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	Cisco Cius is not a tablet Despite its inevitable comparisons to the popular Apple iPad, Cisco's Cius is viewed more as another entry point into Cisco's collaboration ecosystem and less as the company's entry into tablet computing. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Social Media in the Contact Center for Dummies Grasp the opportunities and challenges of working within the new social media market landscape. The book describes the commercial tools, as well as free ones, organizations use to manage the massive stream of information they collect from various social media channels. Read Now In this Issue US intelligence agency wants technology to predict the future from public events New IPv6 DNS and BIND Book Like Cisco, Like Juniper What's so cool about SIP? Nortel's patents more valuable than its products Gartner upgrades worldwide IT spending forecast WHITE PAPER: HP Network Consulting Services Lead Enterprise Transformation The IP network has become business critical for organizations that increasingly rely on it for all forms of communication and business processes. As a result of these demands, services organizations will play an increasingly important role in helping enterprises develop network strategies to optimize and successfully deploy networking investments. Learn more US intelligence agency wants technology to predict the future from public events Publically available data that could be aggregated and used by intelligent systems to predict future events is out there, if you can harness the technology to utilize it. That's one of the driving ideas behind a program that the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) group will detail at a Proposer's Day conference in Washington, DC next month. Read More New IPv6 DNS and BIND Book I was excited when I saw that Cricket Liu published an update to his popular DNS & BIND book covering the IPv6-specific details of DNS. I rushed right out and pre-ordered "DNS & BIND on IPv6". Enabling your DNS servers for IPv6 is an important step in your Internet-edge IPv6 implementation strategy. This book covers all the pertinent information BIND DNS administrators need to get started with IPv6.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Identity-Aware Networking Download this whitepaper today discover how IT can integrate identity and networking, enabling new business processes and easing regulatory compliance while improving security. Read now! Like Cisco, Like Juniper Juniper's second quarter may lack some luster due to lower demand among service providers and enterprises, according to investment form UBS. UBS states in a quarterly preview bulletin that its "checks" show a product transition challenge in switching impacting enterprise demand, while routing is "likely to slow" following three very strong quarters. Read More What's so cool about SIP? Even though Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) has been around for a several years, we've seen the intensity of interest pick up drastically over the past several months. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Independent Lab Comparative Review MierConsulting engineers conducted an hands-on, comparative review of three leading contact center packages, focusing on these products' multimedia, mixed voice and text-based contacts - capabilities. Read Now Nortel's patents more valuable than its products Nortel's patents were slightly more valuable than its products, as the transactions for Nortel's product groups combined did not quite measure up to the single deal for its intellectual property. Read More Gartner upgrades worldwide IT spending forecast Gartner on Thursday upgraded its forecast for worldwide IT spending, saying it will grow 7.1 percent this year to US$3.7 trillion as companies migrate to the cloud and spend more on software and IT services. Read More
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