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	Avaya Extends Contact Center to SMB on IP Office Platform Read More WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks The Business Case for Cloud-Based Unified Communications This detailed guide helps leaders develop a clear understanding of how to gain the full benefits of unified communications while minimizing all three of these investment parameters. Learn More In this Issue Mobile Device Management (MDM) Deployment Remains Elementary and Immature INSIDER Case Study: Santa Clara U. graduates to Gigabit Wi-Fi Cisco's SDN plan targets the WAN and access edge Meet the real Satya Nadella, Microsoft's new CEO WHITE PAPER: VCE Rompetrol Case Study After a successful acquisition and growth phase, Rompetrol turned its energy into improving global operations by consolidating IT operations and launching a series of IT initiatives including an SAP rollout and a move toward private cloud. Learn More Mobile Device Management (MDM) Deployment Remains Elementary and Immature Now that it's February, the entire security industry (sans a few noble protesters) is gearing up for this month's RSA Conference in San Francisco. Once again, I anticipate a lot of buzz around all-things mobile computing security this year just as there was in 2013. MDM/MAM is sure to come up too – what with Citrix's buying Zenprise last year, IBM's purchase of Fiberlink, and VMware's... Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc When Disaster Strikes, Can the Cloud Save Your Business? Find out why the survivors of Hurricane Sandy and other recent calamities say they wish they'd had cloud-based business VoIP communications, rather than "the vulnerability and limitations of the premises-based communications we had in place." Learn more >> INSIDER Case Study: Santa Clara U. graduates to Gigabit Wi-Fi In 2006, Santa Clara University began rolling out a Wi-Fi network as a way to supplement the school's existing production network. The initial deployment consisted of about 800 Cisco Aironet 1131 a/b/g/ access points and Cisco WiSM controllers. As expansion or renovation projects occurred, the school added some 802.11n access points, but until recently 90% of the roughly 70 buildings on campus were equipped with the older, slower technology. Read More WHITE PAPER: BlackBerry Your New EMM Platform: How to Streamline the Migration Smartphone migration can be resource-intensive and challenging. Find out how outsourcing the process can save significant time and money. Learn More Cisco's SDN plan targets the WAN and access edge This week, Cisco held its annual Cisco Live Europe Event in Milan. At the show, the company introduced a number of new products, including the Cisco APIC (Application Policy Infrastructure Controller) Enterprise Module that brings the benefits of software defined networks to the WAN and access edge. This announcement follows on the heels of its November launch, where Cisco announced the long-awaited... Read More Meet the real Satya Nadella, Microsoft's new CEO Satya Nadella takes over as Microsoft's third CEO as of Feb. 4, 2014, immediately replacing Steve Ballmer who heads for immediate retirement. Nadella, 46, has worked at Microsoft for 22 years, notably heading up development of the Bing search engine, then its server and tools division. Read More
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