Articles from Communications News (October 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A contrast on social networks.		Brief article	245
Business agility: First American consolidates its IT infrastructure for cost savings and a unified, scalable network for data, voice and video.		Company overview	1895
Company improves voice network: unified communications implementation and a managed service improve its voice system.			1015
Cost-effective data center cooling: economizers and supplemental cooling systems are available to slash electricity bills substantially.	Blough, Bob		594
Cutting edge.		Brief article	97
Data recovery fast and easy: universal imaging allows the deployment of a single master image across all hardware.	Szopinski, Jim		613
Energy efficiency requires focus.		Brief article	258
Events.		Calendar	114
Fiber-to-USB converter.		Brief article	112
Hybrid patch cords.		Brief article	98
More content online.	Anderberg, Ken	Viewpoint essay	367
Mull over these 2009 predictions.			458
New network improves reliability: Texas school district has show-and-tell for new high-performance network infrastructure.			1453
Put office energy hogs on a diet: PC power management is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to green IT.	DiRamio, Denise		620
Server/rack system.		Brief article	110
Software provides low-cost UC: alternative to hardware can eliminate the need for expensive networking upgrades.	Johnson, Bob		481
The Web conferencing review: multimedia conferencing and collaboration packages come in many variations. In this report, we examine three such services.	Smithers, Rob; Milner, Martin		2937
UC for college.		Brief article	94