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- Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft
- RE: Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask MicrosoftI built my current desktop in July and purchased/installed an OEM version of Vista Home Premium. I also took advantage of Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium which I installed on the same PC....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- Implementing and Maintaining IM/Presence, Conferencing, and Telephony Using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2
- View Available Dates and LocationsIn this course, you will learn to implement, maintain, and deploy Microsoft Office Communications Server OCS 2007 R2. This course covers the topologies supported by OCS 2007, and you will learn to design, implement and troubleshoot an OCS 2007 R2 solution, including implementing...
- Training 2009-11-01
- ACUCW2 - Administering Cisco Unified Communications Workspace Part 2: Advanced
- View Available Dates and LocationsThis hands-on, Global Knowledge-exclusive course builds on the foundation provided by ACUCW1 (Administering Cisco Unified Communications Workspace Part 1: Basic) and focuses on the advanced administration aspects of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager CUCM v6.x/7.x products and client devices. You will learn how to configure the...
- Training 2009-11-01
- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Contactizer Pro 3.8.3 (Mac)
- Contactizer Pro is the amazing all-in-one solution for managing, sharing and organizing your personal and business information. Following the prodigious success of it first release, Contactizer Pro 3.8 raises your contact management experience to be more efficient, productive and enjoyable. Contactizer Pro brings a wealth of powerful PIM features, an...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 (Windows)
- With BlackBerry Enterprise Server, your employees can access their Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, or Novell GroupWise email on-the-go on a BlackBerry smartphone. They will also have access to calendar, contacts, tasks, notes, instant messaging, web-based, and enterprise applications. BlackBerry Enterprise Server software is the link between BlackBerry smartphones, enterprise...
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- JBuddy Messenger 3.1.091026 (Mac)
- JBuddy Messenger is a multi-protocol, cross-platform instant messaging desktop client. JBuddy Messenger supports popular public instant messaging protocols as well as enterprise instant messaging servers and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and other Java-enabled desktop environments. System Requirements: JBuddy Messenger requires a Java Runtime Environment JRE...
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- fmSpark 1.0.2 (Mac)
- A completely unlocked communications tool, you can attach fmSpark to your FileMaker Pro databases, allowing you to send rich, data-driven emails, letters, and labels. fmSpark comes with a sample set of templates and html stationery that you can modify to create your own library of merge documents. And of course...
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- What Windows7 could mean for Linux
- Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
- A Forrester interview with Steve Ballmer about the SharePoint Business
- I had the pleasure to sit down with Steve Ballmer for an interview at the Microsoft SharePoint conference in Las Vegas this week. My research team at Forrester spends a lot of time thinking, researching, and writing about the future of information work. So getting Steve’s view on SharePoint’s decade-long...
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Microsoft Positions German Unified Communications Specialist to Ride the Online Wave
- For many years, Munich-based infoWAN Datenkommunikation GmbH has wanted to provide a true enterprise-class online messaging and collaboration option to clients. It first explored such an offering 10 years ago, but the costs were too high. Today, though, the cost of an online solution can be lower than the cost...
- Case studies 2009-10-19
- "Most, if not all" Sidekick data recovered
- Well this is going to be interesting...So they had a catastrophic screw up and it looks like they worked their tales off to get it fixed.So that got a big black eye but at the same time it looks like they got it fixed. Whoever fixed this just got...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- WinGate 6.6.4 build 1338 (Windows)
- WinGate is a sophisticated integrated Internet gateway and communications server designed to meet the control, security and communications needs of today's Internet-connected businesses. WinGate's comprehensive range of license options provides you the flexibility to choose the features and capabilities that best match your needs and budget, whether you need to...
- Software downloads 2009-10-14
- Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize
- Ellison should have ripped M$ and Inhell tooIBM is less dangerous to the Oracle and the world than M$ and Inhell.RE: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prizeFairly typical of desperation attempts, use wordsnot real proof through history."Unbreakable"And that one did not turn out too well...Your trolls...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- Two new tomes offer tips to guide your Green IT strategy
- Believe it or not, I have a stack of 10 business books on my desk right now, begging to be read and reviewed. Two are pertinent for the loyal Green IT folks in the GreenTech Pastures, so I felt it appropriate to mention them as a scan some of the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- Auto Dealer Streamlines Communications and Reduces IT Support Costs by 70 Percent
- With employee groups spread across multiple buildings, Seaside Buick struggled with internal communications. After joining the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Windows Small Business Server 2008, Seaside Buick launched a new company intranet to improve communication and collaboration, and reduce paper waste. The company was able to reduce IT support...
- Case studies 2009-10-08
- Content Management Company Enhances Fax Functions for Richer Unified Communications
- Faxing is important for many businesses that need signatures, drawings, and other paper-based content. Open Text, which specializes in enterprise content management, has large customers worldwide who need rich fax functionality. To help them, Open Text enhanced its fax-processing software to work with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, providing a rich...
- Case studies 2009-10-07
- Gauging our future
- As long as there has been digital tech, it's GIGO. Without data or faulty data, well, you get what you start with. Digital tech does not take cow manure and return tasty tomatoes. So even if your grandchildren are still powering this planet with coal...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Communications Solution Increases Productivity for Global Conferencing
- InterCall, the world's leading conferencing and collaboration service provider, offers a range of unified communications solutions, including design, implementation, and adoption services. InterCall wanted to use unified communications internally, to streamline communications and to become more familiar with issues its customers face. The solution needed to help teams connect more...
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- Services Provider Boosts Business Efficiency With Unified Communications Applications
- BT Global Services, a networked IT services provider, wanted to increase its own business efficiency while creating innovative products for customers. Using core technologies in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, BT designed a suite of small applications that help people communicate more efficiently by merging common tools such as...
- Case studies 2009-10-01
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