Webtorials Releases Annual UC "State of the Market"

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	Webtorials Releases Annual UC "State of the Market" Webtorials has released its annual State of the Market Report, titled "2015 Unified Communications, SIP, and SBC Plans and Priorities." The report observes a significant shift in recent years from UC solutions based on a single-vendor to standards-based, multi-vendor solutions—with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as the "key enabling technology" adoption for the shift apparent in both enterprise and Service Provider networks.  SIP usage has also grown significantly because service providers are offering better SIP prices and bundles, delivering SIP trunks as a replacement for traditional T1, PRI and analog trunks; SIP support for multiple interactive media has also been a factor.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise University Surpasses Students' Digital Expectations The explosion of mobile device use is testing the limits of legacy networks everywhere. In this webcast you will learn how Abilene Christian University meets the mobile access demands of 4500 University students, and 250,000 connections per day. Learn More In this Issue Top five smartphone disappointments of the year BlackBerry Classic Review: A Killer Smartphone for Keyboard Lovers BMW to take the valet out of valet parking New products of the week 12.15.2014 WHITE PAPER: IBM Selecting a Web Content Management Solution According to Ovum, selecting an appropriate web content management (WCM) system has become a challenge for organizations due to the array of products available. Read their latest report and find out: -How the WCM market is evolving -Why IBM Customer Experience Suite is considered a market leader Learn More Top five smartphone disappointments of the year   The poor design of two different smartphones, a low-resolution front camera with the new iPhone, the Moto G's lack of LTE, and the hefty price tag of the Amazon Fire led to disappointment this year when it came to smartphone releases.The design of the Samsung Galaxy S5I almost feel sorry for Samsung Electronics and the year the company has had. For example, while the overall smartphone market grew during the third quarter, Samsung's sales dropped by about 9 percent to 73.2 million units, according to Gartner. And there is no getting around the fact the all-plastic design of the Galaxy S5 was a huge miscalculation and put a damper on the company's most important product. Samsung has started to make some changes with the use of metal on smartphones like the Galaxy Note 4, but it remains to be seen if that is enough to turn around its high-end fortunes.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM Value-based Archiving Solutions This solution brief highlights IBM Value-based Archiving Solutions, which help enable organizations to apply specific archiving logic—including content-based analytics and classification, records declarations, and metadata processing—to address the requirements of archiving projects. View Now>> BlackBerry Classic Review: A Killer Smartphone for Keyboard Lovers If you're still using a BlackBerry smartphone with a "physical" QWERTY keyboard, or if you've switched platforms but still harbor fantasies about a return to the good old days when you didn't spend as much time cursing your on-screen keypad as you do typing on it, the BlackBerry Classic is the smartphone you've been waiting for.BlackBerry returned to its roots with the Classic, which was officially launched this morning in New York City. The device looks like a larger, more modern version of the hugely popular BlackBerry 9900, a "classic" BlackBerry that was initially released more than three years ago, in the summer of 2011.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise University Surpasses Students' Digital Expectations The explosion of mobile device use is testing the limits of legacy networks everywhere. In this webcast you will learn how Abilene Christian University meets the mobile access demands of 4500 University students, and 250,000 connections per day. Learn More BMW to take the valet out of valet parking This may be a godsend for those who are reluctant to hand their keys over to a parking valet, in others words, everyone.Or maybe it will make that leap of faith seem trivial by comparison.Your call.From an IDG News Service story on our site: Cars that can park themselves once you have found a spot are becoming increasingly common, but BMW takes this to a whole new level with the Remote Valet Parking Assistant. The feature has been integrated in a research version of the electric BMW i3, and combines information from laser sensors with digital plans of multi-story car parks to navigate.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   New products of the week 12.15.2014 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as CA and VMware Read More
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