2013 Equipment and Infrastructure UC Trends

	How Microsoft should go about setting Windows Phone free | Explaining 'digital life': A new measurement for mobile success
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	2013 Equipment and Infrastructure UC Trends Read More WHITE PAPER: Attachmate Mobile-Enabling Your Workforce with Apps You Already Have Learn how Verastream can unlock your legacy assets and make them seamlessly accessible to your mobile audience. An advanced technology tool and mobile-enablement platform, Verastream can quickly package your applications and data into any format, for any device. Learn More! In this Issue How Microsoft should go about setting Windows Phone free Explaining 'digital life': A new measurement for mobile success Cisco cuts long-term revenue forecast Catching fire: 10 hottest videos of smartphones burning up RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Comcast VOICE SERVICES: From Cost Center to business Enabler Is your phone service a business enabler? In this report from Comcast and IDG, you'll learn why forward looking organizations are taking a strategic view of voice systems — as a business enabler, not just a cost center — to improve collaboration and communication. Click to continue How Microsoft should go about setting Windows Phone free The Verge reports that Microsoft is considering taking a page from Google and giving away Windows Phone and Windows RT for free to device makers in the hope of grabbing more market share. Microsoft would see revenue through other avenues, like ads and services like Skype, SkyDrive and Bing. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Collaborative Business Networks Through SaaS This webinar will feature thought leaders from IBM client Apex Supply Chain Technologies and IBM who will discuss how the modern enterprise is collaborating internally and externally leveraging SaaS solutions. Learn More. Explaining 'digital life': A new measurement for mobile success "Digital life" will decide who will win the mobile race, Richard Windsor, founder of Radio Free Mobile, concluded in an exclusive talk he gave at the Open Mobile Media Summit in San Francisco. Digital life is a measure of the amount of time mobile users spend engaged with a mobile internet ecosystem using services like Google, Apple, Yahoo and China's Baidu. Windsor goes beyond most explanations... Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Software Asset Management: Practices for Success This white paper discusses best practices that can dramatically increase your success rate of a SAM deployment. Make sure and follow these steps and verify that your SAM toolkit has the necessary functionality to keep your organization steps ahead of the competition -it's a long term investment. Read Now Cisco cuts long-term revenue forecast Cisco Systems forecast slower long-term revenue growth Thursday, citing conservative spending by its customers and uncertainty about the economy in some parts of the world. Read More Catching fire: 10 hottest videos of smartphones burning up Hottest iPhones, Android phones…literally. Read More
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