News from current trade shows and a round-up of upcoming events, 03/26/08 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 Expand Networks Get the Latest on WAN Optimization Download this Executive Guide, "WAN Optimization: How to Rev up Sluggish Applications," to learn how to give your network an extra performance boost. Get tips on how to find the right tools to meet your network and application needs with specific tips in this informative compilation of articles today. Read this Executive Guide now. Join the Network World Technology Opinion Panel You have the insight to help shape the direction of Network World and the IT industry. Be among the select advisors who contribute to online surveys and provide critical feedback. Connect with other technology professionals and have access to the survey results. Join at: RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS VOICECON NEWS 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. Al Gore and Cisco's John Chambers get green together, 03/19/08 Politicians need to get involved quickly to fight against global warming, and unified communications can help in the effort, attendees at VoiceCon Orlando 2008 were told at a teleconferenced keynote today. IBM says traditional e-mail, phones and desktops will go away, 03/19/2008 IBM foresees the demise of e-mail, phones and desktops as unified communications makes it possible to replace them with laptops and other mobile ... Microsoft buys its way into call centers, 03/19/08 Microsoft and Aspect Software are working on a unified contact center that integrates with Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007, potentially pushing the joint products into use in Fortune ... DIRECTORY EXPERTS CONFERENCE NEWS The perfect vehicle for identity At the recent Directory Experts Conference (DEC), Microsoft's Stuart Kwan spoke of what's been called the CANSECWEST NEWS Hackers vs. OSes next week in big money contest, 03/19/08 The security conference that last year made headlines with a hack challenge whose winner walked away with a $10,000 prize is reprising the contest next week -- this time with more money at stake, the contest's organizer said Wednesday. BRAINSHARE NEWS Novell CEO picking his battles, 03/20/08 Novell wants to shed historical comparisons with industry titans and focus on developing its core technologies into a set of infrastructure services it says will define its success going forward, according to company ... 2008 TRADE SHOWS International CES Las Vegas: Jan. 7-10 Macworld Conference & Expo San Francisco: Jan. 14-18 SHARE Technology Exchange Expo Orlando, Fla.: Feb. 24-29 CEBIT Hanover, Germany: March 4-9 INFOSEC WORLD Orlando: March 10-12 VoiceCon Orlando: March 17-20 Spring VON San Jose: March 17-20 Fall VON Boston: Oct. 27-30 CTIA Wireless Las Vegas: April 1-3 Gartner Symposium/IT Expo Las Vegas, April 6-10 Storage Networking World orlando: April 7-10 RSA Conference 2008 San Francisco: April 7-11 Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco: April 22-28 New York: September Berlin: Nov. 5-8 Tokyo: Nov. 15-16 Interop Las Vegas: April 27 - May 2 New York: Sept. 15-19 ITEC Long Beach, Calif.: April 29-May 1 Atlanta: Dec. 2 - 4 Computex Taipei, Taiwan, June 3-7 NXTComm Las Vegas: June 16-19 Storage Decisions 2008 TBA FREE NETWORK WORLD SEMINARS 2008: DEMO 08 Palm Desert, Calif.: Jan. 28-30, 2008 IT Roadmap: Conference and Expo Denver: Mar. 4, 2008 Chicago: Apr. 2, 2008 Boston: Jun. 18, 2008 Atlanta: Jul. 16, 2008 Dallas: Sep. 23, 2008 San Francisco: Nov. 17, 2008 Washington, DC: Dec. 16, 2008 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES 1. 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