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Open Spectrum Does Not Mean Free Internet
February 06, 2013 10:50 AM
Posted by Larry Seltzer
There's a common misconception that a plan to open up more unlicensed, unmanaged spectrum will mean free Wi-Fi for all. Expect a lot of wonderful things, including competition for cellular carriers, but not for free.
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Facebook, Google Encroach On Enterprise UC
January 24, 2013 03:28 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran
Facebook and Google are rolling out services that rival enterprise unified communications platforms. Vendors should beware.
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Are Big UC Vendors Missing SMB Opportunities?
January 11, 2013 04:58 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran
Unified communications vendors typically target enterprise customers, but more than half of private-sector jobs are in small and midsize businesses. Are UC vendors ignoring a potential customer pool?
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Unified Communications Coming on Strong
January 03, 2013 09:02 AM
Posted by Michael Finneran
UC deployments appear to be up, and Cisco maintains its market lead, but Microsoft is making gains, new research finds.
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Unified Communications in 2013
December 28, 2012 10:51 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran
Where will UC take us in 2013? Here are insights from several analysts who forecast deeper integration of UC and applications, the end of voice as a separate market, and more.
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Weighing Cloud UC Options and Costs
December 19, 2012 12:10 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran
Unified communications can be provided as a cloud service, and customers have a huge number of options. But in the long term, cloud UC isn’t necessarily cheaper than premises deployments.
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Best of the Web
VXLAN termination on physical devices
VXLAN is an Experimental IETF draft of protocols to enable the creation of a large overlay, multi-tenant network.
ONF Deadly Serious About OpenFlow-Based SDNs
: OpenFlow is poised to reach over-hyped status, yet there are practical, useful reasons for keeping an eye on Openflow. The biggest cloud players are involved and driving the feature creation.
Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
Get a primer on the Openflow protocol and what it can do for networking.
On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
This research papers investigates the practical issues in split-architecture networks and the placement of the controllers, such as Openflow controllers, in the network.
