Blackboard Using WebRTC to Reinvent Educational Collaboration

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	Blackboard Using WebRTC to Reinvent Educational Collaboration Blackboard, a leading education technology company, has acquired Requestec, a WebRTC technology provider. With the acquisition, Blackboard plans to reinvent and revitalize its product portfolio. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: PC Connection Need to justify a storage refresh? Get SMART, get started. Storage modernization unlocks the full potential of your data center. It increases storage capacity, boosts performance, and reduces costs per gigabyte. Click to continue In this Issue Driving with Google Glass not a good idea How Google is helping me live a cellphone-free life Cisco pumping $1 billion more into Intercloud Hear an iPhone scream when dropped WHITE PAPER: Open Text Global Growing Pains: Tapping into B2B Integration Services A recent survey by IDG Research explored both the challenges and pain points companies face when growing globally, as well as the capabilities they're seeking in B2B integration partners. Learn More Driving with Google Glass not a good idea Think it will be easier and safer to drive using Google Glass to text or make a call instead of your smartphone? Sorry. Think again. Read More : McAfee Needle in a Datastack Report The volume of security-related data today can make identifying a threat like looking for a needle in a haystack. Yet collecting more data also plays a transformational role in information security. Organizations need to learn how to harness and sift through this wealth of information to protect themselves from the threats they face every day. Learn more >> How Google is helping me live a cellphone-free life It's been quite a while since I've had an actual “cellphone”; instead I rely on the combination of Google Voice and Skype – a setup that I've detailed in the past – to provide all my phone-on-the-go functionality.Overall, I've been quite happy with that setup. But, truth be told, it is a bit...MacGyver-y. When someone calls my Google Voice phone number, they get auto-forwarded to my Skype phone number... which then rings Skype and allows me to talk on the phone like a normal person.But, on occasion, Skype screws up and causes the call to get lost in what I (affectionately) refer to as “The Skype Phone-call Pit of Death.” Then there's the problem where, when a voicemail gets left in Google Voice, Skype gets all confused and leaves me a long, empty voicemail.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Top 5 Truths About Big Data Hype and Security Intelligence Big Data Security Analytics (BDSA) is the subject of exuberant predictions. However, a Gartner analyst points out that no available BDSA solutions come close to these forecasts. Nevertheless, the principles of Big Data are the key to advanced security intelligence. This white paper discusses the key tenets of Big Data. Learn more >> Cisco pumping $1 billion more into Intercloud Cisco on Monday said it is expanding on its Intercloud multi-cloud service provider initiative with another $1 billion investment, designed to lead to more products, data centers and partners. Read More Hear an iPhone scream when dropped Now if you drop your iPhone you will not be the only one screaming; your phone will, too, provided its jailbroken and carries this funny tweak being touted on Reddit. A variety of different screams are now available.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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