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Preparing K-12 Schools for the Wireless Onslaught

March 23, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

Colleges and universities have long had to deal with students bringing all sorts of devices to campus, and wanting to connect to the campus network – usually wirelessly. “Colleges were the original bring your own device test bed,” says Chris Williams, a systems engineer with Carousel Industries. Well now the movement is headed downstream to K-12 schools. Consider what’s happening at Burlington High School in Burlington, Mass. As a story from the Burlington Union explains: Under the guidance of the schools’ Educational Technology Team (ETT), a five-year plan started this fall when every student at BHS received an Apple iPad… Continue Reading ›

Filed Under: IT-Security, Industry Trends and News, Network, Tablets, Wireless Tagged With: BYOD, education, K-12 Schools, tablets, Wireless, Wireless Device Management, wireless networking

Avaya Gives the iPad Flare! Watch the Overview Video

January 26, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

Carousel’s partner, Avaya, today announced the availability of Avaya Flare® Communicator for iPad tablets. Avaya Flare Communicator broadens the next-generation user experience of the Avaya Flare Experience currently delivered on the Avaya Desktop Video Device, to include the market-leading consumer tablet. Avaya Flare Communicator provides mobile workers with secure, next-generation, unified communications and collaboration capabilities over both Wi-fi and 3G networks. Summing up the launch, Avaya explains what users can expect: Avaya launches secure, next-generation mobile collaboration for consumer devices with Apple iPad application – now available through Apple App Store Avaya Flare Communicator enables enterprise-class voice, instant messaging, presence… Continue Reading ›

Filed Under: Carousel Industries News, Tablets, Unified Communications, Video Conferencing, Visual Communications Tagged With: Apple, Avaya, Avaya Flare, iOS, iPad, Mobility, tablets, Unified Communications, video communications

Video on the Go: 3 Tips for Supporting Mobile Video

November 23, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment

Tablet computers are entering the workplace at a furious pace, as employees who use the devices at home look to bring the same level of convenience and productivity to work. That is creating something of a challenge for IT folks, who must ensure they get the same experience in the workplace as they do at home. The issue really comes to a head with respect to video, says Dan Hofferty, national sales manager for visual communications for Carousel Industries. “If you have the ability to do video from your mobile tablet, then you can use it almost as you would… Continue Reading ›

Filed Under: Video Communications, Video Conferencing, Visual Communications Tagged With: mobile video, Mobility, SIP, SIP Trunking, tablets, Unified Communications, video communications, Video conferencing, visual communications, VOIP

Kindle Fire Presents Challenges and Concerns for Corporate IT

October 12, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment

As of this writing, the $199 Kindle Fire, still a month away from shipping, is the most wished-for product in the Amazon.com Electronics area (in fact, various Kindle models take the top 10 spots). While the Fire is a distinctly consumer-oriented device, there are two areas where it may well have enterprises sitting up and taking notice. Amazon Silk: A New Kind of Browser for Mobile Devices First is the Silk browser that comes with the Fire. Silk is a lightweight browser that augments its on-board processor with the power of Amazon Web Services (AWS) computers. As Amazon explains: All… Continue Reading ›

Filed Under: Android, Cloud, Mobility, Tablets, security Tagged With: amazon, Android, cloud, cloud computing, Mobility, public cloud, tablets

Jabra Podcast Interview: In a Unified Communications World, Voice is Still King

August 8, 2011 By Editor 1 Comment

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Imagine you’re viewing a webcast and the presenter runs into a glitch that prevents him from advancing to the next slide for a few seconds. No big deal, we’ve all seen that lots of times, right? You don’t give it a second thought. But what if the audio keeps cutting out, so you’re missing a few words every 30 seconds or so? That you can’t handle; it touches a primal annoyance button deep inside you. If it keeps up you’ll likely click on the X and be done with the whole thing. Such is the power of voice communications, even… Continue Reading ›

Filed Under: Podcasts, Telephony, Unified Communications Tagged With: Call Center, Contact Center, Mobility, smartphones, tablets, Telephony, Unified Communications, video communications, Video conferencing, Voice, VOIP

Virtual Desktops: The Solution to “Three Network Devices per User”

August 5, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment

In some ways, it’s an IT manager’s worst nightmare: seemingly every employee has a laptop, a smart phone and, increasingly, a tablet computer that they want – no, expect – to be able to connect to the company network. We talked about the problem with Phil Magnuszewski, director of data center technologies at Carousel, and, he immediately shared a story that nicely illustrates the issue. “The other day we had a quarterly business review meeting with one of our partner companies, with my boss and I and three others, talking about the whole mobility movement and the idea that everybody… Continue Reading ›

Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization, Mobility, Network, Network Architecture, Smartphone, Tablets, Virtualization Tagged With: assessment, Mobility, network architecture, planning, smartphones, tablets, Virtual Desktops, virtualization

Amcom Interview: The Changing Face of Hospital Communications

June 8, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment

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Remember the days when Communication Systems in hospitals meant pagers for doctors and speaking to an operator before getting transferred to a room for you? Those days are quickly disappearing as hospitals automate processes and make their communications infrastructure the focal point of that effort. Take a listen to this fascinating interview with Brian Edds, from Carousel partner Amcom Software, in which we discuss the ways hospitals are changing and the ways in which they are using data, mobile devices and communications systems to strealine processes, improve patient care and lower costs. Some of the topics we review include: Mobility… Continue Reading ›

Filed Under: Contact Center, Industry Trends and News, Mobility, Podcasts, Productivity, Smartphone, Tablets, Unified Communications, Visual Communications Tagged With: business process, consumer devices, industry trends, Mobility, network security, podcast, Smartphone, tablets, Unified Communications, Video communication

Government says Mobile Devices, Corporations key targets of organized, sophisticated Cybercriminals

May 12, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment

In compelling (at least for a computer security geek) testimony delivered before Congress earlier this week, Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein spoke to the privacy and security threats facing US citizens and corporations from the Department of Justice’s perspective. His comments focused on the explosive growth of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) and the security risks these devices face from what he describes as “organized, international, profit-driven cybercriminals”. He continues: “Every day, criminals hunt for our personal and financial data so that they can use it to commit fraud or sell it to other criminals. The technology revolution has facilitated… Continue Reading ›

Filed Under: Android, Industry Trends and News, Mobility, Smartphone, Tablets, iOS, security Tagged With: Android, consumer devices, Hacking, industry trends, iPad, Mobility, network security, Security, Security breach, smartphones, tablets

5 Technology Companies to Watch

May 5, 2011 By ADonnelly Leave a Comment

Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would have something in common with stock market watchdog theStreet. Much to my surprise, I do! TheStreet just came out with an article on the “5 Cisco Alternatives“, Juniper, Aruba, Polycom, Riverbed and Fortinet, all five of which Carousel represents, and I talk with customers about on a daily basis. TheStreet has noticed a trend that I have personally been seeing as well, “best of breed” is becoming more important than “brand name”. TheStreet’s five technology picks to watch out for are Juniper Networks, Riverbed, Polycom, Aruba Networks and Fortinet. … Continue Reading ›

Filed Under: Mobility, Tablets, Virtualization, Visual Communications, Wireless, Wireless LAN, security Tagged With: Aruba Netowrks, Fortinet, juniper networks, network security, Polycom, Riverbed, tablets, virtualization

Preparing K-12 Schools for the Wireless Onslaught

Avaya Gives the iPad Flare! Watch the Overview Video

Video on the Go: 3 Tips for Supporting Mobile Video

Jabra Podcast Interview: In a Unified Communications World, Voice is Still King

Virtual Desktops: The Solution to “Three Network Devices per User”

Amcom Interview: The Changing Face of Hospital Communications

Government says Mobile Devices, Corporations key targets of organized, sophisticated Cybercriminals

5 Technology Companies to Watch

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