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Unified Communications
Unified Communications is rapidly being deployed across enterprises as companies seek to converge their voice and messaging and integrate their business processes with their communications. The aim is to improve both employee convenience and productivity but also shorten and improve decision making by fully exploiting the flexibility of multiple devices and real time networks.
Here we bring together all the latest developments, products and news relating to Unified Communications, your one stop to stay upto date in the fast moving world of Unified Communications technology and deployments.
NewsUC Lost by Bad Management
The promise of unified communications can be ruined by bad
management practices. Employees are starting to push back on the model of always
on/always reachable. Promised productivity gains are Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Euro VoiceCon
TechWeb (the company formerly known as CMP) announced
VoiceCon Amsterdam, the first European venture for the VoiceCon brand. Large increases in exhibitors and attendees at events in San Francisco Read more...
Verizon Business VoIP, UC Expand Across Europe
NXTcomm08, Las Vegas--Verizon Business has announced the expansion of
their VoIP and UC offerings across Europe. The Verizon VoIP portfolio has been extended to Span, Italy,
Ireland and Sweden; Read more...
NXTcomm08: Microsoft Announces Hosted UC solution; Nortel delivers first
NXTcomm08, Las Vegas--Microsoft
announced a fully hosted unified communications (UC) solution, with Nortel
leading the way on delivery. Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration
(HMC) Read more...
UC: Baffling but Creeping
Research is all over the map about unified communications
(UC). Forrester says most small and
large enterprises are uncertain about UC while Nemertes Research says UC
projects are moving forward, Read more...
Aculab Releases Microsoft OCS Servers
Targeting both enterprises and service providers, Aculab has
released two new variants of its 1U ApplianX Gateway product for Microsoft
Office Communications (OCS) 2007. Customers can select an OCS Read more...
CONTACT CENTER CORNER: UC KillerApp = Contact Center?
A number of people have circled contact centers as the
"killer app" for unified communications (UC) with Information Week taking the latest look at how UC seems to be the
perfect fit for the call Read more...
The Nortel Energy and Charm Offensives
Last month, Nortel launched
its "ruthless" Cisco Energy Tax campaign at Interop. More recently, the company has engaged in a
sustained charm campaign to woo the Read more...
Social Security's VoIP and UC Future
INNUA Global Connect 2008, Grapevine, TX - Tom Hughes, CIO
of the Social Security Administration (SSA) and one of Nortel's most important
customers, said the agency is moving into a future that it Read more...
UC Confuses SMBsAccording to a study released by bMighty.com, small and midsized companies really aren't getting "it" when it comes to unified communications. Two-thirds Read more... | Press ReleasesMitel Launches Advanced IP Telephony and Unified Communications Solutions for SMBsOTTAWA, Ontario, Canada - June 30, 2008 – Mitel®,
the trusted provider of unified communications solutions for growing
businesses, today announced several enhancements to its market Read more... JAJAH Helps Softphone Companies Go for Hard Market GainsMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - June 26, 2008) - JAJAH,
the leading managed services provider in IP-telecommunications, announced
today its platform has been Read more... Sipera Simplifies SIP Trunking, Enhances Security for Unified CommunicationsRichardson, TX, June 24, 2008 – Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time Unified Communications (UC)
security, today announced its Sipera IPCS™ security appliances have
been upgraded to Read more... Objectworld Teams Up with Dialogic to Deliver Unified Communications to Existing PBX SystemsOTTAWA, Canada — June 23, 2008 — Objectworld
Communications Corp, today announced it has partnered with Dialogic
Corporation, a global provider of world-class products and Read more... SER and VPI Partner to Deliver Superior Call Recording and Workforce Optimization Solutions to Contact CentersDulles, Virginia – June 24, 2008 – SER, a leading provider of contact management and speech analytics
solutions and VPI (Voice Print International, Inc.), a leading provider
of Read more... |
