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  • Surface RT: The first Tablet That’s Ready For The Enterprise
    The ASUS TF101 Transformer Android tablet should be recognized as a trailblazer, because it delivered a vision of a lightweight ARM-based mobile device that bridged the tablet experience and promised on-the-go productivity. Unfortunately, the TF101 and its successors didn’t ever…
  • Change - Love It or Hate It, It's Always Here
    Yes – the discussUC website has a different look! Why the change, you ask? Put very simply – the “converged communications/information” industry has changed and continues to do so at an alarmingly high rate. When this site started, UC was…
  • Communications Outsourcing: North American vs. European Market
    Cloud-based, hosted and managed services are turning the traditional IT model on its ear. While IT and communications outsourcing to a cloud or managed service provider is becoming more common among enterprises, managed communications is a different story, and geography…
  • Cisco Declares War on Microsoft Unified Communications System Cisco Declares War on Microsoft Unified Communications System
    Cisco has launched what it calls a frank and direct conversation and a weeks-long debate about what's important when IT executives decide which platforms to choose, and in its initial salvo finds Microsoft lacking in three areas: Microsoft doesn't provide…
  • Apple Faces iPhone Ban In U.S. Apple Faces iPhone Ban In U.S.
    Apple was dealt a significant blow in its ongoing patent battle with Samsung on Tuesday. The U.S. International Trade Commission upheld a ruling that found Apple guilty of infringing on a patent owned by Samsung. The result? Apple may not…
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  • 10 Quotes on Why the iPad Works as a B2B Selling Tool
    In case you hadn’t noticed, enterprise tablet adoption skyrocketed last year, and there’s no reason to expect the trend won’t continue in 2013. While Android continues to make strides, Good Technology reports that the iPad still owns the enterprise tablet market, with nearly 90% of all tablet activations in Q4 2012 going the way of the iOS. For B2B organizations,…
  • MDM Products: More Calls To Secure A Mobile Workforce
    The consumerization of IT, and the enormous popularity of touchscreen devices such as Apple iPads and Google Android tablets, is uprooting traditional approaches to mobile device management (MDM) and data security. Mobile innovations and demand for IT support of the latest devices from the rank-and-file—and C-level executives—can result in cost benefits, despite the security implications of mobile applications and devices…
  • Oracle touts Fusion Apps but affirms commitment to other software lines Oracle touts Fusion Apps but affirms commitment to other software lines
    Oracle touted what it called strong early adoption of its next-generation Fusion Applications on Monday, but also discussed how it will continue to support and add new features to the company's other business software lines, such as E-Business Suite and JD Edwards.
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  • Keeping Company Secrets a Secret with Geo-fencing
    The use of mobile devices, such as tablet computers and smartphones, in the home and the office is no passing fad. The portability and functionality that these devices deliver to users have made them the hot consumer technology, and people who have gotten eerily attached to their tablets are demanding to use them in the office.
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