Securing the Data Center’s Future Today

The highlight of last month’s RSA Conference for me by far was Cisco Systems Senior Vice President, Chris Young’s keynote entitled, Securing the Data Center’s Future Today. I heard of the former RSA VP and VMware exec at the 2012 RSA Conference. The Harvard and Princeton grad is a compelling speaker, and this year’s keynote was no different.

Young focused his attention on software-defined networking which is the “game changer” for the next generation of data centers.

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Engaging Suppliers in Change Management

Once an organization has categorized suppliers, one of the benefits that is quickly realized is an understanding of how supplier changes affect the buying organization and vice-versa. Changes are the modification, addition, or removal of something from the environment. The scope and scale of each change can be different. Change management covers everything from regular, low-risk, operational modifications all the way to significant organizational strategic shifts.

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IPv6 — Are You Ready?

Most of the major ISPs around the world have already implemented IPv6 on their networks. Most of the top Internet destinations already support IPv6 connections from visitors. Most of the operating systems and browsers in use today support IPv6. So, are you ready for IPv6? For the most part, the typical Internet user will not […]

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Unifying Avaya Aura Messaging

Avaya Aura Messaging (AAM) is the newest messaging product for the Avaya Aura platform. AAM brings flexibility that’s beneficial in today’s market place with Linux-based servers, system platform virtualization, and SIP installations for compatibility with the Avaya Communication Manager and the Avaya CS1000 call servers. AAM provides three separate options for end-users to store and access messages. With AAM, customers can store and retrieve messages from within the Avaya Message Store, Microsoft Exchange Server, or a combination of both.

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