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Amazon Gets Into Bulk E-Mail Cloud Service Market
Amazon Web Services Jan. 25 launched a bulk e-mail service for businesses and developers, providing a messaging option for the cloud computing provider’s arsenal of Web-based services. AWS intends Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) as an alternative to the thorny work of building a custom messaging platform or licensing an e-mail service from a…
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Business Leaders Looking for IT to Drive Revenue Growth: Survey
CIOs must re-imagine IT to support growth and competitive advantage, based on results from the 2011 CIO Agenda survey by Gartner Executive Programs (EXP). CIOs reported that their organizations are emphasizing growth, in addition to continued vigilance on cost and operational efficiencies.The worldwide CIO survey was conducted by Gartner EXP from September to December 2010…
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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…
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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…
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Cisco C-Series Switches Offer TrustSec Security Features
Communications specialist Cisco introduced the Catalyst 3560-C and Catalyst 2960-C Compact Series (C-Series) switches, designed for locations that pose unique wiring, space or power challenges. Roughly half the size of a Microsoft Xbox video game console, C-Series Switches are designed to enable the deployment of secure customer services, including unified communications, wireless access, IP video…