http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:25:07 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-05T23:25:07Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/great-promise--and-great-challenges--of-unified-communications-for-health-care/?cs=39862 For a number of reasons, hospitals and other health care facilities provide the starkest challenges and most exciting opportunities for unified communications vendors and service providers.   First, the promise: Davide Petramala, vice president of avaya aruba_networks unified_communications cisco hipaa health_care healthcare avst video tdm Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:25:07 GMT cweinsch@optonline.net http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/great-promise--and-great-challenges--of-unified-communications-for-health-care/?cs=39862 2010-03-05T23:25:07Z 2 weeks, 14 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/great-promise--and-great-challenges--of-unified-communications-for-health-care http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39862 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/too-many-options-can-be-a-problem-san-nas-and-the-cloud/?cs=39808   Nobody has to tell the CIO at the average enterprise that storage is in a state of flux. Indeed, when has it not been?   But over the past two years or so, it seems that the disparate forces that are reshaping the data center are pulling the san cloud_computing fibre_channel ibm blade_network_technologies fcoe business_technology nas iscsi qlogic Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:36:36 GMT acole602@msn.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/too-many-options-can-be-a-problem-san-nas-and-the-cloud/?cs=39808 2010-03-04T18:36:36Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/too-many-options-can-be-a-problem-san-nas-and-the-cloud http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39808 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/video-is-important--but-is-it-part-of-unified-communications/?cs=39591 One of the most important issues in the immediate future of unified communications is the role that video will play. The question is related to, but slightly distinct from, what role video will play in the enterprise overall.   It's an interesting video unified_communications radvision gotomeeting web_video_and_voice_conferencing business_technology webex microsoft aol skype siemens_enterprise_communications yahoo cisco_systems Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT cweinsch@optonline.net http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/video-is-important--but-is-it-part-of-unified-communications/?cs=39591 2010-02-23T00:00:01Z 3 weeks, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/video-is-important--but-is-it-part-of-unified-communications http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39591 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/treading-cautiously-into-virtualization-20/?cs=39202   By now, most enterprises are well on the way to a fully functioning virtual environment. Initial server deployments are becoming commonplace, and many are starting to branch out into other data center realms, namely storage, networking and the PC energy_consumption cloud_computing business_technology server_virtualization network_performance_management Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:29:33 GMT acole602@msn.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/treading-cautiously-into-virtualization-20/?cs=39202 2010-02-04T15:29:33Z 1 month, 1 week ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/treading-cautiously-into-virtualization-20 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39202 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/cisco-seeks-a-path-to-unified-communications-dominance/?cs=38965   Cisco wants to be all things to all people – or all communications channels to all businesses – according to industry observers.   “I would have to say that Cisco is really trying to provide a full and compete end-to-end solution all by unified_communications microsoft business_technology cisco_systems web_video_and_voice_conferencing Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:05:55 GMT cweinsch@optonline.net http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/cisco-seeks-a-path-to-unified-communications-dominance/?cs=38965 2010-01-25T22:05:55Z 1 month, 3 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/cisco-seeks-a-path-to-unified-communications-dominance http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38965 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/rise-of-the-dynamic-infrastructure/?cs=38737   In the rush to establish virtual-based cloud infrastructures, most eyes are on immediate prizes, like lower operating costs, improved scalability and more robust backup and recovery capabilities.   And while there is general recognition that cloud_computing virtualization f5_networks linesider_technologies fastscale network_performance_management business_technology 3leaf Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:22:32 GMT acole602@msn.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/rise-of-the-dynamic-infrastructure/?cs=38737 2010-01-13T19:22:32Z 2 months, 5 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/rise-of-the-dynamic-infrastructure http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38737 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/unified-communications-and-smbs-in-tough-times/?cs=38511   Small and medium-sized businesses are interested in unified communications, but are buying only gear that will help them in the here and now. Most have put presence-based packages with longer ROI periods on the back burner. The two main obstacles smbs resellers roi unified_communications it_market_analysts business_technology web_video_and_voice_conferencing voip im technology_evaluation Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:52:05 GMT cweinsch@optonline.net http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/unified-communications-and-smbs-in-tough-times/?cs=38511 2010-01-04T20:52:05Z 2 months, 2 weeks ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/unified-communications-and-smbs-in-tough-times http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38511 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/employee-owned-computer-programs-diving-into-murky-waters/?cs=38238   Will the job of the future require you to bring your own computer, the way you provide your own transportation now?   Call it a mashup of market forces, but that idea has been generating a bit of buzz lately. Among the factors: Workers risk_management cost_containment citrix_systems privacy business_technology laptops tco asset_management desktop_virtualization application_performance_management Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:06:03 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/employee-owned-computer-programs-diving-into-murky-waters/?cs=38238 2009-12-21T12:06:03Z 2 months, 4 weeks ago 3 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/employee-owned-computer-programs-diving-into-murky-waters http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38238 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/the-future-of-fibre-channel/?cs=38104   Storage networking is a lot like a used car. Do you continue to pour money into an aging machine, or do you bite the bullet and upgrade to the newest model?   And if you decide to upgrade, does that mean you've simply wasted all that money ethernet qlogic emulex ibm business_technology fibre_channel fcoe fibre_channel_industry_association Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:06:03 GMT acole602@msn.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/the-future-of-fibre-channel/?cs=38104 2009-12-14T11:06:03Z 3 months, 6 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/the-future-of-fibre-channel http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=38104 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/2010-expected-to-bring-careful-growth-in-it-spending/?cs=37791   Though there have been signs of life in IT markets, everyone’s asking when enterprise spending will return – or if it will.   Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told an audience in South Korea that it might not due to greater efficiencies forced cost_containment business_technology virtualization outsourcing compliance strategic_planning security saas Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:22:37 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/2010-expected-to-bring-careful-growth-in-it-spending/?cs=37791 2009-12-01T21:22:37Z 3 months, 2 weeks ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/2010-expected-to-bring-careful-growth-in-it-spending http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37791 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/wireless-and-the-coming-battle-over-net-neutrality/?cs=37115 One of the thorniest issues that the newly installed leadership of the Federal Communications Commission is dealing with is net neutrality. In the long run, it’s likely that the trickiest part of the overall topic will be the application of the concept net_neutrality government_agencies fcc mobile_applications mobile_device_security network_performance_management federal_communications_commission business_technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:39:27 GMT cweinsch@optonline.net http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/wireless-and-the-coming-battle-over-net-neutrality/?cs=37115 2009-10-30T13:39:27Z 4 months, 3 weeks ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/wireless-and-the-coming-battle-over-net-neutrality http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37115 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/the-cloud-and-the-network-infrastructure/?cs=36851 It's all made to sound so easy: first virtualization, then the cloud, and then an IT utopia of unlimited resources and global operations.   The reality, of course, is quite different. As more and more enterprises are finding out, the transition business_technology cloud_computing virtualization neterion netronome newservers networking f5_networks Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:09:36 GMT acole602@msn.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/the-cloud-and-the-network-infrastructure/?cs=36851 2009-10-26T13:09:36Z 5 months, 18 hours ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/the-cloud-and-the-network-infrastructure http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36851 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/the-growing-sophistication-of-smartphone-app-development/?cs=36852 Smartphones are more powerful, networks are faster and people are more willing to perform complex and sensitive tasks from the road. An important link in the chain of increased mobile productivity that doesn’t get too much attention, however, is the way business_technology software_and_web_development strategy_analytics iphone kerton_group mobile_applications apple smartphones Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:24:15 GMT cweinsch@optonline.net http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/the-growing-sophistication-of-smartphone-app-development/?cs=36852 2009-10-20T19:24:15Z 5 months, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/the-growing-sophistication-of-smartphone-app-development http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36852 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/broadband-mapping-treasure-for-a-new-age/?cs=36597 In the olden days, explorers paid a lot of money for maps that they hoped would lead to buried treasure. Things apparently haven’t changed too much from the days of Hernando Cortez and Ponce de Leon, as broadband mapping companies hope to find their pot business_technology government_agencies comcast ctia broadband_mapping verizon broadband_services public_knowledge at&t telecommunications_services connected_nation Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:25:41 GMT cweinsch@optonline.net http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/broadband-mapping-treasure-for-a-new-age/?cs=36597 2009-10-12T18:25:41Z 5 months, 1 week ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/broadband-mapping-treasure-for-a-new-age http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36597 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/thaw-seen-in-it-hiring/?cs=36343 The good news, if there is any in this lousy job market, is that the unemployment rate in IT is only about half that of the overall market, which the U.S. Labor Department on Friday put at 9.8 percent.   It remains an employer’s market, with an staff_recruiting_and_retention sharepoint compensation stimulus_package network_security software_and_web_development dice.com erp_systems government_agencies robert_half_technology jobthread business_technology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:00:27 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/thaw-seen-in-it-hiring/?cs=36343 2009-10-05T16:00:27Z 5 months, 2 weeks ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/comment/thaw-seen-in-it-hiring http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/articles/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36343