Trends: The evolution of broadband

	VMware ups its collaboration offering with Lithium integration | Gartner says half of enterprises are wasting money on social media
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	Trends: The evolution of broadband Most top-tier network service providers have reported their Q1 2012 results, and we've seen the same trends continue from previous quarters: legacy voice services from traditional providers continue to decline in favor of wireless substitution and replacement by digital (VoIP) services. Cable companies continue to see a net gain for digital voice, although the growth rate continues to be in the slow single digits; much of this net growth is driven by small businesses converting to VoIP. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed End-To-End Application Acceleration Technologies Download this 7-page survey-driven analysis by Forrester to learn how to overcome cloud-related performance issues by extending optimization to SaaS applications. Read now. In this Issue VMware ups its collaboration offering with Lithium integration Gartner says half of enterprises are wasting money on social media 10 Must-Have Gadgets for the Traveling Executive 'Hilarious Unix admin tools' RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ShoreTel ShoreTel UC cuts costs like no other Built from the ground up for the IP age, ShoreTel designed complexity out and cost savings in. Deploy, use, manage and scale with ease and realize the lowest total cost of ownership – guaranteed. Download Aberdeen TCO Benchmarking Report to learn more. VMware ups its collaboration offering with Lithium integration VMware Thursday announced that its SocialCast sharing tool will now work with Lithium Technologies tools to capture and integrate external customer data. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver Your IT Career Roadmap This unique session is designed with you, the IT professional in mind. How can you build your personal brand, and properly design a career plan? How do you work with your staff to create a plan that retains your best talent? Come to IT Roadmap Denver for valuable information on how today's IT leaders build successful careers. Click to continue Gartner says half of enterprises are wasting money on social media Getting a positive return on investment from a social media campaign is about more than tracking the number of your Facebook fans and Twitter followers. It's about linking the social strategy to measurable business objectives, according to Gartner, which says most businesses aren't doing this. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Benefits of Solid State Storage PCI Express solid state storage (PCIe-SSS) is a type of storage device that connects directly to the server's PCIe bus. This technical white paper offers a primer on PCIe-SSS, explains the differences between SAS or SATA SSDs and PCIe-SSS, and highlights the performance advantages of PCIe-SSS. Learn More 10 Must-Have Gadgets for the Traveling Executive Members of an increasingly mobile workforce can suffer from gadget overload. From smartphones, tablets and notebooks to a wide variety of peripherals for security, battery charging and productivity on the go, deciding which devices to pack can be a daunting challenge. Here are 10 smart gadgets to help you work better while on the go. Read More 'Hilarious Unix admin tools' We're not talking about the kind of funny that starts off with three Unix administrators walking into a bar. Were that the case I might be able to explain why Brendan Gregg's collection of "freeware tools" is so amusing - no, make that so "hilarious" - that it landed on the front page of Reddit yesterday with the headline that I borrowed above. Read More
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