Optimum Lightpath announces cloud-based phone service

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	Optimum Lightpath announces cloud-based phone service Optimum Lightpath, a division of Cablevision Systems Corporation providing services in the New York metropolitan area, has announced availability of its next-generation Optimum Lightpath Hosted Voice. The cloud-based phone service is designed to address mid-market and large businesses requirements, offering flat-rate pricing so little or no upfront costs are required to use the service. Read More WHITE PAPER: Intel Deploy 10GbE 10GBASE-T with Dell & Intel Virtualization, server and application technologies are shifting bottlenecks from the data center to network I/O. This paper describes how to use 10GBase-T to broadly deploy 10 Gigabit Ethernet and help avoid I/O networking bottlenecks. Click to continue In this Issue QLogic unveils upgrades to converged network products Italian firm takes on Skype deal in a David-Goliath battle Samsung, Motorola tablets get Skype video Amazon may buy Palm from HP, report says The Newest Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones WHITE PAPER: Citrix Research—Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications Gartner report "How to Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications" is a study of three popular website acceleration techniques: network optimization, front-end optimization and edge caching. Read now QLogic unveils upgrades to converged network products QLogic today announced upgrades to its line of converged network adapters, as well as a new switch and router product that can consolidate LAN traffic. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel IDC: Ways to Improve the Branch Office Well-targeted technology upgrades, coupled with a rigorous program to standardize and improve IT practices at a company's remote locations and headquarters, can deliver substantial business value and could reduce total annual IT costs in the branches by over 30%. Read now Italian firm takes on Skype deal in a David-Goliath battle A complaint by a small Italian firm to the European Commission could derail the biggest IT merger of the year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Sybase® IQ Accelerates Advanced Analytics The market-leading column-based analytics server, Sybase® IQ offers accurate answers, scalability and speed for your advanced analytics environments. No platform is better suited to help your business analyse, compete and deliver above the competition. Read now Samsung, Motorola tablets get Skype video Skype has released version 2.5 of its application for Android, which allows Android-based tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Motorola Xoom to use its video calling feature, it said in a blog post on Wednesday. Read More Amazon may buy Palm from HP, report says There are a couple of HP stories to chew on this morning. First, VentureBeat is reporting that Amazon may purchase Palm from HP. Who will save what's left of Palm from HP's bumbling? It could be Amazon, as the online retailing giant is in serious negotiations to snap up Palm from HP, VentureBeat has learned. Read More The Newest Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones Can new designs and the latest OS spark buyer interest? Read More
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