Will Facebook become the next big VoIP provider?

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	Will Facebook become the next big VoIP provider? We closed out last year's newsletter series with a discussion about the consumerization of unified communications, and started the year with some predictions about this trend. It looks like Facebook may be now one over the top (OTT) providers we will need to watch as it evolves its voice-centric capabilities. First reported in Canada's Financial Post, Facebook is trialing a Voice over IP (VoIP) service using the Facebook Mobile Messenger app. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 2012 Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers The application delivery controller has evolved into a key component of the data center architecture, and enterprises should evaluate ADCs based on how they integrate with this architecture and support more advanced features, such as user and traffic control and monitoring. This report provides insights into vendors' strengths and weaknesses. Read More. In this Issue Cisco infuses Internet TV platform with software from $5B NDS buyout Talk about big data: How the Library of Congress can index all 170 billion tweets ever posted Best of CES 2013: In pictures For the first time, a small data breach draws a big fine ($50K) WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Good APM Practices Get Results According to NetForecast's survey, enterprises with application performance management (APM) best practices benchmark scores above six on a ten-point scale experience 75% better results in critical areas. This research paper reveals the survey results as well as discusses the best practices for APM. Learn More. Cisco infuses Internet TV platform with software from $5B NDS buyout Cisco this week unveiled the fruits of its $5 billion acquisition of video software maker NDS with a product designed to enable media companies to deliver synchronized multiscreen video services. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T / AT&T Wireless Cloud Services: It's not just what but how...and who Cloud services can be an effective way to find the needles of value hidden in the Big Data "hay stack." Choosing a cloud provider capable of transport, storage and analysis in a single infrastructure can simplify this process and strengthen return on investment. Learn More! Talk about big data: How the Library of Congress can index all 170 billion tweets ever posted The Library of Congress has received a 133TB file containing 170 billion tweets -- every single post that's been shared on the social networking site -- and now it has to figure out how to index it for researchers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Attachmate Luminet Technical Barriers to Investigating Insider Fraud Examines the limitations of common security controls when it comes to controlling insider abuse, with special attention to the types of abuse that can occur when insiders have legitimate access to enterprise information systems. Learn More Best of CES 2013: In pictures Here's what's grabbing our attention right now at the sprawling CES 2013 gadget show in Las Vegas Read More For the first time, a small data breach draws a big fine ($50K) Losing a single laptop containing sensitive personal information about 441 patients will cost a non-profit Idaho hospice center $50,000, marking the first such penalty involving fewer than 500 data-breach victims. The data was unencrypted. Read More
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