New VoIP solutions for distributed enterprise

	NetScout to buy Psytechnics to better probe networks | Unified Presence - Let's eat some alaphabet soup!
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	New VoIP solutions for distributed enterprise We recently had a chance to talk about Hughes Network Systems' new VoIP offer with Sampath Ramaswami, a senior director responsible for the development of new services for the North American enterprise market at Hughes. The VoIP service takes advantage of DSL, cable modem and FiOS broadband access to deliver competitively priced VoIP solutions to the distributed enterprise. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue NetScout to buy Psytechnics to better probe networks Unified Presence - Let's eat some alaphabet soup! Sprint/Google Partnership Brings New Options/Challenges for Converged Voice Management Free Android Apps: 11 Great Utilities for Your Google Phone Two-thirds OK with hosting games on company gear: survey WHITE PAPER: HP Store 20 Times More Data on Disk HP & Intel provide a comprehensive array of solutions across services, software, servers, storage, and networking. In addition, HP's services expertise can bring all your solutions together and deliver them any way you want. Read More Now! NetScout to buy Psytechnics to better probe networks NetScout Systems plans to buy Psytechnics, a small developer of service management software for unified communications, for an undisclosed sum. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Seven Reasons You Need Predictive Analytics Today Read this white paper to uncover why predictive analytics is becoming a necessity for companies to gain and maintain advantage. Read Now Unified Presence - Let's eat some alaphabet soup! In the previous post, I used the term presence, and while I'm sure most readers are familiar with the word, and possibly the application in a Unified Communications environment, I wanted to explore the term here in more depth. The concept of presence is generally simple, with the basis being the ability to see a person's or resource's status and availability at any time. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP The People Side of Converged Infrastructure IT is undergoing a massive shift. CIOs are looking for more flexible architectures that will allow them to quickly react to business needs. The Converged Infrastructure delivers the flexibility that CIOs need, with a high level of simplicity and automation that accelerates business outcomes while reducing costs. Read now Sprint/Google Partnership Brings New Options/Challenges for Converged Voice Management Sprint and Google recently announced integration of Google's voice service with Sprint's mobile phones, enabling Sprint customers to use their Sprint mobile numbers as their Google Voice number. This move allows Sprint customers to easily take advantage of Google Voice's unified messaging and simultaneous ring capabilities, as well as discounted long distance calling. Read More Free Android Apps: 11 Great Utilities for Your Google Phone You can never have too many Android apps...especially when they're free. Here are 11 downloads that deserve a spot on your device, each designed to add functionality to your Google phone and enhance your overall Android experience. Read More Two-thirds OK with hosting games on company gear: survey Granted, we're talking about an online survey of self-selected participants, but more than a thousand people responded to our poll about the propriety of hosting private video games on company equipment, and a solid majority – about 65% -- said they are OK with the practice. You can details here. The survey was run in conjunction with last week's story headlined: "On the company... Read More
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