Unified Communications

Barely a month after a Google engineer disclosed a critical vulnerability in Windows XP, hackers have launched an attack on vulnerable machines.
On June 10, a Google engineer disclosed a security flaw in Windows XP’s Help Center, which can potentially allow hackers to search and retrieve sensitive information from vulnerable PCs, and even turn them into [...]

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Implementing a client-server network and maintaining it with Managed Services can help businesses prevent data loss events, which lead 43 percent of such businesses to close within two years.
According to DriveSavers data recovery service, 43 percent of companies that lose data in a disaster never reopen, and 90 percent are out of business within two [...]

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Client-server networks can help employees perform 20 percent more revenue-producing tasks. For businesses that may not be able to afford a dedicated IT staff, outsourcing may be the most cost-effective means of installing and maintaining such a network.
You’re probably aware of the benefits of a client-server network—but are you prepared to handle the maintenance? If [...]

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A critical vulnerability in Windows XP has been revealed that involves the Windows and Help support center, a Web-based feature providing technical support information to end users. The vulnerability can potentially allow a remote hacker to take complete control of a victim’s machine. Systems running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 using many major browsers, [...]

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A recent report, released by Osterman Research and sponsored by software vendor Commtouch, reports that the incidents of outbound spam is getting worse. The research firm interviewed 266 end users of internet service providers and 100 web hosting companies. Almost 40% of respondents have had their IP addresses listed on Real Time Blackhole Lists (RBLs) [...]

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Online security website OneITSecurity recently interviewed Charlie Miller, second-year Pwn2Own contest champion, and he shared several interesting insights on browser security – especially with the use of Adobe’s Flash plugin. In Pwn2Own, a contest held in CansecWest Conference, participants are offered a reward for finding vulnerabilities in popular software and operating systems.
Charlie’s interview is particularly [...]

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Industry analyst IDC predicts that the global economic recession will have a dramatic impact on small and mid-sized companies, but that doesn’t means these companies will stop spending on information technology (IT).
“Small and mid-sized businesses…will be increasingly interested in the productivity gains made possible by advanced technology,” said Raymond Boggs, vice president of SMB research [...]

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There are few (if any) people who’ll tell you that technology has reached its limit. On the contrary, technology continues to grow every day, leaving information technology companies scrambling to keep up and not get left behind.
The demands of your industry can be taxing, but one way to make sure that you’re one of those [...]

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 28, 2010 –ShoreTel® (NASDAQ: SHOR), the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC), is pleased to announce that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), a global, integrated media company, named ShoreTel for IBM Foundations as a 2010 TMC Labs Innovation Award winner presented by its publication Unified [...]

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Consider this:  according to research by technology analyst group Gartner, beyond 2010 end users, not the IT department, will be responsible for 50 percent of business IT procurement decisions—ultimately bringing and running their own systems on company networks. Meanwhile, according to management consultants Accenture, around one-third of today’s new generation of workers (a group they call [...]

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