XO expands VoIP services; UC and end-user performance monitoring

UC and end-user performance monitoring; 8 ways modern IT could help "Mad Men" Convergence and VoIP Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by HP IDC: Unifying the Data Center Whitepaper: The Business Case for a Unified Wired and Wireless Solution. Learn how bringing management tasks together under a unified network management software suite can benefit your needs. Learn More Spotlight Story XO expands VoIP services XO Communications has enhanced its VoIP service with expanded nationwide coverage, upgraded business continuity features, and interoperability support for a wider range IP-PBX platforms using Session Initiation Protocol. XO effectively doubles its footprint across the United States, now providing VoIP services to 80% major metropolitan markets. The increase in VoIP service areas better positions the company to support multi-location businesses. Read full story Related News: UC and end-user performance monitoring When you make VoIP and other real-time communications tools a core part of the organization's infrastructure, you have to deliver them with solid and reliable performance. Enterprise application performance depends on data-center systems, network infrastructure and desktops, but most enterprises monitor only the first two, servers and networks, and neglect the third. 8 ways modern IT could help "Mad Men" From word processors to VPNs, a look at how modern technology would have saved Sterling Cooper countless headaches Vonage bundles international calls, voicemail texts Vonage Holdings is adding unlimited free calls to countries including Mexico and China, plus speech-to-text conversion of voicemail, to its fixed-line VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) service. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are 10 sports technologies to love, 5 to hate Many technologies help fans enjoy sports. Others just annoy. Apple disasters Apple has enjoyed huge success with the iPod and iPhone, but Apple has had a number of commercial flops, too. 8 Keys to Ideal Configuration Assessment Configuration assessment gives IT the ability to regain control over an increasingly dispersed and complex infrastructure. Discover the tools you need to help IT solve key security issues, thereby achieving - and sustaining - a known and trusted state. Learn more now. Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Read Now   August 24, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES How to build a 100,000-port Ethernet switch Windows 7 RC downloads end Thursday The 10 stupidest tech company blunders Apple disasters Account password reset procedures a joke Windows WINS attacks in the wild When Apple flops: The worst products of all time DNS 'blacklist' unveiled Port 666 FAQ: How to get Windows 7 on the cheap Bolster your Unified Communications Know-How Do you know the business value of unified communications? Get the answer to this and many other UC questions at this Solution Center. Learn how your peers are lowering costs and improving collaboration. Get your most pressing UC queries answered from industry experts and read the very latest UC news. Access this site. Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to security.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com