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True Convergence Demands a Communication Service Provider that Embraces a Customer-Centric Approach

Ensure your service provider's convergence strategy meshes with your enterprise network needs. Respected consulting firm Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan, outlines the six customer-centric attributes that should be at the heart of you're your service provider's approach to convergence. Those attributes are: Multiple network...

Tags: Service Provider, Enterprise Network, Convergence, Business Services

White papers 2009-11-19

Threadsy: personal and social media convergence [invites]

Messages are ingested in so many formats on the web today: email, Facebook Inbox, Twitter DM—even Twitter @reply. Threadsy is bringing it all together better than anyone I've seen to date. They've done such a good job that I don't even need to login to my GMail,...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter Inc., Social Media, Convergence, Threadsy, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Webcast: Security convergence equals network security cost savings

Listen to IBM Internet Security Systems' take on network security convergence. You will learn how to get more out of your existing investments in network security, combat new Web 2.0, Web application and database threats without purchasing stand alone technologies, and how to protect your company from worms to botnets...

Tags: Webcast, Network, Cost Savings, Convergence, IBM Corp., Network Security, Networking, Security

Webcasts 2009-08-31

Zune HD release date and Apple iPod announcement uncomfortably close to each other

Seriously?I don't think this is such a bad idea. What if, and this is a big what if, Microsoft announced something more than just the Zune HD? Am I the only one that finds it odd that Microsoft is so open with releasing information about this thing? We practically know...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, Microsoft Corp., camera, convergence, convergence device

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Live Webcast: Wireless Convergence and SIP Trunking: Plan Early, Save Money Now

If you don't have a clear adoption strategy for SIP Trunking and wireless convergence, you are about to take a wrong turn. Do you know if your carrier and contractual landscape enables the adoption of next generation networks? Research shows that enterprises often engage in new technology...

Tags: SIP, Webcast, ProfitLine Inc., Convergence, Wireless, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Free Trade, Wi-Fi, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Wireless And Mobility

Webcasts 2009-08-03

Convergence Speed of Binary Interval Consensus

This paper considers the speed of convergence of an instance of the binary interval consensus, a distributed and decentralized algorithm for computing the quantized average value. With binary consensus problem, each node initially holds one of two states and the goal for each node is to correctly decide which one...

Tags: Node, Bound, Convergence, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2009-08-01

True Convergence Demands a Communication Service Provider that Embraces a CustomerCentric Approach

At the center of the transformation to convergence is the Communication Service Provider. Effective convergence providers, as described in this paper, have designed their convergence solutions to meet the business objectives of their customers. Sprint is such a convergence provider.

Tags: Service Provider, Sprint Communications, Convergence, Business Services, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2009-07-01

The Future of Enterprise IT: Technology Convergence: Transforming Data Center Infrastructure - Part 1

The presenters of this webcast discusses on transforming data center infrastructure. The presenters will explore key challenges related to resource allocation, interoperability, migration, energy efficiency, service levels and data protection in the data center. The attendee of this webcast will learn how a senior IT manager and an experienced architect...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, EMC Corp., Convergence, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-06-22

Ten HBIs (half baked ideas) on SOA-cloud convergence

Is SOA becoming the cloud? What impact will SOA's cloud formations have on the business? What are the roles of Enterprise 2.0 and virtualization? I just wrapped up the keynote address for ebizQ's latest Cloud QCamp, exploring the growing convergence of SOA with cloud computing, Enterprise 2.0...

Tags: SOA, Enterprise 2.0, Convergence, WOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Packet Transport Solutions for Transportation Network Evolution: Increase Flexibility and Reliability While Optimizing the Convergence of New Ethernet/IP Services

Transportation service operators manage multiple networks that enable a variety of operations and business applications. The majority of these networks were built on Time Division Multiplexing TDM, Synchronous Optical Network SONET, Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDH, Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM, or frame relay technologies. But Ethernet/IP-based applications are integrated to support...

Tags: Network, IP, Convergence, Transportation, Frame Relay, Ethernet, Networking, Fiber Optics, Network Technology, Telecommunications

White papers 2009-05-15

Convergence 2009 - The Power of Possibilities

In today's difficult economic environment, there has never been more value in Microsoft Dynamics ®. This video is geared toward helping users understand how Microsoft Dynamics solutions increase visibility into operations and maximize efficiencies by documenting how a few companies implemented it.

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Corp., Convergence, Corporate Communications, VOIP, Marketing, Telecommunications, Networking

Presentations 2009-05-01

Convergence alert: Keep an eye on the building network tech guys

This is one of those thinking-out-loud posts that I believe will inform many GreenTech Pastures posts to come. Just wanted to direct your attention to a new ad campaign out of IBM this morning that is focused on the role that "smart buildings" will play in the green movement in...

Tags: Data Center, Network, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Convergence, Data Centers, Strategy, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-14

The necessary convergence of IT and Facilities — Bringing the two groups together under one unified process

In the quest to more effectively manage the IT infrastructure, many organizations are stymied by a disconnect between IT and Facilities. The two groups rarely collaborate and typically report into different parts of the organization. Apart, neither group can optimize energy consumption and system availability across the big...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Eaton Corp., Convergence, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management

White papers 2009-03-19

Cisco's Vision on Convergence in Connected Real Estate

Different vendors will move toward convergence at different speeds; native IP starts being seen on sensors, actuators, and controllers, but Web Service interfaces, with their undeniable complexity, are still isolated instances of convergence for many players. The Cisco CRE Network is becoming the single platform that addresses a big part...

Tags: Vision, Cisco Systems Inc., Connected Corp., Real Estate, Convergence, Cisco CRE Network, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2009-03-18

Microsoft Convergence 2009: Hybrid Technology

Hybrids are the buzz in the auto industry, and now hybrid applications may be the next buzz in technology, both in licensed, behind-the-firewall mode as well as developed and hosted in the cloud. I spent time with Brad Wilson, GM of Microsoft’s Dynamic CRM team, and some executives...

Tags: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Chris Fletcher, Convergence, Dynamics CRM, Hybrids, It Operations, Management, Microsoft Corp., Team, Team Management, xRM

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Microsoft Convergence 2009: First Impressions

Yesterday, I spent a half day with Microsoft at Convergence 2009 before the general sessions start tomorrow morning.  My first impressions: Customer management is recession resistant.  Given the severity of our economy right now I wouldn’t say that anything is recession proof, but Microsoft Dynamics CRM installed...

Tags: BPO, Recession, Microsoft Corp., Systems Integration, Convergence, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), It Services, Outsourcing, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Software, Chris Fletcher

Blog posts 2009-03-10

The Necessary Convergence of IT and Facilities: Bringing the Two Groups Together Under One Unified Process

Many organizations are seeking to reduce energy consumption to combat rising costs and carbon emissions. The data center, power-hungry as it is, is naturally central to any energy-saving initiatives. However, many organizations are stymied by a disconnect between IT and Facilities - one wholly dependent on the other, both at...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Convergence, Eaton, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management

White papers 2009-03-01

The Future Is Here: Critical Convergence in IT Technology Solutions

IT straddles an ever-widening chasm between cutting costs and satisfying strategic business objectives. The danger is that IT will find itself treading water, at best, in the battle between rising costs and user demands for better service. In the worst-case scenario, IT will become an innovation-crushing gatekeeper, rather than the...

Tags: Information Technology, Convergence, Presage Technologies, Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-02-09

Fixed-Mobile Convergence With UMA for Enterprises

Advances in Voice-over-IP VoIP, and cellular networking technologies are driving opportunities for businesses to improve productivity while saving on telecommunication expenses. One fast-developing area, Fixed-Mobile Convergence FMC allows mobile phones to connect to Wi-Fi networks when available, taking advantage of the low cost, high bandwidth and extensive indoor coverage of...

Tags: Phone, Network, Wi-Fi Network, Convergence, Aruba Networks, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Telecommunications, Wireless And Mobility, Networking

White papers 2009-02-04

IBM Service Management and MRO Software Maximo—synergies, convergence and roadmap

Today's enterprises are faced with the management of increasingly complex IT environments, an issue that IBM addresses with IBM Service Management solutions from Tivoli®. These industry-leading service management solutions enable customers to better understand their IT environments by discovering business critical application components and their inter-relationships. This capability, together with...

Tags: Asset, Service Management, Information Technology, MRO Software Inc., Convergence, IBM Corp., Asset Management, It Services, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management

White papers 2009-01-28