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	Announcements from snom, Vidyo, Glowpoint wrap up Enterprise Connect conference Today we'll wrap our coverage of last week's Enterprise Connect conference with two announcements from snom (a new product and a compatibility with the Microsoft Office Communications Server), Vidyo's integration with Microsoft Lync, and a Glowpoint demo with Skype's videoconferencing. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Polycom Win a 360º unified conference station It's a chance to win the Polycom® CX5000, featuring a 360 degree panoramic view. Easily add group video collaboration to Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Bring a whole new perspective to your meetings. Enter the sweepstakes today! In this Issue Does Facebook change the messaging landscape? 3 simple reasons VoIP abuse will grow Implementing Microsoft Lync: Lessons Learned Killing PBX CIPT 2 (642-457) Lab #1 What's Up (or not) with Convergence? VMware Highlights Convergence Security Needs WHITE PAPER: Brocade The CIO Challenge CIOs can elevate the role of IT in their organizations by enabling new business opportunities with innovative cloud technologies. Read now! Does Facebook change the messaging landscape? Facebook recently announced a messaging product that promises seamless messaging, conversation history and a social in-box, nothing short of a new way to communicate, regardless of the channel —SMS, e-mail, IM or chat. The Social Inbox will only contain messages from Friends and Friends of Friends, with other messages being routed to the 'Other' Folder. Read More 3 simple reasons VoIP abuse will grow In its recent annual security report, Cisco predicted VOIP abuse as a potential area for cyber crime growth. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Reduce the Impact of Explosive Data Growth This whitepaper introduces and next-generation deduplication technology from HP that allows for better management, higher performance, and more efficient data protection, while providing IT with a cost-effective way to control unrelenting data growth. Read Now Implementing Microsoft Lync: Lessons Learned Killing PBX When Marquette University started construction on three campus buildings a year and a half ago, the IT department saw it as a good time to deploy VoIP (Voice over IP) from the ground up. Read More CIPT 2 (642-457) Lab #1 H.225 Gatekeeper-Controlled Trunk Configuration In February, our focus was on topics from the new CIPT 1 exam (642-447). We covered topics such as using Cisco's Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) to add end users, adding a Cisco IP Phone to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) database, and configuring both MGCP and H.323 gateways. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC A "hindsight is 20/20" look at cloud computing Learn why BMC Software's chief information officer foresees a future in which organizations realize how secure the public cloud is, underutilization of hardware is a thing of the past and daily business operations are more productive. Read More What's Up (or not) with Convergence? I've been a strong supporter of what most people call fixed/mobile convergence, the automatic, bi-directional handoff of connections between cellular and Wi-Fi, since I first learned of the concept about a decade ago. This all seems so obvious: cellular has a limited range and is expensive to deploy in terms of both spectrum and capital and operating costs. There's a ton of unlicensed spectrum available... Read More VMware Highlights Convergence Security Needs convergedVMware's recent announcement that it is testing a mobile virtualization client on LG Optimus smartphones running the Google Android operating system highlights the growing need for IT managers to integrate wireline and wireless security and virtualization planning. VMware's move reflects the trend we see in our research of rapidly growing interest in mobile device management to enable IT managers... Read More
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