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	Polycom and Microsoft bring Lync to room telepresence Polycom and Microsoft have been building on their strategic partnership, as Polycom announced that the Polycom CX7000 Unified Collaboration System becomes the first room video telepresence solution custom-built for full integration with Microsoft Lync. The solution is built to bring the Lync desktop into the conference room to enhance business collaboration and productivity features for room telepresence. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Accelerate WAN File Transfers by 50x According to Taneja Group research, 83% of IT managers are considering a move to the cloud a top priority. This paper highlights their research and provides guidance on how to overcome cloud adoption barriers and further leverage virtualization and consolidation efforts by strategically deploying WAN optimization. Read now! In this Issue Avaya offers help addressing social-media blowback Microsoft plans big Skype/Lync integration Raw video: Ballmer on Skype acquisition and Office 365 Lync The 8 Unfriendliest Cities for Teleworking WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Reduce Cellular Spend With ShoreTel Mobility Organizations continue to spend valuable budget on international and long distance calls. This white paper shows how a multi-location organization can reduce cellular spend by leveraging current Wi-Fi and dual-mode smartphone deployments, and offloading expensive minutes from cellular networks to virtually free WLAN networks. Read now! Avaya offers help addressing social-media blowback Avaya is betting businesses want to respond as quickly as possible to attacks and criticisms launched from Twitter, Facebook and blogs in order to minimize the negative impact they have. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Importance of Permanent Link Testing This white paper is the joint effort of 2 industry leaders of high speed infrastructure cabling and testing, Panduit and Fluke Networks. This technical paper provides a thorough analysis and review of different testing techniques and their associated benefits for high speed permanent links. Learn More Today! Microsoft plans big Skype/Lync integration Skype will be thoroughly integrated with Microsoft's Lync communications software, assuming regulators approve the $8.5 billion acquisition, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said this week. Read More WEBCAST: F5 Networks Architect the Network This is a public sector focus webinar showing how to Architect the Network for a Highly Available SharePoint 2010 Deployment. Learn more! Raw video: Ballmer on Skype acquisition and Office 365 Lync Raw video: Ballmer on Skype acquisition and Office 365 Lync Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reviews the last 12 months for Microsoft and where is stands competitively From: networkworld Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:24 More in Science & Technology Read More The 8 Unfriendliest Cities for Teleworking You would think in this day and age all businesses would be doing everything possible to support employees working at home or on the road. But a surprising number of companies in major American cities are still behind the teleworking times, according to a recent Microsoft survey of 4,500 information workers. Here are eight cities that finished at the low end of the teleworker totem pole. Read More
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