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	Polycom upgrades video platforms Polycom's developers have been very busy lately, based on a slew of product upgrades and announcements coming from the company. Polycom's latest upgrades the its RealPresence Platform are designed to improve video collaboration from private, public and hybrid clouds, ensure multi-vendor interoperability, and bring down the cost for enterprises service providers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell | Microsoft Why Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 Makes Business Sense This guide examines the business and IT advantages of migrating to Windows 7 and the costs of further delaying the move. We also take a look and migration strategies, best practices and lessons learned, as well as the resources to help men the move smoother and most cost-effective. Read Now! In this Issue The 9 most endangered IT career paths Avaya doubling down on communications outsourcing Facebook, Gmail, Skype conversations monitored and decoded by German police What does your degree matter? Millions of dollars over time INSIDER Why Some CIOs Have More Staying Power Than Others RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! The 9 most endangered IT career paths The IT job landscape is evolving quickly. Here's how to avoid IT extinction Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Rescue: Remote Support for PCs and mobile devices. Rescue lets you remotely connect, troubleshoot and repair PCs and todays' most popular smartphones. With Rescue, IT can instantly connect, diagnose and solve. This enables IT to do more, and spend time on the tough IT cases. Do more and improve customer satisfaction and outcomes. Find out what IT knows. Do More. Try Rescue today Avaya doubling down on communications outsourcing Since publicly launching a communications outsourcing division earlier this year, Avaya says it has seen strong customer adoption, which is why the company is looking to expand its service to smaller and mid-sized businesses. Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Enabling Data Center and Cloud Service Management Read this white paper to learn how the combination of discovery, data aggregation, correlation, out-of-the-box analytics, data management, and reporting can yield a single pane of glass into data center and IT operations and services. Learn more. Facebook, Gmail, Skype conversations monitored and decoded by German police The German police have been monitoring social media and email services for years, an overview of expenditures by the Federal Ministry of the Interior suggests. Read More What does your degree matter? Millions of dollars over time Over the course of a working career, the type of degree you have can be worth millions of more dollars to your bottom line. The US Census Bureau this week came out a wit couple first-time studies that show people with higher level technical or engineering degrees can on average make over $3 million more during their lifetimes than those who graduated with majors in the arts, humanities and education.... Read More INSIDER Why Some CIOs Have More Staying Power Than Others Some CIOs outlast the typical five-year tenure by avoiding classic blunders, winning the CEO's confidence and enjoying a dash of good luck. Read More
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