As technology evolves, there is a never-ending question to designers and implementers: "What is coming next?" The answer is "Collaboration." The move to collaboration is strengthened by the actions of Cisco and Microsoft, as they have each unveiled several collaborative technologies and the means to integrate them utilizing Web 2.0 programming. 

<p>In this exclusive E-Guide from SearchUnifiedCommunications.com, learn more about the intelligent network and how telepresence and visual collaboration is changing the modern enterprise. Uncover the extranet and desktop video requirements driving 2012 telepresence trends and how the iPad is changing enterprise video-conferencing strategies.</p> 

Learn about the most strategic technologies for SMBs going into 2012. The video will focus on the business benefits of SSDs, virtualization, BI, mobility and video conferencing. 

This video describes how to deliver unified communications (UC) quickly, easily, and to virtually any users in any location with a comprehensive, hosted, fully managed UC solution. 

Inter-Process Communications (IPC) makes up the infrastructure that merges voice, data and video applications over a single network by enhancing IP telephony (VoIP) with technology such as conferencing, call transfers and forwarding. 

Inside this exclusive podcast interview, hear how Paul Harder, director of technology of the nonprofit agency The Arc Greater Twin Cities, was able to act as an industry role model by taking advantage of the benefits of social media and foster positive relationships with the business. 

On Wednesday, May 23^rd join us at 10 AM (PDT)/1 PM (EDT) for an informative panel discussion featuring Paul Glen, CEO of Leading Geeks, and Chris Pirillo, founder of LockerGnome, to uncover how to recruit, manage, and leverage the millennials in your business. 

Check out this webcast to learn how you can improve your human capital management strategy and gain a competitive edge in today's tough economy. 

Events such as the financial crisis and the Gulf oil spill have provided fresh impetus for efforts to gain better oversight and coordination across risk and compliance functions. Read this white paper to learn how the integrated management of risk and compliance has developed among corporates in multiple countries and industries. 

This report from the Corporate Executive Board, based on extensive research with Chief Information Security Officers, identifies the top 10 security imperatives for 2012. 

Somewhere between our in-depth consultants’ guides and our short AnalystNotes that discuss specific aspects of IT careers, there is a need for an up-to-dateoverview of IT career structures. This is it. 

Microsoft has turned its Dutch headquarters into a radical experiment which the company believes could point the way to the future of the workplace. Its office at Schiphol airport has done away with dedicated desks and offices and it has given employees the freedom to chose where, when and how they work. 

As outsourcing, global commerce and constantly improving technologycontinue to change the business world, specialized professionals like scientists,engineers and information technology (IT) workers are increasingly beingasked to take on more business-oriented tasks.