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Unified Communications

Unified Communications

UC represents a suite of tools for communications and collaboration that enables real-time, rich information exchange.

Data/Web

Data/Web

Data & web conferencing are enhancements to audio and video conferencing to allow people to share information.

Video Conferencing / TelePresence

Video Conferencing / TelePresence

Videoconferencing and Telepresence provide unprecedented value in remote collaboration, enabling a rich level of communications previously only experienced when in the participants meet in person.

Managed Services

Managed Services

Managed services provide customers with the ability to fully outsource the management and support of conferencing (audio, web, video & telepresence) to an experienced and trained staff.

Audio Conferencing

Audio Conferencing

The oldest and most heavily used method of collaboration, the audio conference call allows multiple people in different locations to meet virtually to share ideas

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Fear and Paranoia! – Your House Is Unsecure (if you leave the door open!)

Posted by David Danto on January 23rd, 2012

A very provocative article ran in the January 23rd New York Times entitled  “Cameras May Open Up the Board Room to Hackers.”  The subtitle of this article is “Flaws in videoconferencing systems make boardrooms vulnerable.”  

As I read this article it brought to mind one of my favorite quotes from HL Menken (and I’m paraphrasing here) that ‘All complex problems have answers that are clear, simple and wrong.’

Would you call a house design “flawed” because leaving the door unlocked is a security risk?  Would you call PC designs “flawed” if the users don’t activate a log-in password?  Would you call your credit card “flawed” if you leave it lying around so people can see the numbers?

At some point in every life endeavor the responsibility to ensure that we are secure belongs to each of us as individuals.  There is no inherent flaw in a technically solid system that has been stupidly implemented.

 

What role do you see tablets and other smart mobile devices playing in enterprise-level collaboration solutions?

Posted by IMCCA Admin on January 7th, 2012

One of our members asks,"What role do you see tablets and other smart mobile devices playing in enterprise-level collaboration solutions?"

This week's answer is provided by Rick Snyder.  Rick is the Vice President of Cisco’s Global Enterprise Partner Organization and the chairman of the IMCCA.