Cisco, Genband introduce mobile traffic solutions

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	Cisco, Genband introduce mobile traffic solutions After sharing demand estimates for growth of mobile data and video traffic, Cisco launched an architectural framework designed to enhance users' experience s across mobile and wireless networks. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix XenServer Download Free XenServer XenServer is the only enterprise-ready, cloud-proven virtualization platform you don't have to pay for. With live migration, centralized multi-server management, and shared storage support, you can't afford not to try it! Click to continue In this Issue Playing with our money: The FCC and the Universal Service Fund Social media gurus who aren't Bundling inexpensive Internet links to build reliable, enterprise-class WANs Two new Web standards could change VoIP, mobile video chats, Cisco engineer says Major Dell revamp melds consumer and enterprise IT What Makes a Mobility Strategy Successful? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hitachi CPC Jan-Feb2011 Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. www.hitachimonitoringcenter.com Download free 30-day trial Playing with our money: The FCC and the Universal Service Fund You, your company and I, along with just about everybody subscribing to telephone service in the United States, is hit with a surcharge on our phone bills that goes into a Universal Service Fund (USF). Read More Social media gurus who aren't Gibbs doesn't believe self-styled social media experts are. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Webcast: Is Virtualization Right for SMBs? You've heard that large companies embrace virtualization to consolidate their data centers, reduce costs, and improve operating efficiency and IT service levels. However, your data center only has tens of servers, not hundreds or thousands. Should you consider virtualization as well? View this webcast to learn more. Register now! Bundling inexpensive Internet links to build reliable, enterprise-class WANs Data center centralization and consolidation. Cloud computing. Latency-sensitive (real-time and interactive) applications such as VoIP, videoconferencing and virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI). Business continuity and disaster recovery. These enterprise trends are among those driving the need for a WAN access layer that is scalable, reliable and cost-effective. Read More Two new Web standards could change VoIP, mobile video chats, Cisco engineer says HTML5 to be hot for mobile phone video chats and VIPR could create interoperable enterprise VoIP, videoconferencing VIPR is a protocol that lets people use all of their fancy VoIP features, including videoconferencing, when calling someone outside their own company, over a regular phone line. It has been submitted as an IETF standard. In the video below, Dr. Cullen Jennings, Ph.D., Distinguished Engineer, Cisco, has offered an update on where it stands. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM The Next Generation of Process Model Management In this white paper, we'll describe a linking approach to effectively interconnect modeling artifacts across different modeling domains, tools and repositories to provide for coherent visibility and traceability throughout an extended MDD environment. Read now! Major Dell revamp melds consumer and enterprise IT Upgrades include improved Unified Communications and coming Windows 7 tabletDell unveiled a major renovation of its enterprise-targeted laptop, desktop and workstation computers Tuesday but in doing so, combined the features that attract consumer users with the demands of enterprise IT. Included are enhancements in tools used for workplace collaboration such as with Microsoft's SharePoint and Lync unified communications platforms. Read More What Makes a Mobility Strategy Successful? convergedDespite the increased criticality and visibility of mobile initiatives, IT leaders say their mobility success remains somewhat mixed. Just 8% of organizations classify their mobility initiatives as "extremely successful;" the same percentage say their initiatives are "unsuccessful." Read More
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