NETWORK WORLD ARTICLE: STEVE TAYLOR ON CONVERGENCE & VOIP ALERT 03/24/08 IBM's top 5 predictions for unified communications: Desktop computers and phones will disappear By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick VoiceCon 2008 wrapped up in Orlando last week and the conference was jam-packed with news, announcements, and observable trends so we will spend the next several editions reviewing a few highlights. Today, we'll focus on a keynote and related announcements from IBM. In his keynote address, Mike Rhodin, Lotus Software general manager gave five predictions about global unified communications and in a follow-up interview, Larry got the chance to find out how IBM will invest up to $1 billion to help meet the changing business communications full story Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and of Webtorials. For more detailed information on most of the topics discussed in this article, connect to Webtorials , the premier site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and market research. Taylor can be reached at Larry Hettick is a Principal Analyst at Current Analysis, the leading provider of competitive response solutions. A 25 year industry veteran, he has focused on Convergence and VoIP since 2000. This article is sponsored by Secure Computing Live Webcast: What's your domain's reputation? What's the mail and Web reputation of your domain? Attend Network World's Live Webcast on March 26, and find out via a free report. Discover how services can provide major cost savings and mitigate the business risk posed by modern, targeted and blended attacks. Register today. Compare VoIP Monitoring and Analysis Products. Get side-by-side product comparisons, buying tips, market trend information, case studies and more with Network World's newly enhanced VoIP Monitoring, Analysis and Management Buyer's Guide. Visit now. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Microsoft, IBM commit to unified communications test An informal chat at VoiceCon between Microsoft and IBM leads to an agreement to test each other's unified communications gear in a test. Unified communications early adopters tout benefits, 03/20/08 Businesses presenting their stories at this week's VoiceCon Orlando 2008 are finding that unified communications can increase productivity, reduce costs, speed up customer service and even do good things for... Bain and Huawei throw in the towel; 3Com left out in the cold Bain and Huawei abandon their deal to buy 3Com due to US government pressure. What are 3Com's options now? Open source Asterisk IP PBX needs patches to fix flaws, 03/21/08 Businesses using open-source Asterisk-based IP PBXs should check whether to update the software version they are using in order to rid themselves of vulnerabilities that could compromise the systems. Who is Trixbox? Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese takes a look at Trixbox, the IP telephony company that former Cisco Premier Certified Partner Thomas Techologies recently abandoned Cisco to join. Cisco Subnet's Top 20 Cisco Press books: How do you rate them? Since we launched Cisco Subnet at the beginning of last year, we've been regularly posting exclusive chapters from new and classic Cisco Press books on our site (see our library here ). We've compiled the top 20 most-read Cisco Press book chapters as accessed by our readers over the year. What did you think of the book/chapter? Was it helpful in your job/career? Give your ratings for the top 20 books/chapters here . NEW BLOG: Considering Convergence Matthew Nickasch gets down and dirty with VoIP, looking at open-source software, management issues and much more. Cisco Subnet giveaways Enter to win access to Tech 2000's CCNA Lab Simulator, and enter to win one of 15 copies of Cisco Press' Cisco Networking Simplified, 2nd Edition. Details of these giveaways and more here . LIVE CHAT: Cisco Networking Simplified with Neil Anderson Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 25 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST. Neil Anderson is co-author of the best selling book series, Cisco Networking Simplified. When not writing books, he is the Director of Enterprise Systems Engineering with Cisco Systems. He has more than 20 years of broad experience in communications systems, including public telephone, mobile phone, and IP networks. Neil will be available to answer your questions about network design, wireless networking, VoIP, and video-over-IP systems. 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Verizon gobbles up spectrum at auction 7. Nortel taunts Cisco: Nexus taint no Lexus 8. Young workers pose security challenges 9. Cyber-cop unit girds for uphill battles 10. Another NAC vendor bites the dust 11. QUOTES OF THE WEEK: Notable quotes from the week FEATURED BUYER'S GUIDE: SSL VPN This article is sponsored by Secure Computing Live Webcast: What's your domain's reputation? What's the mail and Web reputation of your domain? Attend Network World's Live Webcast on March 26, and find out via a free report. Discover how services can provide major cost savings and mitigate the business risk posed by modern, targeted and blended attacks. Register today. BONUS FEATURE 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run aDNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. to learn more. 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