Avaya IPO could be imminent
Avaya could file for an initial public offering of $1 billion, which could result in the company being valued at $5 billion, according to a published report.
Avaya could file for an initial public offering of $1 billion, which could result in the company being valued at $5 billion, according to a published report.
Polycom and HP have announced a broad strategic alliance: Polycom will acquire HP's visual collaboration business and the two companies will partner for telepresence and video unified communications solutions.
Social media platforms such as <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/052610-twitter-quiz.html">Twitter</a>, Facebook and LinkedIn increasingly are being used by enterprises to engage with customers, build their brands and communicate information to the rest of the world.
The adoption of video conferencing is on the rise and according to analyst firm Ovum, large enterprises are driving this trend.
A marketing promotion by the <a href="http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/mil/fan_forum/wheresbernie.jsp">Milwaukee Brewers</a> to have baseball fans hunt for 1,400 little Bernie Brewer statues across Wisconsin to win tickets and autographs has created a social media storm this week because of people who didn't play fair.
Avaya is updating its IP Office communications platform for small businesses to add collaboration features from its enterprise-grade communication <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/server.html">server</a>, including <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/091510-avaya-tablet.html">Avaya Flare</a> Experience desktop videoconferencing.
Security firm HackLabs is expected to demonstrate at AusCERT 2011 how hackers perform VoIP attacks and identify weaknesses in Cisco and other manufacturers VoIP phones.
Skype voice and video has tended to trigger IT security angst, and now that Microsoft has bought Skype, some observers are voicing hope that the service will be improved to help it be better managed in an enterprise setting.
How do you solve a problem like Apple and Google?
Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter open threats to sensitive corporate data that businesses need to deal with aggressively, Interop attendees were told.
You're staring at your iPad 2 screen, at what looks like four pictures of four coworkers quartering the display. And then one of them waves at you. And you wave back. And the videoconference starts.
The success of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/060309-apple-quiz.html">Apple</a>'s <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> and Google's <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> operating system has sent a clear signal to <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/">Microsoft</a>: Mobility is the future.
LAS VEGAS -- At <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041811-interop-planner.html">Interop</a> this week, HP unveiled products supporting a new architecture that attempts to unify enterprise <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/data-center.html">data center</a>, campus and branch networks under a common and consistent operating environment.
Although Research in Motion made its name by delivering secure corporate email, it has had to move quickly to adapt to the ever-shifting world of social networking.
President Obama's late-night announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden by Navy SEALs triggered a massive amount of real-time comments, searches, social networking and video streaming. The traffic explosion bogged down news pages and for a while even crashed CNN's mobile news site.