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Hackers Target Internet Phone Systems of SMBs

I just wrote about a study that found SMBs lacking in security training.  As if underscoring just how vulnerable small and medium businesses are in terms of security, I came across a report on how hackers are targeting the VoIP systems belonging to these companies. Continue Reading »

Google Wave Is IM on Steroids: Is That Good or Bad?

When I read the earliest excited reports on Google Wave, my first reaction was "sounds like IM on steroids." My opinion hasn't changed much since then. Continue Reading »

Gartner: UC and Collaboration to Merge by 2013

Distinctions between the components that make up unified communications will no longer exist by 2013. Continue Reading »

Salesforce.com, Cisco Team up on Cloud-Based Call Center Tech

The Customer Interaction Cloud ties together Salesforce.com's contact center software and Cisco's on-demand unified communications technology. Continue Reading »

Cisco Acquires Norway's Tandberg

Cisco will pay 153.50 kroner a share, an 11 percent premium on Tandberg's closing price. Continue Reading »

Expanded Google Wave Trial Begins Today

The online collaboration service enables users to share text and media files in a single online space. Continue Reading »

Google Expanding Wave Beta Testing

Google Wave is signing up 100,000 beta users to test the service. Continue Reading »

Residential Voice, Data and Video: Change Is the Only Constant

Carl Weinschenk spoke with Diane Myers, the directing analyst for Infonetics Research. Myers and Infonetics released a report earlier this month, "Residential Voice, Data, and Video Services in North America: Market Outlook." Continue Reading »