Alcatel-Lucent Making Communications Networks and the Cloud Perfect Together - Internet Telephony

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Featured Articles » VoIP Equipment Leader Embraces Spirit of Giving Back as Holidays Approach » Verizon to White Label inContact's Hosted Call Center Solution » IP Phone Maker Yealink Spotted at BroadSoft Connections and AstriCon Last Month » GMT's On-Demand Call Center Workforce Management Solution Reduces Labor Costs, Improves Operational Efficiency   Sponsored By: Alcatel-Lucent The new conversation experience opens up the potential to create a limitless conversation experience. It's about customers getting value for their money and recognizing that free is not always better. The new conversation experience tears down the barriers between digital connections and conversations and creates the 'wow' experience that customers want.   Top Stories » snom Unveils 7xx Series of Business VoIP Phones » Hamilton-Madison House Opts for Votacall VoIP Platform » Mobile Unified Communications: Aurobindo Deploys Mobile Intelligence for iPad Software » Unified Messaging: Symantec Introduces Instant Messaging Security » TI Unveils TMS320C66x Multicore DSPs with Ultra-Low Power and Unmatched Performance » Securigy Unveils SKAIFO - Skype Add-In for Outlook » Seven Communication Service Providers Chosen for Inaugural Calix Innovation Awards » LG-Ericsson Unveils Virtual IP-PBX Specifically for Small Businesses   From The Expert Corner November 17, 2011 Alcatel-Lucent Introduces CloudBand - Making Communications Networks and the Cloud Perfect Together By Peter Bernstein, Senior Editor Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) on November 17 performed a significant seeding of the cloud services market with the introduction of CloudBand™ — the foundation of what Alcatel-Lucent is calling “Carrier Cloud” services. CloudBand comprises two distinct elements: CloudBand Management System – delivers orchestration and optimization of services between the communications network and the cloud. CloudBand Node – a family of various sized facilities, driven by communication service provider (CSP (News - Alert) needs, that provides the computing, storage and networking hardware and associated software to host a wide range of cloud services close to where the demand for such capabilities are generated. The vision for the new offering is simple. CloudBand capabilities are designed tobring together the computing power and flexibility of the cloud with the high performance, reliability and security of communications networks. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) sees this as the foundation for a new class of “Carrier Cloud” services, and part of the core for building a “Virtual Telco.” However, fulfilling the vision has been no easy undertaking, particularly since ALU had two significant objectives in mind... Read More   Featured Video Interview with Interactive Intelligence   TMCnet Free Premium Content » Your Customers are on the Smartphone. Is Your Call Center? » Seven Best Practices for Improving Multichannel Agility » Five Questions to Ask Before You Make Your Unified Communications Choice » Building the Complete Solution; an IP PBX Alone is not Enough    Latest Blogs » Polycom RealPresence Connects Non-standard TIP TelePresence Systems » Oh no! VoIP is Going Down. Big Bad Bear Economy Taking its Toll   Featured Channels » #1 VoIP Enabler: Risk-free, Quick & Easy Deployment » Video Conferencing » Mobile Unified Communications » HD Voice   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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