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What is a network router?

Network technology has evolved, especially since the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI), and the role and the value of the router has grown significantly,

By Keith Shaw and Dan Muse

Aug 13, 20248 mins

Unified CommunicationsVirtualizationWAN

Articles

Cisco weds collaboration and SD-WAN

Cisco is adding Webex collaboration to its SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp to support group video calls regardless of where participants are located.

By Michael Cooney

Jan 25, 2022 2 mins

Collaboration SoftwareSD-WANSmall and Medium Business

Cisco upgrades network and collaboration tools for hybrid work

Cisco is integrating its ThousandEyes agents to the Webex collaboration platform to give greater visibility into conferencing connections.

By Michael Cooney

Oct 26, 2021 6 mins

Asset Management SoftwareCisco SystemsSmall and Medium Business

Gartner: Worldwide IT outlay to hit $4T in 2021

Gartner forecasts the biggest growth in IT spending this year will be on laptops, mobile phones and enterprise software.

By Michael Cooney

Apr 7, 2021 3 mins

Collaboration SoftwareData CenterSmall and Medium Business

Telehealth usage soars during COVID-19

Telemedicine is seeing rapid adoption gains as physicians and patients become more comfortable using videoconferencing for telehealth visits.

By Patrick Nelson

Sep 10, 2020 3 mins

MobileSmall and Medium BusinessVideoconferencing

From Olympic Ice to Field Hospital in a Couple of Weeks

Jun 30, 2020 4 mins

Collaboration SoftwareNetwork Management SoftwareSmall and Medium Business

Avaya repositions itself as cloud provider for unified communications

Customers can choose on-prem deployments or opt for a cloud service from Avaya.

By Andy Patrizio

Aug 17, 2020 2 mins

Collaboration SoftwareSmall and Medium BusinessUnified Communications

As work-at-home increases, so do attacks on VoIP and unified communications

By Zeus Kerravala

Jun 18, 2020 5 mins

NetworkingUnified CommunicationsVoIP

The pandemic reveals the need for better telemedicine

As the COVID-19 crisis grew, areas that lacked high-speed internet access couldn’t benefit from remote telehealth exams.

By Zeus Kerravala

May 11, 2020 5 mins

Cellular NetworksInternetVideoconferencing

Videoconferencing quick fixes need a rethink when the pandemic abates

Enterprises accelerated their videoconferencing deployments to fill a sudden void. Ensuring network availability, scalability and security requires long-term thinking.

By Sharon Gaudin

Apr 13, 2020 10 mins

InternetNetworkingVideoconferencing

Cisco pays $8.6M to settle security-software whistleblower lawsuit

Cisco will pay $2.6 million to the federal government and up to $6 million to 15 states in a settlement over video security software it stopped selling in 2014

By Michael Cooney

Aug 1, 2019 4 mins

SecurityVideoconferencing

IT needs to make mobile unified communications a priority

As more corporate workers rely on mobile devices, enterprises need to adopt mobile unified communications, which is easier to scale and manage than wired UC.

By Craig Mathias

Mar 25, 2019 9 mins

MobileSmall and Medium BusinessUnified Communications

How to tame enterprise communications services

Voice, video, email, file sharing, collaboration – organizations need a solid strategy to assure more manageable, cost-effective, and secure enterprise communications.

By Craig Mathias

Dec 11, 2018 9 mins

Collaboration SoftwareSmall and Medium BusinessUnified Communications

10 competitors Cisco just can't kill off

With such a broad array of products and backed by vast financial resources, Cisco faces challenges on all fronts, making it possible for other behemoths and even some small competitors to persist

By Michael Cooney

May 11, 2018 6 mins

ServersUnified CommunicationsWAN

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Articles

Cisco weds collaboration and SD-WAN

Cisco upgrades network and collaboration tools for hybrid work

Gartner: Worldwide IT outlay to hit $4T in 2021

Telehealth usage soars during COVID-19

From Olympic Ice to Field Hospital in a Couple of Weeks

Avaya repositions itself as cloud provider for unified communications

As work-at-home increases, so do attacks on VoIP and unified communications

The pandemic reveals the need for better telemedicine

Videoconferencing quick fixes need a rethink when the pandemic abates

Cisco pays $8.6M to settle security-software whistleblower lawsuit

IT needs to make mobile unified communications a priority

How to tame enterprise communications services

10 competitors Cisco just can't kill off

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