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  • SMBs Want Voice Virtualization

    In the future, mobile phones will dominate, with businesses moving to a ‘bring your own device’ strategy and voice virtualization will take on more importance in business’ networks according to survey results taken by business communications and collaboration software and services provider Mitel Networks. The survey found 53 percent of respondents felt that, in the…

  • Google Voice Gets Number Portability

    Google is testing a number portability for its Google Voice application that will let users use their personal mobile phone numbers as the digits through which to route all of their calls for $20. Google Voice is a phone management application that lets any user route all of their landline, work and mobile calls through…

  • Social Media Security Threats to Rise in 2011: Report

    Forty percent of social networking users quizzed have been sent malware such as worms via social networking sites, a 90 percent increase since April 2009, according to IT security and control firm Sophos’ Security Threat Report 2011, which analyzes cyber-crime during the last year and looks at IT security trends to watch in 2011. In…

  • Google’s Schmidt Steps Down, Page Named CEO

    Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt is stepping down from that position at the helm of the company and turning those responsibilities over to Google co-founder Larry Page, according to a blog post by Schmidt today in the Official Google Blog. Google’s other co-founder, Sergey Brin, will work on strategic projects, Schmidt said, in particular new products.…

  • Quest Software Completes Acquisition of BakBone

    IT management specialist Quest Software announced the completion of its acquisition of BakBone Software Inc., a provider of data protection software headquartered in San Diego, Calif. The company said the acquisition gives Quest additional technologies to offer data protection across heterogeneous physical, virtual and application-level environments, enabling organizations to support expanding data protection needs while…

  • Reaping the Benefits of Social Media Without Investing the Time

    The over-hyping of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn has caused many of us to develop a “who cares” mindset, especially when it comes to our businesses. I know this all too well because I originally landed squarely in this category for some time. To complicate matters I was a proud card-carrying member…

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