Verizon to offer managed Microsoft Lync service

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	Verizon to offer managed Microsoft Lync service Verizon has introduced a new managed unified communications and collaboration solution featuring Microsoft Lync. The offer is designed to help businesses more easily adopt advanced communications and collaboration by leaving the service and infrastructure management to Verizon. The managed Lync service can be combined with Verizon SIP trunking that includes managed session border controllers to create an end-to-end UC&C infrastructure. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Reasons UC Rollouts Can Fail Complexity, integration issues and user resistance can all raise the cost of a unified communications deployment. This TCO chart from the Aberdeen Group summarizes the true costs of solutions from Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya and ShoreTel. See how they compare to build your budget. Learn more. In this Issue How to set up secure Wi-Fi for BYOD Skype for Windows Phone 8 preview available for download Microsoft launches Skype-centered hub for small businesses RIM plans to unveil BlackBerry 10 and two smartphones Jan. 30 Cisco VP to memo leaker: Finding you is now 'my hobby' RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! How to set up secure Wi-Fi for BYOD QuickConnect and XpressConnect offer cloud-based methods to automate BYOD client configuration and connection Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now Skype for Windows Phone 8 preview available for download Microsoft has made a preview version of Skype for Windows Phone 8 available for download, which promises better integration with the operating system' user interface and more features. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Delivering game-changing productivity & dependability By creating one contiguous, end-to-end Fabric, Avaya is empowering businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of infrastructure productivity, service agility, and network dependability, the very essence of the fast, flexible, and secure design aspirations. Read Now Microsoft launches Skype-centered hub for small businesses Microsoft has unveiled a commercial networking site where small businesses can promote their products and services and interact with potential customers and partners primarily using Skype. Read More RIM plans to unveil BlackBerry 10 and two smartphones Jan. 30 Research in Motion will officially launch its new mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, on Jan. 30, along with the first two RIM-designed smartphones to run it, the company announced today. The company has bet its future on the platform's success. Read More Cisco VP to memo leaker: Finding you is now 'my hobby' Cisco vice president of services Mike Quinn, a former CIA operations officer, believes that whoever recently leaked an internal company memo to a blogger committed corporate treason and violated a "family" trust. In an email sent to Cisco employees, Quinn invites the anonymous leaker to voluntarily step forward, concedes that such a confession is unlikely, and adds, "so I will now make (finding) you... Read More
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