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Verizon’s Managed Services Play in Unified Communications
Communications service provider Verizon Business has entered the managed services fray with a unified communications offering aimed at enterprise customers. Available immediately, Verizon’s unified communications service adds services such as instant messaging, presence, Web conferencing and voice over IP (VOIP) to a user’s existing business communications, according to Verizon. The service is based on the…
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HP Intros New Storage, Virtualization Solutions
Hewlett-Packard has introduced new storage products and services that it hopes will allow customers to successfully weather the economic downturn and emerge from the economic crises stronger than ever. Kyle Fitze, director of marketing for storage platforms for HP StorageWorks, says HP’s new products and services focus on customers’ needs to optimize and automate their…
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VPro ROI Doesn’t Require a Complete PC Refresh
More than 30 million business-class PCs have been sold with Intel’s remote management VPro technology since 2006. Yet, many organizations have only refreshed parts of their computing fleets or haven’t activated VPro capabilities until they reach a critical mass of machines. The reason end users are waiting is they’re either waiting to purchase a critical…
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Want to Develop Apps for Windows Mobile?
Developers looking to create and sell applications for the Windows Mobile OS will be subject to a new set of rules by Microsoft, the company has announced. But rather than impose strict regulations, the new rules are designed to ease the process for developers and help them reap more revenue through the recently announced Windows…
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USA.NET, HP Partner to Deliver SaaS to Target SMBs
USA.NET will partner with Hewlett-Packard to deliver a more comprehensive set of hosted services and advanced collaboration tools that can generate new revenue streams for solution providers. The agreement, announced last week, will allow HP’s approximately 25,000 solution provider partners access to USA.NET’s hosted e-mail, messaging and collaboration solutions as a part of their software-as-a-service…
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Polycom Media Phone Brings Videoconferencing Down to Size
Video- and audio-conferencing stalwart Polycom is bringing videoconferencing to the desktop with a media phone aimed at the SMB and enterprise spaces. The Polycom VVX 1500 is a business media phone with a 7-inch color touch-screen that combines a personal videoconferencing system with VOIP (voice over IP), so users can conduct meetings at their desktop…