Webtorials: Mobile UC on brink of mainstream adoption

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	Webtorials: Mobile UC on brink of mainstream adoption Steve Taylor at Webtorials has just released the "2012 Mobile Unified Communications State-of-the-Market Report," examining how mobile unified communications (UC) represents the integration of two of the most powerful trends in the IT industry. The review looks at hot topics like "4D Unified Communications" implications along with other trends such as virtualization and cloud-based services. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fluke Networks Increase VoIP Quality for Call Centers Once thought of as a business expense, call centers are now viewed as profit centers, especially in financial and retail environments. View short video, Maintaining high VoIP Quality for Call/Contact Centers with Network Time Machine, to learn how these departments rapidly identify problem domain and choke points in their network. Click to continue In this Issue 'World's largest' telecom deal turns out to be a dud Carriers to feds: Fix current telecom deal before starting follow-on Microsoft planning to tie Yammer, Skype to its CRM application Tech 'firsts' that made a President's day (from the NW archives) 7 things we love/hate about Microsoft Office 2013 for Windows RT Top tools for BYOD management WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Reasons UC Rollouts Can Fail Complexity, integration issues and user resistance can all raise the cost of a unified communications deployment. This TCO chart from the Aberdeen Group summarizes the true costs of solutions from Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya and ShoreTel. See how they compare to build your budget. Learn more. 'World's largest' telecom deal turns out to be a dud Originally billed as the world's largest telecommunications purchase, the U.S. government's Networx contract is turning out to be chump change for the five carriers involved in the deal. Halfway through its 10-year term, the contract has driven around $2 billion in revenue compared to projections as high as $34 billion for this stage of the program. Read More Carriers to feds: Fix current telecom deal before starting follow-on Carriers aren't excited about the General Services Administration's plans for a follow-on contract to Networx -- tentatively dubbed Network Services 2020 -- because they want to see the U.S. government's procurement arm take steps to make the current contract more profitable for them. Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Putting the Top 10 SIEM Best Practices to Work This eBook provides guidance to operationalize security and put the top 10 best SIEM practices to work, offering pertinent insights and details about how to gain more assured value from SIEM. Learn more. Microsoft planning to tie Yammer, Skype to its CRM application Microsoft is preparing to release an update to its Dynamics CRM Online software that will feature a new user experience as well as tie-ins to its Yammer social networking software and Skype communication platform, the company announced Thursday. Read More Tech 'firsts' that made a President's day (from the NW archives) From the first presidential steamboat ride to the introduction of electricity in the White House to Obama's famous BlackBerry, our nation's commanders in chief have always enjoyed the privilege of being exposed to technology's cutting edge -- even if they haven't always embraced the opportunities. Read More WEBCAST: Avaya, Brocade, HP Getting Server Virtualization Right Supporting server virtualization is the most important task network managers face today. Robin Layland leads a discussion with Paul Unbehagen from Avaya and John Gray from Hewlett-Packard on what needs to be done to support server virtualization. View Now 7 things we love/hate about Microsoft Office 2013 for Windows RT Read More Top tools for BYOD management SOTI MobiControl and SAP Afaria lead the way in five-vendor test of MDM tools Read More
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