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Featured Articles » Libya Could Produce More Solar Energy than Oil, Study Says » American Idlers: Big Rigs Adopt Solar Technology to Reduce Idling Time » Toledo Wal-Mart Set to be Among Few with Solar Power » Indonesia's Textile Industry Strives to Go Green Amid Chinese Competition   Sponsored By: Sangoma Technologies WEBINAR: Defining Best Practices For Deploying a Resilient UC and SIP Trunking Solution using Microsoft® Lync® Tuesday, March 12, 2013 TIME: 2:00PM ET/ 11:00 AM PT REGISTER TODAY! Insight on Smaller, multi-site Microsoft LYNC deployments with SIP Trunking and SBCs Two of the hottest topics in the IP Communications space are about to converge; deploying a UC Solution with Microsoft Lync and the fast growing technology of SIP Trunks. Fold in the concern of providing both of these services with the resiliency and reliability of a more traditional PBX solution and the need is clear for a new set up with "Best Practices" for deploying this important solution set. As forward-looking companies around the globe are realizing the cost savings and workforce productivity gains using unified communications solutions, such as Microsoft(R) Lync(R) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking, deploying these solutions in smaller or multi-site companies bring a unique set of challenges. These types of sites often do not have the on-site support staff to manage these implementations on a day-to-day basis. Implementations need to be extremely reliable and continue to deliver key services, even in the event that one component or connection fails. This unique on-line panel discussion, will discuss these issues and recommendations for successfully addressing them. A panel of experts such as this is usually only assembled for industry events with a big price tag for attending. This is a rare opportunity to hear and interact with a panel of this caliber as this in a free webinar. Discussion Will Include: Security and interoperability best practices with Microsoft Lync Potential saving from using SIP Trunking Keys to evaluating SIP Trunking service providers Benefits of an Enterprise Session Border Controller (eSBC) Adding survivability with a qualified Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) Creating resiliency with Failover, Dynamic Routing and Local Registration Capabilities   Top Stories » RF Code New Bundle of Environmental Monitoring Now Available » Arpin Renewable Energy Partners with eNow » Italy's Habitat Lab Picks SAGE Dynamic Glass to Build Eco-Friendly 'Living Laboratory' » Privia to Provide Enterprise Content Management System for NREL   From The Expert Corner March 06, 2013 UK Farmers Reap Financial Advantages of Renewable Energy By Cheryl Kaften TMCnet Contributor As the United Kingdom’s National Farmers Union (NFU) Farm Energy Service celebrates its first anniversary, record levels of interest are being reported in renewable energy as a source of income among growers struggling to make ends meet. Although England has invested hugely in wind and hydropower, among farmers, 52 percent of inquiries related to deployment of solar generation—perhaps because of the topology and location of their agricultural properties. Another 30 percent of renewable queries related to wind turbines, which can offer rates of return as high as 25 percent in blustery areas. RenewableUK—a London-based organization that “acts as a catalyst for policy change to support the deployment of wind, wave and tidal energy”—suggests that most wind farm installations for 2012 were up to 80 kilowatts (kW), earning farmers between £12,000  and £50,000 (US$18,000 and  US$75,000) a year. Specifically, over the past 12 months, of the 1,550 referrals received by the NFU Farm Energy Service, those in the renewable energy segment broke down to... Read More    Featured Videos GreenTouch & Alcatel-Lucent Save Energy in Wireline    Featured Resources » How Oracle Fusion Middleware Can Address Data Challenges OEMs & ISVs Face Designing and Deploying Smart Grid Solutions   Featured Channels » Renewable Energy » Wind Power » Solar Power   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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