Cisco upgrades UC offerings; Skype for Business sounds the all-clear on legal pitfalls

Skype for Business sounds the all-clear on legal pitfalls; Why developers like SharePoint 2010 Convergence and VoIP Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by AT&T Network security. It's in our DNA. With AT&T's vast security expertise, we can assess vulnerabilities, help protect your infrastructure, detect attacks and respond to suspicious activities. Taking care of the hidden dangers, so you can focus on the work that's in front of you. That's how AT&T helps your business stretch. Click to continue Spotlight Story Cisco upgrades UC offerings Cisco introduced wide-ranging upgrades with the latest release of its unified communications portfolio at the company's recent Collaboration Summit. The Cisco Unified Communications System 8.0 includes IP applications designed to improve communication using "federated presence" with instant messaging, customer care, conferencing, video and mobility capabilities, according to a Cisco statement. Read full story Related News: Skype for Business sounds the all-clear on legal pitfalls Businesses that were scared of saving money by using Skype because lawsuits might take away its essential VoIP technology may not have to worry anymore. Why developers like SharePoint 2010 Integration with Visual Studio is one change that makes SharePoint much easier to develop collaboration apps, developers say Cisco bets big on collaboration Pushing a big product rollout, CEO John Chambers said the company is turning aggressive as the economy recovers. November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Ethernet everywhere! Inside planes, trains, cars and spaceships, Ethernet is a morph master. Here's a look at some of Ethernet's cooler implementations. 7 tools to ease Windows 7 rollout These utilities help you plan, ensure app compatibility and manage images. Achieve Data Warehousing Performance with a Column-Oriented Database The growing demand for deep-dive data mining, complex event processing and strategic business analytics puts increased demands on today's data bases and data warehouse. Learn how an alternative data base approach, which begins by storing data by columns instead of rows, has proven to meet today's exploding data warehouses. Read this Paper Now!   November 18, 2009 MOST-READ STORIES Cray blows by IBM to regain supercomputing crown Microsoft's new lab pushes social networking boundaries 2009's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies Cool Yule Tools Shifting mobile cost to employees? Think twice Hackers outwit Windows 7 activation Latest WebOS update for the Palm Pre lacks iTunes support HP's 3Com acquisition: An inside look Supercomputers with 100 million cores coming by 2018 Cisco ups offer for videoconferencing firm Tandberg to $3.4B FISMA Prescriptive Guide Learn how Tripwire helps federal agencies, as well as the organizations and contractors that store, process or transmit federal information. The FISMA Prescriptive Guide contains case studies from three fictional federal agencies, each capturing the perspective of a key stakeholder in the FISMA compliance process. Click here. EMO Labs: Better Sound Through Innovation at DEMOfall 09 EMO Labs' Invisible Speaker innovation takes People's Choice Award top honors at DEMO conference. Watch EMO Labs product launch.   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 | Forward this to a Friend >>>