Siemens study: UC deployments save money

	Siemens improves scalability as communication moves to the cloud | L.A. schools use mobile app to report maintenance problems
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	Siemens study: UC deployments save money Siemens Enterprise Communications recently shared some results of a new study on VoIP and unified communications (UC) deployments among enterprises, and followed the study results with some new upgrades to the company's UC portfolio. Key findings of the survey touched on savings realized in UC deployments, the effect of mobility, and a key roadblock, while the latest release of the company's UC portfolio can help it scale to 500,000 users in a single deployment. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage If you thought that public cloud providers protect your cloud servers from harmful intrusions and other security threats - think again. The burden of securing your cloud servers typically rests with you. Register today to secure 25 cloud servers for free with the award-winning CloudPassage Halo. In this Issue Siemens improves scalability as communication moves to the cloud L.A. schools use mobile app to report maintenance problems Will Windows 8 Tablets Have What It Takes to Succeed? Inside Apple's iPad world-wide ubiquity Why the holdouts aren't buying an iPad 3 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ShoreTel ShoreTel Mobility ends the chaos of BYOD Unlike most IP phone systems, ShoreTel was actually made just for IP. So where others offer built-in complexity & cost, ShoreTel builds in ease, scalability, and the industry's lowest total cost of ownership – guaranteed. See the difference. Siemens improves scalability as communication moves to the cloud The next version of the OpenScape Unified Communications (UC) Suite can handle five times as many users, Siemens Enterprise Communications said Tuesday at the Cebit trade show. Read More WEBCAST: NetIQ Disaster Recovery Planning and the Cloud Find out how virtualization is the stepping stone to the cloud and how to leverage virtualization technologies today to reduce the cost and improve the performance of your disaster recovery plan. Learn More! L.A. schools use mobile app to report maintenance problems The Los Angeles Unified School District plans to turn many of its 700,000 students into "smart sensors," to help keep the school facilities running smoothly. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Demo This demo shows how simple it is to deliver the right cloud for your business — including the flexibility of configurable multi-tier cloud services, the control of policy-based management, and the usability of industry-leading administrative and user portals. Learn More! Will Windows 8 Tablets Have What It Takes to Succeed? Microsoft is ready to join the tablet party this year with Windows 8. As dominant as the Apple iPad is, there is demand out there for a more versatile and powerful mobile platform. So far, Android tablets and other rivals like the HP TouchPad and BlackBerry PlayBook have failed to capture much attention, so there is still an opportunity there for Microsoft. Read More Inside Apple's iPad world-wide ubiquity As iPad 3 emerges, we look at the iPad as a cultural phenomenon Read More Why the holdouts aren't buying an iPad 3 As the Apple-obsessed slice of the technology world awaits today's iPad-next announcement, I asked my social-media followers these questions: Read More
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