Communications
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Indian SMBs to spend US$48M on UC
News Country's small and midsize businesses will spend 80 percent of unified communications budget on Web conference and instant messaging tools, notes new study.
Tags: Business, Networking technology, Communications, Open Source, India, Supplier, IP, Tool, Small And Medium Business, On-demand
More Asian firms IM to communicate
News Instant messaging emerging as popular collaboration and communication tool among enterprises in Asia-Pacific region, Springboard research finds.
Tags: Instant messaging, Communications, instant messaging tool, Tencent, Instant messaging, Communications, messaging, China, small and medium business, IM
Unified comms adoption in APAC still slow
News Few organizations in Asia understand how to unify their communication systems and majority of early adopters are larger enterprises, new study finds.
Tags: Communications, VoIP/IP telephony, India, IP, wireless phone, Tool, Small And Medium Business, Australia, Springboard Research, phone
Avaya's Nortel buy could cause trouble for Cisco
News If Avaya succeeds in bid, the new entity would be "a very credible challenger" to Cisco in Australia's enterprise telephony market, according to analyst.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Mobile/Wireless, Acquisitions, Competitive advantage, Nortel Networks Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., IP, Australia, Sales, Optus
Cisco pushes unified comms to cloud
News Cisco Systems has cloud plans for WebEx unified communications service, intends to support both platform and top layer software-as-a-service delivery.
Tags: Web services, Communications, VoIP/IP telephony, Cloud, Cisco Systems Inc., channel partner, PaaS, API, WebEx Communications Inc., network
Analyst: Comms vendors leading mobile UC
News Communications vendors are currently leading the way in supporting the ecosystem required to deliver their mobile unified communications offerings.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Corporate culture, Vendor, Ovum, Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Cisco Systems Inc., PBX, Frost & Sullivan, senior analyst
Intel puts more funding behind WiMax
News Chipmaker's investment arm has pumped about US$42.7 million into UQ Communications's mobile WiMax network in Japan.
Tags: Network infrastructure, 802.11/Wi-Fi, WiMax, Investments, Intel Corp., Mobile, Chip Company, mobile industry, Japan, 3G
Smaller deployments also see UC gains
News case study Three Asian organizations tell their stories of the road to unified communications, from initial tests to discovering productivity and cost benefits.
Tags: Communications, VoIP/IP telephony, Microsoft Corp., Training, PBX, Tool, Singapore, Opulent Techno, Astra, Harsono
Downturn makes telepresence popular
News The technology enables companies in India that adopt it to reduce costs, enhance collaboration and speed up decision-making efforts.
Tags: Communications, Corporate communications, India, Cisco Systems Inc., Polycom Inc., Asia-Pacific, Telepresence, Apollo, Sanish, Frost & Sullivan
Skype targets businesses with new service
News The new Skype For SIP offering allows companies to use their existing phone system to make cheap phone calls over the Internet.
Tags: Employee communications, Communications, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Business, Cell Phone, PBX, IP, Service, public Internet
Malaysia still has hangups over mobility
News Companies remain unwilling to support mobile workforce due to security concerns, lack of awareness and misgivings about underperforming employees.
Tags: Employee policy/training, Employee communications, Recruiting, Communications, Mobile, Small And Medium Enterprise, Workforce, International Data Corp., Sales, Malaysia
Philippine carriers eye various growth areas
News As analysts expect phone sales in the country to fall this year, mobile operators mull revenue sources such as data traffic services, to overcome any handset sale slump.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Philippines, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Wireless, phone, 3G
Gartner: Unified comms is not about saving money
News Bringing voice, email and instant messaging onto a single IP platform is expensive and the business case should be based on productivity and collaboration drivers, the analyst firm says.
Tags: Instant messaging, Communications, Mobile, Gartner Inc., unified communications, IM, network, customer service, information technology, analyst
Experts: Bluetooth security dangers ignored
News A former White House cybersecurity adviser and an RFID researcher issue warning that communications protocols are ripe for abuse.
Tags: RFID, Bluetooth, Communications, Security, Protocol, Howard Schmidt, Card, Flaw, device manufacturer, Bluetooth
Indian SMBs to spend US$6.4B on telecoms
News Small and midsize businesses continue investment in equipment and services, to better manage customers and rising costs, finds new study.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Network infrastructure, Communications, India, Telecommunications, Video Conferencing, Small And Medium Business, phone, 3G
