A brief history of UC&C, part two: The IP PBX

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	A brief history of UC&C, part two: The IP PBX We'll continue today with our brief historical review on factors that have contributed to the evolution of unified communications and collaboration, picking up where we left off last time when we discussed how carriers first chose to use Voice over IP in the PSTN -- focusing on how the IP PBX came into being. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaseya Why Corporations Need to Automate IT Systems Management In today's competitive business environment, corporations across all industries are looking to provide quality products and services while at the same time cutting costs, saving energy and doing more with less. Automated IT systems management is the ultimate facilitator for achieving these goals…and more. Read now In this Issue Cisco's Q4 indicates healthy enterprise IT spending Get control over your cross-platform identity management issues Vonage iPhone app offers discount calling 16 milestones of a million, billion or more ... 10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon 5 misperceptions about deploying IPv6 Enterprise tablets: Not too little, but a bit on the late side Tips and tricks for protecting Android devices Xsigo unveils virtual fabric for data centers WHITE PAPER: BMC How to Choose a SaaS-Based I.T. Service Management Solution All SaaS help-desks are not created equally. From basic ticket logging to full-featured, enterprise-grade service management solutions, there truly is something for everyone. Learn more about the key factors in deciding between a comprehensive or a slimmer selection for your organization. Learn More Today! Cisco's Q4 indicates healthy enterprise IT spending So it appears enterprise IT spending is pretty healthy despite the challenges of some of Cisco's peers. Cisco itself doesn't appear to see any downturn, given the impressive results in its fiscal fourth quarter. Read More Get control over your cross-platform identity management issues According to the Gartner 2010 CIO Survey, identity management is the No. 1 IT security priority through 2011. This will be an ongoing concern well beyond 2011 as companies grapple with increasingly complex and disparate infrastructures and a multitude of new mobile access devices. New tools offer help in gaining control across heterogeneous platforms, even into the cloud. Read More Vonage iPhone app offers discount calling Vonage released an iPhone app that offers some benefits over Skype's competitive voice-over-IP (VoIP) calling service. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Exceptional Application Experience To improve and ensure the performance and availability of business-critical web applications, organizations need to be able to see and understand the actual user experience. This paper examines the five essentials of application performance monitoring. Learn More 16 milestones of a million, billion or more ... Quantitative milestones have been a marketing staple since long before McDonald's began counting burgers. So when I saw recently that Huffington Post was boasting of having hosted its 100 millionth comment, I did a little searching to see how many of these pronouncements I could find ... over just the past month. Read More 10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon Researchers showed all manner of serious attacks on everything from browsers to automobiles. Read More 5 misperceptions about deploying IPv6 We've been very fortunate to have author Shannon McFarland blogging for us as part of our Cisco Subnet community, and he has just completed his list of top five misperceptions about IPv6 deployment. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Email Security in Small and Medium-sized Businesses No organization can afford to operate without an email security strategy. The risk landscape is constantly changing with new threats surfacing every day. This white paper looks at email security in small and medium businesses, the solutions available and what features SMBs cannot do without. Read now Enterprise tablets: Not too little, but a bit on the late side A year after announcing its enterprise-centric Cius tablet, Cisco is poised to finally make the Android-based, Wi-Fi-capable device available at the end of the month. Read More Tips and tricks for protecting Android devices Android doesn't rival BlackBerry when it comes to security and enterprise support. But Android devices can still be reasonably secure. Here are some tips to help you protect your investment, privacy, and data. Read More Xsigo unveils virtual fabric for data centers New software from Xsigo Systems is designed to link all the servers in a data center virtually, allowing IT managers to reconfigure virtual machines and other resources without carrying out traditional networking tasks. Read More
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