In this issue you'll find a guide to upgrading from CallManager and Unity to Unified Communications Manager version 6, tips on preparing for converged mobile devices, photos of one server room's makeover, and a profile of SOS Convergence Engineer Santosh More. If you have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear from you. Please call 916-577-1711 with any comments or questions. - Gia McNutt
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SOS GUIDE TO CISCO UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER 6
Should you upgrade from CallManager or Unity to UCM 6?
SOS Cisco Practice leader Mike Stewart reviews new features, technical advances, migration tips, and cost-benefits of upgrading from CallManager and Unity to UCM version 6.
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WHAT'S NEXT IN INTEGRATION
Getting ready for true mobile convergence
With today’s hardware, carrier networks and premise-based technologies, a converged mobile device is now a possibility. Here are tips from carrier services expert Patrick Wefers.
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GOING HANDS FREE
The top two bluetooth headsets for hands-free talking
Starting July 1st, California law requires drivers to use their cell phones hands free. Here are two of the best bluetooth headsets we have come across, and how to get them.
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MEET THE TEAM
An interview with convergence engineer Santosh More
Santosh More joined SOS in 2005 as a convergence engineer. Before that, he worked as a research assistant in Cisco’s labs while earning a master’s degree in computer networking at Wichita State University, then went up to New England to design VoIP systems for the New Haven Board of Education in Connecticut.
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PHOTOS
Before and after -- one server room's makeover
 "DO NOT TOUCH ANY OF THESE WIRES," read the handwritten sign in this server room, before our brave client straightened things out.
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