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Microsoft Connects People in New Ways With Communications Server '14'
March 25, 2010 10:35 AM
Gurdeep Singh Pall, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Office Communications Group, reveals new features during the first public demonstration of the software and discloses the availability date for Communications Server '14.'VoiceCon: Is Desktop Video In Your Future? Vendors Say Yes
March 24, 2010 08:00 AM
Tandberg rolled out a new desktop video system, the EX90, that might very well indicate the shape of your desktop monitor in the years to come—a streaming video system and desktop monitor rolled into one, saving space on your desk. Tandberg isn't the only game in town; desktop HD streaming video from Polycom and Cisco were also demonstrated at the show. The demos look good, but the price is far too high for general deployment. Expect to see these hardware systems only in conference rooms or executive suites until the price drops.Voicecon: Partnerships VS Open Standards
March 23, 2010 10:50 AM
Microsoft is certainly gaining a number of important partnerships around their Office Communication Server with integration and partnership announcements from Audiocodes, Aastra, HP, Polycom and Verizon. Taken individually, none of these announcements is earth-shattering, but taken together it shows there is momentum growing behind OCS and also highlights the growing tension between open standards and practical interoperability.VoiceCon 2010: Vendors Clash Over Lack Of Standards. No One Wins
March 22, 2010 08:17 PM
The most salient message that came out of Next Generation Communications Architectures at VoiceCon 2010 came from Jack Jachner, VP of Cloud Communications for Alcatel-Lucent, who said, "you should choose your communications system from a communications company." Jachner wants that communications company to be Alcatel-Lucent, but that sentiment can be applied to nearly every other vendor represented on the panel, because there is little interoperability between communications systems.Verizon Teams With Cisco, Microsoft For SIP Trunking And Immersive Video
March 22, 2010 09:23 AM
Unified communications is more than just merging voice, video, chat and white-boarding into a platform. A Unified Communications (UC) system has to integrate with legacy telecommunications systems and provide real-time media support to clients that could include plain old telephone service (POTS), broad band, or high speed WAN links. High-definition video, the holy grail of video-conferencing, used to require room-sized systems with high-speed, dedicated WAN links, but new products from Cisco, Polycom and Tandberg are portable and easy to use. Verizon is providing the needed robust network to deliver UC service across town, country and worldwide.One Million IOPS: Moving The Data Center Bottleneck
March 09, 2010 10:00 AM
The first system administrator to ever upgrade a server undoubtedly experienced a mismatch in performance between the installed server and the new component. Since then, millions of data center managers have experienced first-hand the performance bottleneck constantly moving from one component in their data center to another. Have those years of experience stopped smart people in our industry from challenging whether it makes sense to deploy new generations of faster technology, because the new technology has performance the rest of the system can't use? The answer is no. The latest generation of high-performance converged network adapters is a great case-in-point.Ballmer Bets Microsoft's Future On Cloud Computing
March 05, 2010 08:26 AM
Thursday Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered what was essentially a State of the Cloud address, providing a forward-looking view of what cloud computing will be like for the world in general and for his company, in particular. While much of his talk focused on consumer end-user features like a more interactive Bing Maps and the Xbox gaming console, he also spoke to the future of cloud computing for enterprises.Microsoft's Scott Charney Calls For Disrupting Cybercrime Activities
March 03, 2010 03:49 PM
It's not enough to build defenses against cybercriminals, the good guys have to put the bad guys out of business, according to Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group, in a keynote address Tuesday morning at the RSA Conference 2010 in San Francisco. "We are committed to collaborating with industry and governments worldwide to realize a safer, more trusted Internet through the creative disruption and prevention of cybercrime," says Charney. While focusing on security and privacy fundamentals like threat mitigation remains necessary, the industry needs to be more aggressive in blunting the efforts of cybercriminals.Windows 7 Rolling Review: Wrap-Up
March 02, 2010 02:53 PM
Deploying a new operating system across a company is a bit like conducting an orchestra: You need the proper instruments in place, and your timing and execution must be right to evoke harmony. Get it wrong and all you get is noise. So for all those would-be maestros of Windows 7, now is the time to take a close look at OS deployment software, which we've tested in our Rolling Review.Intel And Microsoft Overhaul iSCSI For The Enterprise
February 19, 2010 10:52 AM
I recently attended a webcast where Jordan Plawner of Intel and Suzanne Morgan of Microsoft described how the combination of Intel Ethernet Server Adapters, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Intel Xeon processor 5500 series-based servers are integrated to optimize iSCSI performance and scalability. I came away from a follow-up briefing with Jordan and Suzanne impressed with the potential benefits to large data centers, as well as the breadth of integration between Intel and Microsoft products. I was also reminded of the power of the Wintel formula. Intel and Microsoft have essentially overhauled iSCSI for the enterprise.« Previous Page | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Next Page »
