UC announcements from Interop 2011

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	UC announcements from Interop 2011 Today we highlight announcements coming out of the Interop 2011 conference that just concluded in Las Vegas. Included in today's news review: two ShoreTel product enhancements, a new product line for Siemens Enterprise Communications, and another collaboration award for Vidyo. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software A Cost-Effective Solution for ITSM If you're tired of the costly upgrades and difficult implementations other vendors put you through, BMC Remedy OnDemand offers an alternative. It can be implemented in days and significantly lower overall IT Service Management costs. Read the white paper to learn more about BMC Remedy OnDemand. Read More Today! In this Issue Cisco VoIP phones part of security weakness demo Enterprise note to Microsoft: Please make Skype easier to manage! Vidyo's mobile videoconferencing app showcased on iPad 2 IT pro's perfect game puts him in Putt-Putt record book Microsoft's Frenemies: The Necessity of Partnering Up WHITE PAPER: Quest Software It's 9am. Do You Know What Your Directory is Doing? In this new Quest Software white paper, you'll see how to get more information that native logging alone can't provide. See how you can get real time, centralized information, and how doing so maximizes Active Directory performance. Read More Cisco VoIP phones part of security weakness demo Cisco reaching out to AusCERT 2011 conference and speakers, Microsoft included in VoIP security weakness demo Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Inc. Setting the Stage for the Next-Generation Datacenter Learn how an Ethernet fabric-based network can help your company optimize its investments in virtualization and cloud technologies. A new IDC white paper reveals how fabric-based network architecture is the cornerstone for creating a more efficient, cost-effective way to move data through the network. Learn more! Enterprise note to Microsoft: Please make Skype easier to manage! Skype voice and video has tended to trigger IT security angst, and now that Microsoft has bought Skype, some observers are voicing hope that the service will be improved to help it be better managed in an enterprise setting. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Schools Graduate to Enterprise Class Wi-Fi Online multimedia and interactive educational applications are invading the classroom and prompting schools to take a fresh look at what's possible with the latest in wireless LAN technology. Read now! Vidyo's mobile videoconferencing app showcased on iPad 2 You're staring at your iPad 2 screen, at what looks like four pictures of four coworkers quartering the display. And then one of them waves at you. And you wave back. And the videoconference starts. Read More IT pro's perfect game puts him in Putt-Putt record book Rick Baird, a 53-year-old IT manager at Brady Distributing in Charlotte, N.C., recently accomplished a feat seen only twice in 52 years (and not once since 1979): a perfect round of Putt-Putt golf -- 18 holes, 18 shots. Read More Microsoft's Frenemies: The Necessity of Partnering Up Microsoft's partnerships with RIM, Nokia and Yahoo (and acquisition of Skype) underscore the need to form alliances against Google or Apple in certain markets. Read More
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