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• Adam and Eves Progeny Can Find Persistence with Apples

  
  Executive Advisory Program — Authority: 92
  Posted by: Jack Santos My apologies for the biblical allusions in the title, but reading rumors about the inevitable Apple Tablet brought me back to many years ago during a  dark, secret meeting deep in Apple labs. I was sent as an emissary for a major Fortune 200 company, and Apple saw me as the techno-weenie ...
  6 hours ago

• Skype Brings 720p to HDTVs and PCs

  
  VoIP & Gadgets Blog — Authority: 119
  Skype today introduced a high-definition (HD) video calling service that will work on computers and televisions. The newest version Skype 4.2 Beta for Windows, supports 720p video calling in a 1280x720 pixel resolution at 30 frames per second. The latest version of Skype will come pre-installed on some LG ...
  12 hours ago

• Apples iTablet Confirmed - Why it May Ruin Tech

  
  Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com — Authority: 484
  Some of the most exciting news for all of technology has to be the official introduction of a new product category at Apple - the tablet . After all, the iPod and iPhone were responsible for billions of dollars in new spending from global consumers. Remember, MP3 players and mobile phones were both mature markets ...
  1 day ago

• Mitels IPO and the Future of Communications this Decade

  
  Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com — Authority: 484
  2009 was a momentous year for Nortel - finally imploding under a combination of extreme debt, acquisition challenges, Asian competition and the remnants of a financial scandal from years past. Recently I analyzed the acquisition of Nortels enterprise unit by Avaya and further reported how we can expect to ...
  1 day ago

• Juniper: Facing Cisco Partner Summit Head-On?

  
  The VAR Guy — Authority: 490
  As Cisco Systems gears up for its April 2010 partner summit, The VAR Guy has noticed a rather interesting development: Rival Juniper Networks appears to have scheduled its J-Partner Summit for the exact same week. Was that a glaring error — or a clear sign that Juniper isn’t afraid to face Cisco’s Partner Summit ...
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• FierceTelecom 2010 Prediction: Industry leaders weigh in

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 141
  As we put together our list of top five predictions for 2010, we also sought the opinion of other industry experts on their thoughts for the new year. Take a look at what these industry experts believe will be dominant trends in 2010 below:      Dave Stehlin, President of Overture Networks: Sunset for ...
  2 days ago

• 2010 New Year’s Resolutions

  
  Marshall Harrison - "the gotspeech guy" — Authority: 99
  Happy New year everyone! 2009 was a great year for OCS. For how good it was and where we should be going in 2010 see Unified Communications 2009 - A year in review by my friend and fellow OCS MVP Joe Schurman. It is customary at this time of the year to make predictions and resolutions for the new year. I’m ...
  4 days ago

• Unified Communications Pocket Guide

  
  IT Professionals — Authority: 494
  Read this free, comprehensive guide designed to help you meet the challenge of defining a Unified Communication strategy that spans multiple domains. IP Telephony provides the foundation for meeting today’s need for Unified Communications (UC) in the enterprise. The basic premise of UC is to foster instant ...
  4 days ago

• AT&T Wants to Kill The PSTN

  
  VoIP & Gadgets Blog — Authority: 119
  TMCnet contributor Gary Kim has an excellent article about AT&T asking the Federal Communications Commission to create a timetable to shutdown the analog PSTN phone system in the United States . AT&T explains that maintaining two networks - IP and PSTN is retarding the deployment of the newer broadband IP ...
  5 days ago

• Discounts for Communications and Technology Events at ITEXPO

  
  Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com — Authority: 484
  To all my readers, Happy New Year. Please feel free to take advantage of these special conference & expo rates (check out these low travel rates as well) as my gift to you. I hope to see you at the show January 20-22, 2010 -- a few weeks from now.   ITEXPO East 2010 -- 21 st Event ...
  5 days ago

• Unified Communications: Steroids for the Contact Center

  
  Unified Communications: Click to talk — Authority: 118
  Have you ever called a customer support contact center and found that the Level 1 support technician that answered the phone didn’t have the knowledge or experience to help you? That is rhetorical. If you have *ever* called a contact center, it is a virtual guarantee that this scenario has occurred to you. When ...
  5 days ago

• VoIP is Low-Hanging Fruit for Attackers

  
  Unified Communications: Click to talk — Authority: 118
  VoIP (voice over IP) infrastructures are generally not as secure as the networks they ride on, and they provide attackers with a weakest link in the chain to exploit as a back door to the rest of the network. An article on the Web cites a report that states “McAfee found that the number of known VoIP ...
  5 days ago

• Bad Economy Translates to Good UC Market

  
  Unified Communications: Click to talk — Authority: 118
  The economy has been rough throughout 2009 . Even as it has thawed some, businesses are still reluctant to open the vault and start spending again just yet…unless spending can save money. That is where unified communications comes in. Unified communications vendors haven’t been giving away products and services ...
  5 days ago

• 2009: A Year in Review for Microsoft Unified Communications

  
  Unified Communications: Click to talk — Authority: 118
  I suppose we can blame the crappy economy, but looking back on 2009 the unified communications market seems sort of stagnant. Granted, Microsoft released Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and much later in the year Exchange Server 2010, but it just doesn’t feel like much happened. That will be significantly ...
  5 days ago

• Nuance Expands Voice-to-Text with Spinvox Acquisition

  
  Unified Communications: Click to talk — Authority: 118
  Nuance, maker of the popular speech-to-text software Dragon Naturally Speaking (also offered in a convenient iPhone size ), announced that it is purchasing Spinvox –another leading voice-to-text provider. One of the many facets of unified communications can be the ability to deliver voicemail via email. This is ...
  5 days ago

• Cisco Finally Closes Tandberg Deal

  
  Unified Communications: Click to talk — Authority: 118
  When a company (Cisco, for example) makes an offer to acquire another company (like Tandberg), the announcement itself is treated as, and perceived by many, as a done deal. The Cisco / Tandberg deal is a perfect illustration of just how false that perception is. Offers have to meet with shareholder and regulatory ...
  5 days ago

• Google Voice VoIP in 2010?

  
  VoIP & Gadgets Blog — Authority: 119
  eWeek has an interesting interview with Googles Vice President of Product Management Bradley Horowitz where Bradley said he was very enthusiastic about Googles acquisition of Gizmo5, a company that unlike Skype adopted the industry SIP standard. Gizmo5 brings technological know-how to Google in the areas of ...
  6 days ago

• Think Smartphones Need More Memory? Just Wait.

  
  Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com — Authority: 484
  Luca Filigheddu complains about memory limitations of the Blackberry platform and goes on to explain how the App World experience provided by the maker of these devices is a joke. He does correctly point out however that compared to an iPhone which doesnt allow multitasking; the RIM experience has some advantages. ...
  6 days ago

• Focus on the Technology, Not the Buzz Words

  
  Unified Communications: Click to talk — Authority: 118
  What is “unified communications”? That is a subjective, and fiercely debated question. I think it’s important for organizations not to get caught up in the naming conventions or even trying to define what unified communications is, or isn’t. This blog post points out that “Gartner publishes magic ...
  6 days ago

• FoIP: Unified Communications Meets 1976

  
  Unified Communications: Click to talk — Authority: 118
  One of the less common elements of unified communications is FoIP–Fax over IP. There are a variety of benefits for organizations that rely on faxing to make the transition to FoIP , especially if the traditional voice network is being replaced by VoIP communications. FoIP enables organizations with branch offices ...
  6 days ago

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