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Dell Invests In iSCSI Servers; Will Anyone Else?
May 17, 2010 12:49 AM | By Charles Babcock
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell, told the Citrix Systems Synergy user group last week that virtualization "will sweep through all IT -- servers, storage and networking." As it does so, he touched on how iSCSI will helping establish efficient virtualized servers. That's a Dell specialty and perhaps Dell's contribution to the low end of converged networking and unified computing.Web 2.0: IBM's Experimental iPhone E-Mail Client
May 07, 2010 07:08 PM | By Thomas Claburn
Among the various interesting keynote presentations at the Web 2.0 Expo earlier this week was one by IBM mobile computing researcher Jeff Pierce.Lines Blur Between Voice and Social Networking
November 04, 2009 05:05 PM | By Andrew Conry Murray
Siemens Communications will integrate Twitter with its Unified Communications (UC) platform, and PBworks announces plans to offer voice alongside its collaboration and social software services.Avaya-Nortel: The Pushback
September 02, 2009 04:47 PM | By Eric Krapf
Any big combination, whether it's a merger or an acquisition, is tough to pull off--tough, but not impossible.Halfway Through A Bad Year
August 26, 2009 09:47 AM | By Eric Krapf
Allan Sulkin is out with his mid-year numbers for enterprise communications shipments, and as he previewed in a No Jitter blog a week or so back, the second quarter was a pleasant surprise, as revenues rose from 1Q09. However, the full report shows that we're a long way from done with these bad times.UC for Free
August 20, 2009 02:57 PM | By Eric Krapf
Enterprise communications is always going to be a complex system--not a mere application or even a mere collection of applications.Will You Change Vendors?
July 28, 2009 01:05 PM | By Eric Krapf
Vendor relationships, and enterprise buyers' approach to them, are probably more uncertain than they've ever been.How Big Will Avaya Go?
July 21, 2009 03:33 PM | By Eric Krapf
Could Nortel just be an appetizer for Avaya?How Secure Are SIP Trunks?
June 17, 2009 11:03 AM | By Eric Krapf
The basic issue seems to be that a SIP trunk is an IP connection, and any IP connection can be sniffed pretty easily.U.S. Gov't Asked Twitter For Help with Iran
June 17, 2009 10:50 AM | By Andrew Conry Murray
A State Department official asked Twitter to postpone scheduled downtime to keep a channel open for Iranians protesting the country's contested election, according to the NY Times.Another Way To Kill The Desk Phone
May 27, 2009 10:45 AM | By Eric Krapf
How do Cisco and Avaya not surrender the IP phone as a high-margin sale?