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 REPORT: Radiant Logic, Inc Download Latest Gartner Report on IdM 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! In this Issue Cisco unwraps home TelePresence Mitel enhances wireless; CounterPath and XO make VoIP announcements Android Hack Enables 3G Skype Calls WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain 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 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 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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