News roundup: Zoom reaches 1M users, orange expands IaaS, Digium phones' custom apps

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	News roundup: Zoom reaches 1M users, orange expands IaaS, Digium phones' custom apps Zoom Video Communications announced it has reached more than 1 million participants worldwide, connecting more than 400,000 meetings and 3,500 businesses, in more than 2,500 cities worldwide since the company delivered its 1.0 release in February of this year. Founded in 2011, Zoom offers what it calls a "Unified Meeting Experience" -- providing cloud-based HD video meetings and mobile screen sharing for up to 25 people by connecting desktops, mobile devices and room systems. Zoom's with its 3-in-1 cloud service is priced at $9.99 per month. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Mobilize: A unified IT approach to the mobile workspace Why does unification matter for today's enterprise? The answer can be found by looking to today's defining trends. The consumerization of IT, BYOD, mobility-based business models--they're all transforming how employees work and customers engage. Read Now In this Issue Addressing the 'only MPLS offers predictability and supports enterprise VoIP' myth Microsoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One Products of the week 5.20.13 Lawyer questions legal ethics of LinkedIn endorsements WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel On the Fast Track to Data The ongoing data explosion puts organizations in a unique situation. Not only do they operate in a world where information is power, the number of sources and volume of relevant data continues to multiply at unprecedented levels. Read Now! Addressing the 'only MPLS offers predictability and supports enterprise VoIP' myth Having knocked down a number of the myths of why enterprises "need" MPLS over our last few columns, let's now address the most difficult – and in many ways "legitimate" – myths around MPLS. They can be worded different ways, but boil down to the claim that MPLS delivers reliable, predictable application performance for the enterprise, while using Internet connectivity does not. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Incorporating Social Media Into Your Customer Service In order to satisfy today's customer, a case must be made to incorporate social media into your customer service strategy. Read Now! Microsoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One Microsoft is making a big play for the living room with a new Xbox console that marries games with live TV, Internet browsing, music and Skype. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire So Much Data, So Little Control It used to be that all you had to do to protect your company's intellectual property and customer information was lock the file drawers and, later, put layers of defenses around the data center. Learn More Products of the week 5.20.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as BeyondTrust and Convo Read More Lawyer questions legal ethics of LinkedIn endorsements While many of the rest of us simply question the worth of LinkedIn "endorsements," lawyer/blogger Robert Ambrogi is asking whether indiscriminate use of the feature violates legal ethics ... and he's not the first to do so. Amrbrogi writes on his LawSites blog: Read More
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