WHITE PAPER: This paper presumes that your enterprise already has a data network security policy in place. It examines the many different settings that are available to help secure the Cisco IP Phones from potential hacker attacks, and it looks at a selection of Cisco secure infrastructure technologies that are especially useful for protecting voice systems.

Posted: 01 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

CASE STUDY: Manchester College had phone and voicemail systems that had outlived their life expectancy. CDW implemented an advanced unified communications system that brought their phone and voicemail into the 21st century.

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: When working optimally, VoIP can provide businesses with several advantages over traditional phone services. However, there are two basic obstacles confronting administrators in maintaining optimal VoIP operations: security and quality of service (QoS). Learn more about these obstacles and how to overcome them.

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 | Published: 13 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: Whether you are a small business installing your first phone system or a larger organization replacing an existing PBX system, VoIP will change the way you manage and protect your network. Read this paper to take a deeper look at some of the changes you can expect.

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 | Published: 13 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains why unified communications is essential and why Windows® Phones are ideally suited to serve as the "mobile connection" in a unified communication environment.

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009

PODCAST: In this three-part series podcast, hear from an industry expert as he discusses what's new with Windows Phones. Uncover why Windows Phones on Exchange server is the best mix for your enterprise and key advantages of leveraging business applications through Windows Phones.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 20 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains various features (Softkeys) available to the phone while in a call state.

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 | Published: 10 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper is the second in a four-part series that addresses mobile communications in the healthcare industry. Part two takes a closer look at popular communication devices and considers their usefulness and effectiveness within healthcare facilit...

Posted: 08 Nov 2007 | Published: 08 Nov 2007

PODCAST: In this third podcast in a series of three, Augusto Valdez of Microsoft discusses the application advantages of Windows Mobile. Specifically, Valdez reviews what makes Windows phones a good platform for developing mobile applications, how to go about gaining access to applications for Windows phones and how to secure applications on mobile phones.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 20 Nov 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Like all IP traffic, VoIP can be prone to security threats from internal and external attacks and application vulnerabilities. However, potential latency, jitter, packet loss and echo due to an underperforming firewall could significantly degrade communications. The ideal solution would provide comprehensive security that introduces no latency.

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 | Published: 13 Jan 2010

PODCAST: In this second podcast in a series of three, Augusto Valdez of Microsoft discusses the new mobile messaging features of Exchange 2010. Specifically, Valdez highlights the ease of implementing mobile messaging with Exchange 2010 and how to secure and manage devices once they are deployed in an organization.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 20 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper summarizes in question and answer format the many critical factors pertaining to VoIP's viability, regardless of which vendor's IP-PBX system is deployed across the distributed enterprise.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 02 Dec 2008

DATA SHEET: To optimize VoIP deployments, Blue Coat is driving a new generation of solutions designed to accelerate converged IP voice and data networks. With Blue Coat's Application Delivery Network (ADN), IT can deploy comprehensive application visibility, security and acceleration technologies to deliver the highest quality VoIP transactions possible.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 02 Dec 2008

EGUIDE: A company's campus network typically is made up of at least two "hierarchical layers" of LAN switching devices. Within these layers, Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) are used to manage traffic queues. This Pocket E-Guide details the best approach to implanting a Virtual LAN.

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 | Published: 04 Jan 2010

WEBCAST: This videocast shows you how you can actually take control of the mobility revolution and even shape it to your advantage. Discover the technologies and the tools that will enable you to extend the power of your network far beyond the desktop and empower your mobile users.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand

WHITE PAPER: IT executives no longer need to justify their use of Voice over IP—the technology works. It saves companies money, and it enables communication across global boundaries. As companies grow more global, and workers more virtual, employees must be able to communicate with co-workers, partners, customers and suppliers anytime, anywhere.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 | Published: 12 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Media resources are software- or hardware-based components that perform processing on two or more connected media streams. Media Resource design is an important component of overall IP Telephony implementations and care must be taken to ensure that resources are available at the right locations for maximum link efficiency.

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Published: 25 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the need to select Cisco IP Phones, switches, routers for your home lab and explores how to configure the options of VMware so that you can load Cisco Call Manager and Cisco Unity virtual machines in a lab environment.

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 | Published: 10 Feb 2009

EGUIDE: This guide is intended for both IT staff, voice system managers, as well as CIOs. It describes the issues decision makers need to understand as they set out to build a winning unified communication strategy.

Posted: 20 May 2009 | Published: 19 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: The multi-service, mission-critical, business-enabling campus LANneeds consistent features and service reliability from edge to core. Talk to Brocade and find out how to deploy an extraordinary network for the entire enterprise-converged campus to consolidated data center.

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 | Published: 09 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will focus on discovering and implementing Cisco's Unified Mobility solutions so that we can give our mobile employees an easier, and yet, more robust way of communicating, no matter the wired or wireless network they are currently connected to.

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper is the fourth in a four-part series that addresses mobile communications in the healthcare industry. Part Four zeroes in on the features and capabilities that make BlackBerry smartphones an ideal match for healthcare industry requirements.

Posted: 08 Nov 2007 | Published: 08 Nov 2007

VIDEO: This video provides a short primer on VoIP and an attackers' objective.

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 11 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: Get a firsthand look at the next-gen routers that will enable you to create a truly borderless network, while giving you the convenient, powerful network management features you crave in today’s resource-challenged IT environment.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand

WEBCAST: On today's converged networks -- where data traffic competes with latency-sensitive applications such as VoIP, video conferencing, and virtual machines -- only the greediest survive and thrive. Watch this webinar to learn about bandwidth issues, network resource allocation, and real-time applications management.

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand