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	Nefsis offers video and collaboration in the cloud It's unusual for us to cover VoIP, video conferencing, collaboration and cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) -- especially when it is all about one company's offer, but in this newsletter edition we can do so after a recent introduction to Nefsis Corporation, a privately held company in San Diego. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC The Mandate for Converged Infrastructure Management Converged infrastructure is changing the way data centers roll out infrastructure resources and providing a clear and achievable path to cloud computing environments. Effective management of infrastructure is a key capability that can significantly impact the degree of success for data centers going the converged route. Read more In this Issue Why should you consider VoIP and UC as a service? World Tech Update, June 23, 2011 Virtualized Cisco Unified Communication is supported on 3rd party servers (HP and IBM) Cisco releases dozens of free PowerShell scripts to manage its UC servers Android lovers: Don't overlook the Nook WHITE PAPER: Avaya Social Media in the Contact Center for Dummies Grasp the opportunities and challenges of working within the new social media market landscape. The book describes the commercial tools, as well as free ones, organizations use to manage the massive stream of information they collect from various social media channels. Read Now Why should you consider VoIP and UC as a service? Throughout most of the evolution of VoIP and UC, the primary implementations have been as a premises-based solution. However, as mentioned in the last newsletter, it's probably time to consider a adding this to your cloud strategy. Read More WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! World Tech Update, June 23, 2011 World Tech Update, June 23, 2011 Coming up on World Tech Update this week the Federal Trade Commission approves Microsoft's purchase of Skype, the Playstation Vita will ship slightly later than promised and more. From: networkworld Views: 46 1 ratings Time: 05:59 More in Science & Technology Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions are large-scale projects that can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations. This white paper examines the process and what's required to meet IT goals and objectives and maintain business continuity. Read now! Virtualized Cisco Unified Communication is supported on 3rd party servers (HP and IBM) This is a short post about something I recently found out, it also continues questions I had from previous posts about 'when will Cisco support additional hardware', as it was asked at: http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/first-look-call-manager-85#co... Read More Cisco releases dozens of free PowerShell scripts to manage its UC servers On June 1, 2011, Cisco released the beta version of the Unified Computing System Manager PowerShell Toolkit with dozesn of cmdlets to help automate management tasks on Cisco's UC bladeserver. Interesting! I contacted the project's leader, John McDonough, custom application engineer, and asked him to tell me more about it. What follows is a guest blog written by John, but before we get to that,... Read More Android lovers: Don't overlook the Nook 6 reasons why Nook Color is the best Android tablet you can buy today….and three features that could make it even better Read More
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