Volcanoes: A new business case for UC

Sure the swine flu had us all hunkered down in our biohazard bunkers using Cisco Telepresence to weather the flu season, but a new and unexpected threat has reared its ugly head. Volcanoes! Yes, thats right, of all the things to keep economic recovery down, mother nature has decided to completly shut down business travel to, from and within Europe through the clever use of magma and clouds of ash. Never fear, as a number of unified communications oppurtunists have pointed out, companies using UC can get an edge while the competition gets covered in volcanic debris.

According to Outsourcery, businesses using integrated communications solutions like instant messaging, presence information and voice and video conferencing, are not being disrupted by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. When face to face meetings get cancled do to flight groundings, a be replaced with a quick telepresence meeting.

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