UC and VoIP updates from CES 2012

	Can IBM's social approach at Lotusphere jumpstart a Lotus Notes comeback? | IBM launches Connect conference to drive 'social business'
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	UC and VoIP updates from CES 2012 The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas was very well attended with an estimated crowd of more than 140,000 and despite all the usual noise, we managed to find a few newsworthy pieces affecting VoIP and unified communications. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan What to Look for in Smart Card Readers Deploy servers with PKI authentication without sacrificing convenience or security. Learn how modern KVM switches with smart card capabilities go beyond simply integrating card readers as an additional peripheral at the KVM workstation, but rather make necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. Learn More In this Issue Can IBM's social approach at Lotusphere jumpstart a Lotus Notes comeback? IBM launches Connect conference to drive 'social business' 5 reasons Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu Slashdotters rain on 'cloud computing' RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: WildPackets Avoid 1 more call crippling VoIP system Is your network crippling your VoIP system? Unlike normal network behavior where increased traffic progressively diminishes network performance, VoIP networks carry the risk of one call too many disrupting call quality for everybody. Know when one more call is "one too many." Learn how you can optimize your network for VoIP with this free kit. Click to continue Can IBM's social approach at Lotusphere jumpstart a Lotus Notes comeback? Despite the tough position in which IBM finds Lotus Notes, the company will once again hold its Lotusphere conference at Walt Disney World Jan. 15-19 - this time with a more intense focus on new social business technology could have a long-term impact on IBM's future in the email and collaboration market. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Taming the Cloud This whitepaper explores the components of the cloud computing ecosystem, demonstrates how Akamai is delivering services for cloud optimization, and looks forward into the evolution of this dynamic and growing market. Read now IBM launches Connect conference to drive 'social business' These days, IBM's collaboration software Lotus Notes has become a shadow of its former self, and the Lotusphere conference doesn't have the same pull it once did - so this year, Lotusphere will have to share the spotlight with a brand-new conference called IBM Connect. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Five Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Download this paper by Riverbed and discover a clear 5-step approach to making sure every consolidation project is successful. Read Now. 5 reasons Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu Read More Slashdotters rain on 'cloud computing' Picking just one from the list Slashdot offers in its "least worthy tech world clichés/buzzwords" poll takes a fair amount of determination, as they are all worthy contenders. Your choices: ultrabook, the cloud/cloud computing, advanced persistent threat, solution, God particle, and "some other option (explained in comments)." Read More
	SLIDESHOWS CES 2012 ultrabooks and tablets Ultrabooks! Ultrabooks! That's the official biggest buzzword for this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ultrabooks! In honor of these purportedly magical super-thin laptops, we've decided to make a compilation of some of the ultrabooks you'll see at CES next week. And for good measure, we've thrown in a tablet that will garner a lot of attention as well. Enjoy! GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES IPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 11 IBM smashes Moore's Law, cuts bit size to 12 atoms Google Science Fair back for second year The best of CES 2012 New era for Web site names begins Thursday Cisco sending enterprises to the cloud IPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 31 LTE explodes at CES IBM wins most patents for 19th straight year Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of more auctions
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