Expert Insights
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Messaging and Cloud Computing Are Totally Trending
Read moreIf you look at the news from the ITC industry, it seems like everything today is about messaging and cloud services.
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Consultants Warn Companies to Be Cautious with WhatsApp
Read moreUsing WhatsApp as a company poses problems when it comes to the German Data Protection Act, because contacts from the user’s cell phone are transferred to WhatApp’s servers. Corporate users of the service could be held liable (accompanied by significant monetary penalties!), because they are aware of this. Attorneys therefore unanimously recommend not using WhatsApp…
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“Panama Papers”: Recent news underscores critical nature of security
Read moreWhat will be the long terms effects of the Panama Papers? While we can’t tell you that, it is clear that data security and protection is a theme which will play out over and over in the coming days, months, and years. Those at the Cloud Security Alliance have dove deeper into just how at…
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How the @ got into the email address: Communications pioneer Ray Tomlinson dies at the age of 74
Read moreHe is known as the inventor of the first modern email: In 1971 US informatics expert Ray Tomlinson succeeded in sending a message between two computers for the first time. Email, as we now know it, was born. But something else has also survived the years – the @ sign.
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Seamless communication processes via the SAP Cloud
Read moreBe it offers, orders, customer or delivery documents, alerts, invoices or transport requests: in many companies business communication still takes place via decentralized infrastructures, inflexible solutions or outdated equipment. However, things are moving. A rising number of companies have realized that also with regard to these business processes, the solution lies in the cloud: This…
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Gartner Hype Cycle: When a trend is really a trend
Read moreFor more than 20 years the analysts at Gartner have been using their “Hype Cycle” to throw light on the development of technological trends. But what do Gartner’s experts say about cloud fax services? Have they already arrived at the “Plateau of Productivity” or is the “Trough of Disillusionment” just around the corner?
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How “funky” is the fax actually these days?
Read moreThe Financial Times recently investigated this question in an article on the future of business communication. Pointing to numerous research examples, the newspaper shows impressively that there continue to be compelling use cases for fax as a communication medium. From the medical sector right through to the internet economy, companies around the globe are set…
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Cloud instead of FoIP: Smooth fax communication despite IP changeover
Read moreBy using the Retarus Cloud Fax Services companies that migrate their telephony to VoIP or affected by the change to VoIP of the telecommunications providers can further ensure maximum deliverability of their fax broadcasts.
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New phishing attacks using correct address details
Read moreMalicious emails are becoming more and more sophisticated: recently our spam experts discovered a new form of message which integrates personal details – including the recipient’s correct address and telephone data. The layout of the emails was deceptively similar to real Amazon messages. To find out more about these new attacks and get useful tips…