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Effective communications in today’s always-on world require secure and convenient connections to the corporate network. The ShoreTel® VPN Phone feature extends the reach of the ShoreTel Pure IP Unified Communications (UC) system, by enabling the secure and remote deployment of ShorePhone™ IP Telephones. With the ShoreTel VPN Phone, users can experience the full and familiar [...]

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Google released a report detailing attacks on its infrastructure which it claimed to have originated from China. In the wake of its announcement, another report came out detailing what is purported to be an “organized espionage operation” originating from China. Known as “Operation Aurora”, the attack attempted to siphon information from 33 companies in the [...]

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Research released by antivirus vendors MacAfee and Panda suggest that searching for certain key words on Internet search engines can prove dangerous. Hackers and malware authors have become adept at Search Engine Optimization and are using frequently searched key words to create sites that will rank favorably in search engines, but are a host for [...]

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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), technology that lets you make and receive phone calls over the Internet, may have started out as a novelty, but it’s quickly becoming mainstream – and many businesses are finding that it can save them a lot of cash.
Benefits

Features. VoIP has the same features as conventional phone service: multiple lines, [...]

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Security firm Imperva recently released a warning to users of popular social networking website RockYou indicating that their accounts and passwords may have been compromised. According to the firm, a hacker may have accessed an alarming 32 million accounts. But what is more interesting in the wake of this news is an analysis made of [...]

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Not even the rich and famous are immune to disasters so don’t think that it can’t happen to you.  Just take a look at country singing sensations Brad Paisley and Keith Urbanwho are two of countless musicians that will most likely lose millions of dollars on performance gear due to the historic floods in Nashville [...]

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While everyone is worried about security threats outside the company’s firewall such as hackers, viruses, and worms, research suggests that the greatest risk may come from none other than the company’s very own employees.
Not all of these risks are necessarily borne of malicious intent on the part of employees. Some risks may come from unwitting participation, [...]

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A new report by security vendor Cenzic shares research indicating that security flaws found in Web applications continue to grow and should be a major concern for many businesses as more and more depend on the Web for their business. According to the report, almost 80 percent of more than 3,000 software security flaws publicly [...]

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An article titled, “What SMBs Don’t Know About Security Can Hurt You,” presented alarming statistics from the latest Internet security survey performed by Panda Security.  Panda Security revealed that many small and midsized businesses are becoming prime targets to cyber thieves due to their lack in effort and knowledge when it comes to protecting their [...]

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Research conducted by SIS International Research and sponsored by Siemens found that businesses with 100 employees could be leaking a staggering $524,569 annually as a result of communications barriers and latency. The study identifies these top five pain points, in order of estimated cost:

Inefficient coordination
Waiting for information
Unwanted communications
Customer complaints
Barriers to communication

In addition, researchers determined that [...]

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