Amazon targets hotels with Alexa for Hospitality

Networking Digest A roundup of network technology content from TechTarget|June 25, 2018 FEATURED STORY Alexa for Hospitality brings AI voice assistant to hotel rooms by Jonathan Dame, News Writer Alexa for Hospitality will let hotels equip guest rooms with an AI voice assistant familiar to consumers. But Amazon will have to assuage concerns about privacy. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com) Advertisement NEWS   Cisco acquires July Systems for its location, analytics services Cisco buys July Systems to add its cloud-based location services to Cisco's enterprise Wi-Fi platform. Also, Extreme and Ruckus launch improvements to their wireless LANs. (SearchNetworking.com)   Avaya adds real-time speech analytics to contact centers Avaya updated its workforce optimization suite to include real-time speech analytics and automated agent evaluations, playing catch-up with vendors such as Cisco, Genesys and Five9. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   ThousandEyes launches cloud performance monitoring tools ThousandEyes has launched cloud performance monitoring tools. The latest offering provides critical metrics for software running in multi-cloud environments. (SearchNetworking.com)   Silver Peak unveils security partners to bolster SD-WAN Silver Peak SD-WAN now allows service chaining for Forcepoint, McAfee and Symantec security VNFs. Also, ONF targets four technologies to develop -- and four supply chain partners to help. (SearchSDN.com)   Aruba taps ClearPass, Central for SD-Branch management Aruba has introduced a software-defined branch offering. The product works with Aruba ClearPass and Central for management and includes an SD-WAN within a gateway appliance. (SearchNetworking.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Five needed product features to fix network management issues A new survey by Enterprise Management Associates attempts to shed light on the most important tools needed to combat network management issues. (SearchNetworking.com)   Carrier cloud needs 5G wireless networks, other drivers for success While 5G wireless networks appear to be the biggest driver in building the necessary carrier cloud, two other short-term drivers can help complete the carrier network transformation. (SearchTelecom.com)   What does scale mean in relation to SD-WAN? Selecting an SD-WAN option that suits business needs can be daunting, but diving into network scalability requirements, like bandwidth needs and the number of sites, is a good start. (SearchSDN.com)   UDP (User Datagram Protocol) UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is an alternative communications protocol to Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) used primarily for establishing low-latency and loss-tolerating connections between applications on the internet. (SearchNetworking.com)   Conference rooms of the future need IT control, expertise As organizations evaluate their conference rooms of the future, IT groups need to lead these projects to create a consistent meeting room experience for end users. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   Enterprises use network security in the cloud to combat threats The market for network security in the cloud is growing as enterprises shift workloads to the cloud to combat potential data breaches and system threats. (SearchNetworking.com)   What are the caveats of third-party contact center services? If your organization is using third-party contact center services, make sure they integrate deeply with your unified communications environment. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Networking Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Networking Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.