraps home TelePresence
Umi will cater to the high end video chatter who scoffs at SkypeAs expected, Cisco this week unveiled a home/consumer version of its TelePresence system: the umi. The $600 system lets people in their living rooms use their HDTVs and Google Video Chat to converse with friends and family in the far reaches. Stephen Lawson of IDG New Service has our coverage here. Read More


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30 Minutes to Faster Web Pages
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Mitel enhances wireless; CounterPath and XO make VoIP announcements
Highlights from three companies announcements are in the spotlight today: Mitel has enhanced its wireless service, CounterPath has announced an Android edition with VoIP, and XO hits a major VoIP milestone. 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

Android Hack Enables 3G Skype Calls
Just a few short days ago, the official Skype application finally graced the Android Market. But to much dismay, the communications app lacked the ability to make 3G calls on certain carriers within the US. Read More



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Ig Nobel honors world's wackiest researchers: 2010 winners
The 20th annual Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded Thursday night for "achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." The prizes commemorate the world's funniest research, and sometimes the world's biggest villains (BP is a winner this year). Here's a list of the 2010 prizes.

Eight hot commercial space projects
The recently passed NASA Authorization Act of 2010 was generally seen as a huge nod toward developing commercial space projects. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said the authorization "launches a commercial space transportation industry." Indeed there are a number of interesting commercial space projects underway.

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