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	Cisco making a play for Skype? Cisco is reportedly looking to buy Skype before the Internet phone provider goes public. Read More WHITE PAPER: RIM The CIO's Guide to Mobile Unified Communications Unified Communications (UC) integrates multiple communications modalities and adds presence features to allow workers to communicate and collaborate more effectively with co-workers, customers and suppliers. Learn about the cost, productivity and reachability issues. Read Now. In this Issue Cisco Unified Computing System is 75% Networking - Who Knew? DARPA takes aim at insider threats Is it safe to use a SIP trunk as your outbound dialing option? One Exam per Month Ovum reports decline in average '09 revenue for top Asian telcos Employees cranky about Web browsing restrictions WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Pay-as-You-Grow: Flexible Capacity in the Datacenter Purchase just what you need today, scale up as demand grows and avoid costly over provisioning. Read now! Cisco Unified Computing System is 75% Networking - Who Knew? I thought I'd delve into a slightly less controversial subject this week (well, maybe). My technical background lacks significant hosting experience (servers, storage, operating systems, etc). I understand hosting systems and how to design them into networks, but I'm not going to argue the peculiarities of different Intel CPU designs. Read More DARPA takes aim at insider threats Looking to protect its massive networks from myriad insider security threats, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency rolled out a project that would let security personnel quickly detect and stop network insiders stealing or distributing military or government information. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xerox Helping an energy company save millions every year. Our comprehensive office optimization plan helped a leading U.S. energy company save 20% in its first year after implementation. It also reduced document devices by 80%, achieved equipment uptime of 98%, eliminated 55 tons of Green House Gases (GHG) and conserved 727 million BTUs. Read Now. Is it safe to use a SIP trunk as your outbound dialing option? A recent product security announcement from Cisco (http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100825-cucm.shtml) and a blog post by Chris Jackson (http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/65442) made me feel it may appear that SIP trunking is not secure enough as a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) access method. Read More One Exam per Month Hey everyone; Kevin Wallace here. I've done some guest blogging for Network World off and on during the past few years. Now, I'm back for the long term, and thanks to the folks at Network World for my new blog title "Cisco Cert Prep." As the name suggests, this blog is going to focus on helping prepare you to become Cisco certified. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Risk Reduction in SAP Environments In many SAP environments, managing change is the central operations challenge. This paper highlights real-world SAP scenarios and offers concrete recommendations based on best practices for problem prevention and process enhancement to mitigate risk and improve ROI in complex mission-critical SAP environments. Read now. Ovum reports decline in average '09 revenue for top Asian telcos The average top-line revenues for the leading Asian telecoms declined for the first time in 2009 by 0.8 per cent, according to Ovum, a provider of consulting and advisory services. Read More Employees cranky about Web browsing restrictions Workers who can't browse certain Web sites or access particular networks at the office are voicing their complaints, says staffing firm Robert Half Technology. Read More
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