A Brief History of UC&C, Summary and Predictions

	Unified communications: Speeding time to acceptance | Cisco claims 7,400 UCS customers as of August
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	A Brief History of UC&C, Summary and Predictions Today, we'll wrap up our summer series on the evolutionary history behind unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) with a quick topical recap, some analysis of what brought each of the five elements into the UC&C portfolio, and a brief look at what we expect to be the most dynamic factors affecting UC&C in the coming year. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Adopting Unified Communications: Key Steps to Consider The faster your business can locate, gather and share information, the more productive and competitive you can be. That's why small and medium enterprises are upgrading to a unified communications (UC) system, which can improve customer service, streamline product development and speed response to new opportunities. Learn more. >> In this Issue Unified communications: Speeding time to acceptance Cisco claims 7,400 UCS customers as of August San Francisco – Getting Their Act Together Before the iPhone: The kings of mobile What do top CIOs make? WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation Diskeeper 2011 Professional Edition FREE Trial Diskeeper prevents the majority of fragmentation (scattered file fragments randomly placed across the hard drive) before it can happen and instantly defrags the rest. More importantly, Diskeeper 2011 brings data flow up to peak speed for the best possible productivity. Download now! Unified communications: Speeding time to acceptance Unified communications (UC) requires many components, protocols, back-end processes and pieces of communication equipment to work together seamlessly. But users don't care about the complexities involved. If they experience poor voice quality, frozen screens or inconsistent performance, they won't use any solution, no matter how cutting-edge. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Hardware Load Balancing A comprehensive F5 solution readies application infrastructure for a successful implementation of the re-engineered Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Learn More! Cisco claims 7,400 UCS customers as of August Cisco's Unified Computing System blade servers have been one of the company's surprise hits. As of August, Cisco claimed 7,400 total UCS customers, 2,000 of which were added last quarter, the company said. This represents an increase of 240%, or $124 million, compared to the year ago quarter, mostly due to adding new customers, Cisco says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Application-Aware Network Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. San Francisco – Getting Their Act Together I've covered two bizarre actions taken by the City of San Francisco that have major impacts on both cellular service and the role of government overall. The first of these is an ordinance that requires the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of cell phone handsets to be displayed at the point of sale, and also requires "educational" materials regarding this complex subject to be distributed to consumers.... Read More Before the iPhone: The kings of mobile The iPhone redefined mobile computing four years ago, but several other devices from the BlackBerry pager to the iPaq once enjoyed the same reign Read More What do top CIOs make? CIOs and CTOs at major companies including GM, Boeing, Home Depot and FedEx took home multimillion-dollar pay packages in 2010. See what each of these senior IT leaders' pay packages is worth, once the salaries, bonuses, stock options and perks are tallied. Read More
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