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For some, migration to unified messaging is a key component of VoIP plans. For others, voice messaging replacement has a new urgency and is being addressed separately. Many factors lead to this renewed interest: obsolescence of legacy voicemail systems, e-discovery and compliance rules, and the need for new capabilities to support remote workers. Finally, enterprises are looking to reduce the cost of managing complex disparate systems assembled by distributed purchasing or acquisition of other businesses.

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Now that summer is here, your heat worries turn to your data center. Is everything really being kept cool enough to be safe? Julius Neudorfer, director of Network Services for North American Access Technologies, provides 11 tips on how to keep things cool.

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Cisco Systems says it will acquire Pure Networks, a privately held provider of home networking-management software and tools, for $120 million. Cisco says Pure Networks' home networking-management solution allows users to set up and manage a home network and connect a range of devices, applications and services within the home.
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Nine days after locking down the city's IT system, a disgruntled network administrator invites Mayor Newsom to his cell and gives him the access codes.
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VMware is moving to create a free version of the VMware ESXi hypervisor. The company's new CEO also plans to delve deeper into cloud computing and expand VMware's virtualization technology reach.
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VMware reduces its outlook for third-quarter revenue, saying the economy is prompting customers to slow buying decisions regarding its virtualization technology.
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The huge networking deal between Brocade Communications and Foundry Networks puts a new spin on the competition with Cisco Systems. But Brocade faces serious challenges as it integrates Foundry into its organization.
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PhishMe, a new security SAAS offering from the Intrepidus Group, enables companies to launch mock phishing attacks against their own employees in the name of improving e-mail security.
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Dell is converting its Precision desktop workstation into a rack-mounted system that will move more computing into the data center. The Dell R5400 workstation server is equipped with Intel Xeon processors and will compete against IBM and HP blade-based workstations.
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Apple's iPhone 3G is a very cool device. But do enterprise IT staffs really care? They already support RIM's BlackBerry and the Windows Mobile, Palm and Symbian OSes. Do they want to also manage Apple? The BlackBerry remains the hands-down leader for mobile enterprise users and that's not likely to change anytime soon.
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Technical details of a flaw in the Domain Name System that made headlines earlier in July were accidentally posted to a well-read security blog July 21. Dan Kaminsky advises immediate patching.
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SAP says it will shut down the remaining TomorrowNow application support services by Oct. 31. Current TomorrowNow customers will transition to other third-party support services or to Oracle.
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Brocade's $3 billion buyout of Foundry Networks puts networking market leader Cisco Systems on notice that it has a powerful new competitor on the horizon.
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IBM manages net income growth of 22 percent selling services, software and systems in a largely international market.
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Intel Centrino 2 mobile platform for notebooks, released earlier this week, includes several updates to its vPro technology that should improve the way IT departments manage and secure business laptops.
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eWEEK Labs has gathered up a trio of suggestions for the best ways to capture screenshots, manage iTunes and control your desktop with the shiny new Apple iPhone 2.0 mobile device.
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