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Unified Communications Security

• February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20

  External collaboration in Webex Teams limited by new security control

  Cisco is attempting to improve security for external collaboration in Webex Teams with a new feature for IT admins.

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Cisco security flaw leads to $8.6M payout in whistleblower case

  The settlement resolves allegations that a Cisco security flaw left governments vulnerable to hackers for years without the company taking action.

• May 24, 2019 24 May'19

  Expanded deal with Collab9 brings Avaya cloud to governments

  Avaya has expanded its partnership with Collab9 to bring Avaya cloud UC and contact center products to federal, state and local governments.

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  DHS, SecureLogix develop TDoS attack defense

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and vendor SecureLogix are making 'rapid progress' in developing a TDoS attack defense. The technology is expected in the coming months.

• December 19, 2017 19 Dec'17

  Microsoft Teams calling, Cisco Spark security get updates

  New Microsoft telephony tools put some pressure on Skype for Business users to switch to Teams. Meanwhile, Cisco Spark security gets a key certification.

• June 13, 2017 13 Jun'17

  IBM collaboration portfolio boosted by XCC acquisition

  Analysts discuss IBM strengthening Connections by acquiring an intranet platform, Mitel's IoT and collaboration application, and the growing need for cloud-based security services.

• March 10, 2017 10 Mar'17

  Enterprise cloud adoption slow, but momentum building

  Historically, cloud technology has scared off large enterprises due to security concerns. Now, as cloud security improves, enterprise cloud migration is on the rise.

• February 22, 2017 22 Feb'17

  UC security lags despite the cloud creating new threats

  UC security is not a priority, according to a survey of IT professionals. But security should not be overlooked, as cloud UC creates new risks.

• January 13, 2017 13 Jan'17

  A Skype for Business deployment requires plenty of planning

  Here's some advice for a Skype for Business deployment: Plan, plan, plan. Doing your homework upfront and allotting enough network capacity should alleviate headaches later.

• January 12, 2017 12 Jan'17

  Microsoft team collaboration software gains momentum

  In UC news, Microsoft team collaboration tools garner more interest among organizations. Plus, email encryption services see increased demand to mitigate data breaches.

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  IBM buys Ustream, launches cloud video service

  This week in UC news, IBM has acquired Ustream and added cloud-based video to its cloud service portfolio, while a survey found the hosted PBX market is steadily growing.

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  UC briefs: Microsoft tops social software in the workplace

  Gartner's Magic Quadrant report for enterprise social software named Microsoft a market leader, while Polycom's third-quarter revenue is seeing short- and long-term declines.

• August 10, 2015 10 Aug'15

  UC blogs: Approaches to public cloud security monitoring

  In UC blogs, analysts discuss how enterprises approach public cloud security monitoring and the different categories of contact center chat vendors.

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  UC briefs: Silent Circle joins Android for Work program

  In UC news, Silent Circle announces its Blackphone 2 will launch as part of the Android for Work program, while Jive will release its mobile directory app this month.

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  UC blogs: Building on your enterprise mobility strategy

  In UC blogs this week, analysts discuss how a mobile center of excellence can support an enterprise mobility strategy and how enterprises can evaluate PaaS applications.

• July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15

  UC briefs: Video conferencing services grow worldwide

  In UC news, a Technavio report shows the trends in the global video conferencing services market, while Office 365 previews Skype for Business updates.

• May 12, 2015 12 May'15

  UC blogs: The evolution of video collaboration in education

  In this week's blogs, analysts discuss how video collaboration has evolved in the education industry and whether video integration is a threat to WebRTC PaaS.

• May 07, 2015 07 May'15

  Enterprises must be proactive in DDoS mitigation

  DDoS attacks are more prevalent than ever and enterprises can't always rely on their service providers for protection. Learn what enterprises should do for effective DDoS mitigation.

• March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15

  UC blogs: Kontiki's video streaming platform rebrand

  In this week's UC blogs, analysts discuss why Kontiki's video streaming platform rebrand is signaling a market change and how LogMeIn finally got contact center video right.

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Striving for secure unified communications

  With security threats on the rise, IT must pay special attention to secure unified communications components, reports Jim Romeo.

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  SecureLogix CTO: The UC network security issues enterprises face

  SecureLogix CTO Mark Collier discusses at Enterprise Connect the UC network security issues enterprises are facing.

• February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11

  VoIP security issues: How you might become a target for TDoS attacks

  The maturation of VoIP deployments has opened UC pros to a new world of VoIP security issues -- telephony denial of service (TDoS) attacks. Contact centers are prime targets.