Our experience over the past three years with nearly 200 program launches has shown cloud solutions typically reduce time-to-benefit (and the associated professional services costs of prolonged implementations) by more than 65 percent.
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While improving efficiency was the main motivator in 2009 (41 percent), the 2010 survey reveals that drivers for deploying private cloud have evened out in 2010: efficiency (27 percent), cost cutting (25 percent), experimenting with cloud (19 percent), resource scalability (17 percent) and IT responsiveness (6 percent). This suggests that there has been an improvement in the level of understanding of the benefits which private clouds can deliver.
Skype for SIP-enabled IP-PBXs
by Khris Kendrick, Sr. Director – Business Development, Grandstream Networks
With a myriad of new technologies, it’s no wonder SMBs have…
Barry O’Sullivan, Senior Vice President, Cisco Voice Technology Group
Service Providers Endorse Cloud-Based Solutions
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The Opengear ACM5004-2-I industrial secure device server provides a secure monitoring and control solution for managing all the IT infrastructure and edge devices in remote locations. The products feature rugged metal enclosures, captive power terminal blocks and the widest range of serial, USB and digital I/O interfaces. Extended temperature models are available for managing equipment in utility plants, pipelines and other remote locations requiring a hardened solution.
Homegrown, Organic and Pain-Free
by Ray Horak, Technology Editor
Some of you may recall the old Guy Clark C&W tune Homegrown Tomatoes. As the lyrics…
Here’s the honest truth. Today, the people responsible for a stable, performing network are pushed to their limit. They have few resources and ever increasing responsibilities—which leaves them with very little time to research the causes of transient slowdowns or problems. And when they do have time, the problem has gone away (the very nature of a “transient” condition).
The most common approach when faced with a “gremlin” is to wait until the problem occurs again. But this certainly won’t gain you any points with your customers—in fact, every time you do this you tarnish IT’s reputation.
Market research firm Infonetics Research (http://twitter.com/infonetics) announced results from its first quarter 2010 (1Q10) Enterprise Unified Communication, VoIP, and TDM Equipment forecast report…
LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwire – June 30, 2010) – CiscoLive! — today announced new technology that supports its Data Center 3.0 strategy to help customers…
Network Instruments surveys CiscoLive attendees
CiscoLive Snapshot: Cloud Computing Adoption Surges
Las Vegas – With temperatures reaching up to 109 degrees on a…
LAS VEGAS – In front of a packed event center at CiscoLive, Cisco unveiled the Cius. The Cius is a tablet that Cisco describes as…
8×8, provider of business communications solutions, announced it acquired Central Host, a Los Gatos, California-based company providing managed hosting services and cloud-based computing solutions. Their…
A cloudy trend is clearly developing in the telecom atmosphere. Although the market for terrestrial PBX systems has by no means totally evaporated, end user…
by Ray Horak, Technology Editor
Nectar Services Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Juma Technology Corp. (OTCBB: JUMT), announces ESM vSBC. The digerati among you…
