Plantronics' Latest Headsets; snom's New DECT Portfolio

	Alcatel-Lucent sells enterprise networking unit to China Huaxin | Cisco, Oracle find dozens of their products affected by Shellshock
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	Plantronics' Latest Headsets; snom's New DECT Portfolio In separate announcements, snom has introduced a new lineup of IP-based DECT products, and Plantronics has launched new headsets and software designed for the contact center. Read More WHITE PAPER: Samsung Scaling the Mobile Enterprise Not all employers are ready to jump into the mobility space. There is a lot more to consider than just productivity, revenue growth, and operational efficiency – they have to consider security, device fragmentation, application and content complexity as well as cost to implement enterprise mobility. Learn More In this Issue Alcatel-Lucent sells enterprise networking unit to China Huaxin Cisco, Oracle find dozens of their products affected by Shellshock 'Free' Wi-Fi for first born? … Well, about that 10 creepy mobile apps that make spying easier 12 surprising ways personal technology betrays your privacy WEBCAST: Ping Identity BYOD – It's Not about the Device BYOD creates issues with protecting business applications and data. It is hard to protect these devices with the traditional model of IAM. Explore how modern identity protocols like OAuth & OpenID Connect enables this separation, protecting both the employee's privacy and the enterprise's data. Learn More>> Alcatel-Lucent sells enterprise networking unit to China Huaxin Alcatel-Lucent has closed the sale of its IP telephony and ethernet switching equipment activities to China Huaxin. The spun off company will struggle to compete with the likes of Microsoft and Cisco Systems, and will have to make acquisitions of its own to grow.Both product segments are highly competitive and going through big changes thanks to the growing popularity of smartphones and technologies such as software-defined networking and cloud-based communication services.Alcatel-Lucent first announced the sale of its Enterprise subsidiary in February, when said it had received a binding offer from Huaxin, an industrial investment company that focuses on information and communications technologies.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Ping Identity 5 Reasons It's Time For Secure Single Sign-On While cloud-based applications provide many business benefits including lowering capital expenditures, they can also drive up operational expenses by requiring more administration and lowering employee productivity due to more application login-ins, password resets and helpdesk calls. Learn More Cisco, Oracle find dozens of their products affected by Shellshock Cisco has identified 71 products vulnerable to Shellshock and Oracle 51, but the number is likely to increase Read More WHITE PAPER: Coresite 4 Advantages of Multi-Tenant Data Centers Increasing demands on IT are forcing organizations to rethink their data center options. For many organizations, that means turning to the flexibility afforded them by outsourced cloud solutions, which can provide exponential cost savings. Learn More >> 'Free' Wi-Fi for first born? … Well, about that The press is having a field day with a report that a half-dozen Londoners unwittingly agreed to give up their first-born child in exchange for otherwise free Wi-Fi access.The Washington Post reports: In an experiment sponsored by security firm F-Secure, an open Wi-Fi network was set up in a busy public area. When people connected, they were presented with lengthy terms and conditions.But to see just how little attention we pay when checking that agreement box, F-Secure included a "Herod clause" -- one that offered up free Wi-Fi in exchange for the company's permanent ownership of the user's firstborn child.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More 10 creepy mobile apps that make spying easier Read More 12 surprising ways personal technology betrays your privacy It's not just your boss or the government that's spying on you, it's also the devices and technologies you embrace. Read More
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