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Featured Articles BlackBerry Smartphones with 7 and 7.1 OS Gain FIPS Certification Google Docs on Android: List of Pro's and Cons TransNexus Enhances Least Cost Routing Solution with VoIP Case Study Measures Business VoIP Success for Manufacturer   Sponsored By: Panasonic SIP Corded and Cordless Phone Systems Thanks to Panasonic, there are now a variety of SIP phone options designed specifically to meet the needs of small and mid-sized businesses. Customers can choose from cordless and and corded lineups, the latter of which just added its newest model, the KX-UT670, Panasonic's Smart Desk Phone. Panasonic is making a big splash in the SIP market. Last year, Panasonic's SIP UT Series was named Best-of-Show in the Open Source Category at ITEXPO West 2011. Introducing Panasonic's SIP phones - the perfect communications tool for businesses or home offices.   Top Stories » Kunnect Launches First Free Call Center Solution » Iridium Chipset-Based Modem from Quake Global Achieves Iridium Certification » Business VoIP Provider Acrobits Unveils SIP App for iPhone » Revolabs Debuts the Revolabs FLX VoIP   From The Expert Corner Mobile IT and Device Management is No Monkey Business February 06, 2012 By Julie Griffin Contributing Writer What do apes running around in West Africa with AK-47’s have to do with IT mobility? Recently, the execs of mobile device management providers MobileIron, Apperian, Good Technology and Tangoe (News - Alert) joined together to give a lecture called, “Mobilizing Your Business: Challenge or Opportunity,” and played this video to warn companies of what will happen if they allow their employees too many liberties with using their mobile devices at work. The video was likely an attempt to add some comic relief to an otherwise dry corporate IT event. But the video may also reflect some of the fears companies have had about adjusting their enterprise and compromising security in order to indulge the needs of their employees. In a technologically progressive work setting, how can employers who encourage tech-innovation stifle their employees from using methods that they have found to best progress their production? Well, they really can’t and even farmers in South Korea rely on smartphones as a vital tool in maintaining the modern farm. Forrester (News - Alert) Research reports that 77 percent of smartphones used at work are phones that the employees themselves have selected. People in the tech-industry are also more likely to prefer to purchase the phone they want, than to settle for some archaic corporate-issued Blackberry... Read More   Featured Video Communications Continuity Roundtable   TMCnet Free Premium Content » Increasing Marketing Campaign Profitability with Predictive Analytics » Customer analytics pay off: Driving top-line growth by bringing science to the art of marketing » Decisions That Drive Success    Latest Blogs » Billionaire Gives Secrets to Startup Success » Forget Super Wi-Fi! Go with Super Wi-Fi! Wait. What? » Making Hosted UC Simple   Featured Channels » VoIP Solutions » Business VoIP » Virtual PBX   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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