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	Enghouse Interactive Melds Portfolio with Zeacom in Latest Release Read More WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Your Guide to Troubleshooting VoIP Real-time voice communications are sensitive to delay and variation in packet arrival times. This paper guides you through the essentials of VoIP troubleshooting, including common problems as well as the metrics you should employ to fix and prevent them. Learn More In this Issue Cisco retires WebEx Social, partners with Jive instead How to Become a Better Leader Cisco earmarks $150M for start-up investments IT Salaries for the 20 Hottest Tech Skills Don't forget how close Microsoft came to losing Novell lawsuit Catching up with the guy who 'live-blogged' bin Laden raid WHITE PAPER: Collaborative Consulting Why Big Data is Made for POCs Many key considerations and approaches factor into launching a Big Data initiative. POCs provide companies an excellent way to test-drive different approaches to Big Data solutions. Companies can quickly demonstrate the opportunities and limits of a potential Big Data initiative and guide smart investment with a skillfully crafted and executed POC. Learn More Cisco retires WebEx Social, partners with Jive instead Cisco has put out to pasture its WebEx Social enterprise social networking (ESN) suite, opting instead to partner with Jive Software. Read More How to Become a Better Leader In the world of tech and non-tech managerial roles, if you want a seat at the big table or you have aspirations of greatness, then certain leadership skills are necessary to take you to the next level. But how can you actualize leadership and define what makes a great leader? We spoke with authors, industry and IT career experts to find out what you can do to build your leadership skills to world-class. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc Integrated Solutions with a Forward-Looking Partner Complexity is a reality of the fast-paced global economy, but it can lead to opportunity. Unified Communications provides powerful tools for companies to reduce complexity Read Now Cisco earmarks $150M for start-up investments Cisco VC arm has a $2 billion chest for IoT, big data, mobility, content and more Read More IT Salaries for the 20 Hottest Tech Skills Unemployment rates in the IT industry remain low. That's good news for you because it means to compete for top tech talent companies are offering higher salaries. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc Scale Communications to Rival Big Companies Small and midsize businesses looking to minimize telecommunications spending should consider a hosted UC service. This paper highlights: • How to offload significant upfront capital expenses • On-premise vs. cloud UC tradeoffs • Side-by-side pricing comparison of hosted UC service and IP PBX Learn more >> Don't forget how close Microsoft came to losing Novell lawsuit How close? Hung-jury close. No, make that single-juror, hung-jury close ... and even that single juror didn't see Microsoft as blameless. Read More Catching up with the guy who 'live-blogged' bin Laden raid Three years ago today, software consultant/coffee shop proprietor Sohaib Athar was working on his laptop at home in Pakistan when he tweeted: "Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event)." And then: "A huge window-shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope it's not the start of something nasty :-S." It was ... for Osama bin Laden. Read More
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