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Five common unified communications pitfalls
News With the hype about unified communications, industry experts discuss some mistakes firms may make when deploying such projects for the first time.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Bandwidth, Communications, Security, Aspect Software Inc., software, unified communications, China, information technology, strategy
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
APAC firms to tap on hosted UC in downturn
News Enterprise caution on IT spend in next two years will drive growth of hosted unified communications services in the Asia-Pacific region, predicts Frost & Sullivan.
Tags: Services, LANs and WANs, VoIP/IP telephony, Video, Customer support, Asia-Pacific, Unified Communications Service, Service, ROI, unified communications services revenue
Siemens launches mobile unified-comms suite
News Siemens Enterprise Communications has unveiled a suite of software designed to combine enterprise telephony, video, fixed/mobile convergence and other unified-communications functions.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Siemens HiPath OpenScape, Security, Mobile, Siemens AG, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Mobile, telephony, software, network
Enterprise guide to saving on wireless
News As mobility becomes increasingly entrenched in the corporate environment, businesses need to manage wireless service costs smartly and diligently, say analysts.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Communications, International Data Corp., wireless service, Wireless, Gartner Inc., phone, unified communications
More questions than answers on Google Books
News Google insists it has the best of intentions following its settlement with book rights holders, but there is a strong undercurrent of distrust in the publishing community.
Tags: Data Management, Databases, Settlement, Class Action, financial, knowledge, asset, University of California at Berkeley, director, Data Management
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
Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement
News World's largest phone maker accuses Apple of violating intellectual property it owns governing handset wireless connectivity.
Tags: Patents, Smart phones, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Patent, Phone, Wireless, intellectual property, 3G, Wi-Fi
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
IDC: UC moving mainstream in Asia
News The next year or two will see unified communications adoption among mainstream enterprise users outpace today's adoption by cutting-edge users.
Tags: Remote management, VoIP/IP telephony, Customer support, Telecommuting, Asia, International Data Corp., Video Conferencing, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Tool
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
The dawn of unified communications
Insight The recession is forcing businesses to search for ways to cut costs--and unified comms is one place many will start, says analyst.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, LANs and WANs, VoIP/IP telephony, Mobile, Web Conferencing, PBX, IP, ThinkGrid, On-demand, IP network
Legal advocates push for Google Books privacy
News American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and UC Berkeley Law Clinic ask Google to protect reader privacy with its Book Search project.
Tags: Digital media, Google Inc., Privacy, American Civil Liberties Union, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., e-mail, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Eric Schmidt, U.S.
Skype, Truphone biz threat to be small
News Their voice over IP services targeted at enterprises will likely remain limited to SMB space, and pose no significant threat to larger unified communications players.
Tags: Communications, VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Skype Technologies S.A., IBM Corp., Security, Cisco Systems Inc., Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Service
Opportunity opening for mobile UC in China
News Interest in mobility and buoyant spending on telecoms services is expected to create opportunities for mobile unified communications providers in China, says Ovum.
Tags: Applications and tools, Mobile platforms/communications, VoIP/IP telephony, Communications, Ovum, Security, Mobile, mobile security, Mobile Device, Small And Medium Business
