Enterprises need to close the collaboration productivity gap created by today's borderless enterprise with its highly distributed, mobile, and empowered workforce. Unified communications, business video, and Web 2.0 applications can close the gap by eliminating the barriers of distance and time so organizations can:

• Shorten decision times
• Accelerate innovation
• Build agility, productivity, and competitive advantage

It is also important that network infrastructure provides the framework that permits rapid deployment of emerging applications that will enhance productivity and increase enterprise revenues.

Please join us for this informative webinar that will demonstrate how an open, secure foundation makes it possible for your team to connect and communicate, and enjoy a rich, collaborative experience from any location.

Bob Ackerman, Editor in Chief, SIGNAL Magazine

Bob Ackerman has been the editor in chief of SIGNAL Magazine for more than seven years. A seasoned technology journalist, Mr. Ackerman also has served as a war correspondent covering the Iraq War embedded with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Prior to becoming SIGNAL’s editor in chief, Mr. Ackerman served as the magazine’s senior editor. He has been with SIGNAL Magazine for more than 18 years, during which he has written hundreds of feature articles and authored more than 200 columns and commentaries. His areas of coverage have spanned topics such as military information systems, foreign affairs, intelligence, laboratory research and development, space technologies, international security, terrorism and information operations. He has won or shared in journalism awards from the Aviation Writers Association; Apex; the Society for Technical Communications; and the American Society of Association Executives.

Guest Speaker:

Kurt Dickey, Unified Communications Specialist, Cisco Federal

Kurt Dickey is a Unified Communication Specialist with Cisco Systems supporting U.S. Defense agencies in the Eastern US, Europe, and the Middle East. He has achieved multiple certifications such as Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Master Certified Netware Engineer (MCNE), Enterprise Certified Netware Engineer, as well as several other Microsoft and Novell certifications. Kurt joined Cisco in 1997 as a Technical Support Specialist. In 1998, he joined the Cisco Federal team as a Systems Engineer supporting the Federal Civilian such as the IRS, Federal Bureau of Prisons, US Courts, EPA, and US Postal Service. In 1999 Kurt began working primarily on the USPS network transformation. Kurt's early IP Telephony accomplishments at the US Postal Office of Inspector General was published in Packet Magazine and Federal Computer week. He was instrumental in complex large scale Unified Communications, Data Center, Security, and Content Delivery solutions.