AT&T offers 'UC as a service' to enterprise customers

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	AT&T offers 'UC as a service' to enterprise customers AT&T is now offering cloud-based unified communications to its enterprise customers, adding to its existing portfolio of hosted VoIP services (with Voice DNA) and other managed UC services. AT&T UC Services are embedded in the AT&T managed network, offering accessibility to multiple device types regardless of location. The service allows seamless transfers such as those between devices like sessions between a PC and compatible mobile devices; or transfers between communications applications such as switching from an IM chat to a phone call, or to a Web or video conference. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ Streamlining IT Operations with Business Service Management This IDC Technology Spotlight examines the benefits of a business service management practice and tools in response to IT environments becoming more dynamic and complex due to the increased use of virtualization, cloud, SOA, and n-tier application architectures. Learn More In this Issue Apple's Dramatic Rise in the Enterprise Tests CIOs Time Management: 6 Ways to Improve Your Productivity Company uses iPads instead of laptops in loaner program What's hot at Macworld|iWorld 2012 Dying Jobs kept letter from Gates at his bedside WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Consolidation Without Compromise Pay more to get less consolidation? The Iron Age is over. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x consolidation. For less. Get Consolidation Without Compromise now. Learn More Apple's Dramatic Rise in the Enterprise Tests CIOs One in five information workers now uses an Apple product for work, says Forrester. Is Microsoft's dominance at an end? One thing is for certain: CIOs must deal with the Apple impact. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE/VMware Driving Business Value with VBlock Infrastructure Platforms With Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, organizations of any size can rapidly deploy a pervasive virtual infrastructure and implement a private cloud while lowering risk and operating expenses. Learn More Time Management: 6 Ways to Improve Your Productivity Workplace performance expert Jason Womack offers six of his most effective tips for better managing your time and giving your productivity a jolt. Read More WHITE PAPER: Internap New eBook: Cloud Hosting Buyer's Guide Organizations are no longer asking "if cloud," but "which cloud?" Whether you've already deployed a cloud solution or you are looking to move to the cloud, you'll find this buyer's guide – complete with cloud configurations, benefits and a vendor scorecard – essential to mapping a cloud strategy that's right for your business. Learn More Company uses iPads instead of laptops in loaner program A fast-growing media company has hit upon an iPad loaner program, which replaces laptops for occasional travelers. The Apple tablet's simplicity compared to the laptop makes it much easier to administer and use. Read More What's hot at Macworld|iWorld 2012 Macworld|iWorld seems to bring out the best, and sometimes the worst, in Apple-related creativity. Check out what's new, cool, and just strange at this year's show. Read More Dying Jobs kept letter from Gates at his bedside Shortly before Steve Jobs died in October, he received a letter from longtime business adversary Bill Gates that moved him so much that he kept it by his bedside, according to the Apple founder's widow, as relayed by Gates to a British interviewer. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Network World's 6th annual collection of the year's "geekiest anniversaries" this time includes the births of pioneering companies such as UUNet and NEXTEL; technologies like OS/2 and SPARC; television classics topped by "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the first "Simpsons" shorts; disposable contact lenses; the first naked-eye supernova in four centuries; and, who could possibly forget The Woodstock of Physics? CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week of Jan. 26 First 'Super Wi-Fi' network goes live in North Carolina Cloud activity to explode in 2012 6 security companies to watch 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time Say goodbye to Fast Ethernet Stealing smartphone crypto keys using plain old radio Threatened by Anonymous, Symantec tells users to pull pcAnywhere's plug 10 best new Google Android apps for fun and, uh, work Social media 'private' data is fair game for e-discovery in court
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