Alcatel-Lucent upgrades its OpenTouch Suite for SMB

	Telecom companies at risk of becoming mere utilities | Gmail outage provokes snark, anxiety among users
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	Alcatel-Lucent upgrades its OpenTouch Suite for SMB Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise recently updated its OpenTouch Suite targeting the small medium business (SMB) market. The latest feature set is designed to give SMB employees new capabilities for using their own personal mobile devices (BYOD) and social networking communications. Read More 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! In this Issue Telecom companies at risk of becoming mere utilities Gmail outage provokes snark, anxiety among users What does SDN mean for telecom infrastructure? Last-minute holiday gifts: 10 iPhone/iPad gadgets under $70 Top network and IT industry stories of 2012 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ShoreTel ShoreTel UC cuts costs like no other Unlike most IP phone systems, ShoreTel was actually made just for IP. So where others offer built-in complexity & cost, ShoreTel builds in ease, scalability, and the industry's lowest total cost of ownership – guaranteed. See the difference. Telecom companies at risk of becoming mere utilities For telecommunications companies everywhere, the future has "catch-22" written all over it. Network operators face disintermediation of their customer relationships and commoditization of voice and data services, while at the same time they are called upon to invest significantly in deploying new network technologies to meet exploding bandwidth demands and QoS requirements. Simultaneously, network operators face changing market dynamics and a host of new competitors. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point Solutions for delivering content & applications to IPv6 This document provides an overview of the challenges inherent in the transition from IP version 4 (IPv4) to IP version 6 (IPv6) and describes the features provided by the EqualizerTM family of Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) that ease this transition. View Now Gmail outage provokes snark, anxiety among users Gmail is back online after an outage late Monday morning that provoked a global response on social media. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. What does SDN mean for telecom infrastructure? Software-defined networking (SDN) has the potential to transform the telecom industry by improving the ability of carriers (both wired and wireless) to flexibly deliver bandwidth "on demand." It is critical that carriers improve both their network flexibility (improved customer value) and reduce their high operational costs as over-the-top providers (e.g., Google, Amazon, Skype, etc.) challenge the carriers' ability to grow their revenues and impact their margins. Read More Last-minute holiday gifts: 10 iPhone/iPad gadgets under $70 Stuck for a last-minute gift? If your giftee is the proud owner of an iPhone, iPad or iPad Touch, there are plenty of gadgets to choose from. Here are some items that Apple fans will love. Read More Top network and IT industry stories of 2012 The cloud, tablets, software-defined networking, IPv6 and 4G wireless reshape the enterprise IT landscape in 2012 Read More
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