Insights on social media and LAN/SAN convergence

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	Insights on social media and LAN/SAN convergence Today we'd like to highlight a couple of free resources available from Webtorials that may provide our readers with some insights: The first is an e-book titled "Social Media and the Contact Center for Dummies," while the second piece is an online discussion on converging the LAN and SAN. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Avaya: Creating Fit for Purpose Data Center Networking Simplified and optimized service orchestration maximizes the return from a virtualized computing environment. Click to read the White Paper. In this Issue Cisco invests again in cloud telephony company 802.11u and Hotspot 2.0 promise Wi-Fi users a cellular-like experience Microsoft investigates its own mobile location practices How to give out your phone number ... for just a week Hot products from DEMOfall '11 Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation Ensuring Maximum Performance on Windows 7 Systems Independent tests show that fragmentation prevention and defragmentation resulted in performance benefits significantly beyond those delivered by the native Windows 7 utility. Learn more. Cisco invests again in cloud telephony company Cisco has upped its investment in a provider of cloud-based VoIP, TechCrunch reports. RingCentral raised $10 million in new funding from Cisco and new investor Scale Venture Partners. Cisco helped fund a previous $45 million round for RingCentral, along with Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, DAG Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. Read More 802.11u and Hotspot 2.0 promise Wi-Fi users a cellular-like experience Why can't connecting to a Wi-Fi network be as easy as connecting to a cellular network? Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Sainsbury's Safeguards Supply Chain for over 800 Stores Sainsbury operates the second largest online food retailer in the U.K. See their approach to gain better visibility to 1,800 devices and ensure high-availability of its network to safeguard the supply chain for over 800 stores and 100,000 online shoppers per week. Read now Microsoft investigates its own mobile location practices Microsoft said this week it is investigating a lawsuit's allegation that the camera application on Windows Phone 7 handsets collects location data from nearby Wi-Fi and cellular networks -- even if the user refuses permission to do so. Read More How to give out your phone number ... for just a week Just as it is when you think of a snappy comeback hours after it would have been useful, this application from RingCentral catches my attention too late to have saved me from having done the "Dumbest thing I've done in a long time." (What online news looked like on 9/11) Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Fine-Tune Your IT Performance Learn how to bridge the gap between application performance management solutions that don't understand the underlying network and network management products that don't know how to map network traffic to applications. Learn more! Hot products from DEMOfall '11 New products that help you to screen job applicants, improve customer service and even build yourself a tomb Read More Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler A look at 4 up-and-coming cloud companies' offerings Read More
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