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Next-Generation Unified Messaging
The Issue
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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Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation says Linux is the platform of choice for the mobile and embedded platforms. Zemlin will speak on the state of mobile Linux at OSCON.

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After AMD CEO Hector Ruiz leaves his post and President Dirk Meyer takes day-to-day control of the chip maker, AMD will embark on a less ambitious agenda that will focus on chips for servers and PCs as well as processors for the low-cost notebook market.
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IBM and Major League Baseball ink a deal to let umpires create mashups with Google Gadgets and IBM WebSphere Portal software. The partnership is a sign of the snowballing momentum of Web 2.0 technology in the mainstream.
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Google takes Begun off Russia's Rambler Media's hands for $140 million, seeking to cement its contextual ad assets and boost international expansion. What's next for the search giant?
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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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DNSstuff has released a new tool to help organizations detect if their DNS servers are vulnerable to the DNS protocol flaw revealed last week.
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AMD's colorful CEO Hector Ruiz is stepping down after the chip maker posted a large second-quarter loss. AMD will replace Ruiz with company President Dirk Meyer as the Intel rival tries to return to profitability.
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Google posts a $1.25 billion profit that would thrill most companies, but Wall Street is cringing because it falls short of expectations. Google Chief Economist Hal Varian joins the call to soothe the analysts' fears about online ad weakness.
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SCO Group must pay Novell $2.5 million after a judge rules that Novell, not SCO, owns the rights to the Unix operating system. Judge Dale Kimball ruled that SCO owes Novell for royalties it collected when it licensed Unix to Sun Microsystems.
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A new backup bundle integrates external portable storage drives with Retrospect local and Mozy online backup services in an effort to combine on-demand cloud-based computing with on-premises storage and backup systems.
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Nokia is the first of the world's top handset makers to announce its quarterly results since research firm Gartner slashed its forecast for the cell phone market to 10 to 11 percent growth from a May estimate of 10 to 15 percent. Samsung, LG Electronics, Sony Ericsson and Motorola come next. Despite robust sales of Apple iPhones and RIM BlackBerrys, the smart-phone market may feel the squeeze.
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Google Gmail takes some collaboration license by bifurcating contacts into two groups: explicitly entered or frequently e-mailed. Will Google Gmail users revolt or embrace this move, which is designed to clean up contact lists?
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Gartner and IDC both show that worldwide PC shipments increased by double digits in the second quarter of 2008 despite the downturn in the U.S. economy. Hewlett-Packard and Dell remained the top-selling PC vendors with notebooks sales helping to increase their overall PC shipments.
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Rumors abound that Microsoft and Yahoo are courting AOL's Web division. Is this a smart move for any of the parties? Perhaps Microsoft should land on Yahoo, then AOL to combat Google in search and online advertising.
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Is there a strange bug involved in Intel's implementation of Wi-Fi on Centrino 2?
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