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Indian SMBs to spend US$48M on UC

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.

Thursday, October 08 2009 05:09 PM

Tags: Business, Networking technology, Communications, Open Source, India, Supplier, IP, Tool, Small And Medium Business, On-demand


Unified comms adoption in APAC still slow

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.

Wednesday, March 25 2009 01:03 PM

Tags: Communications, VoIP/IP telephony, India, IP, wireless phone, Tool, Small And Medium Business, Australia, Springboard Research, phone


APAC firms to tap on hosted UC in downturn

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.

Tuesday, December 16 2008 07:08 PM

Tags: Services, LANs and WANs, VoIP/IP telephony, Video, Customer support, Asia-Pacific, Unified Communications Service, Service, ROI, unified communications services revenue


Cisco ruffles feathers with new collaboration tools

News Networking giant turns up the heat on partner Microsoft as it expands and enhances its suite of collaboration tools.

Tuesday, November 10 2009 11:26 AM

Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Web 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Tool, Video


Vodafone launches unified comms for SMBs

News The One Net platform will target small businesses with a hosted service that brings together fixed-line and mobile communications, with the help of partner BT Wholesale.

Friday, September 11 2009 09:38 AM

Tags: Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, Communications, British Telecommunications, Small And Medium Business, Gartner Inc., tariff, unified communications, Vodafone Group Plc.


Microsoft simplifies mobile conferencing

News Update to Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 removes the need for entering dial-ins and entry codes for conferences arranged using Microsoft's unified communications system.

Thursday, August 06 2009 10:04 AM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Business applications, Windows Mobile, Plug-in, Microsoft Office Communications Server, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile, unified communications, handheld, Microsoft Office


Cisco to buy Tandberg for US$3B

News Networking giant intends to plug Tandberg's video-conferencing and network infrastructure products into its collaboration lineup.

Friday, October 02 2009 10:39 AM

Tags: Data Management, Directory services, VoIP, EMEA, network, CEO, Directory services, Cisco Systems Inc., Polycom Inc., unified communications


Siemens deal lets accountants feel presence

News Siemens lands five-year deal with U.K. accountancy firm to replace an ageing PBX system with a 200-seat Siemens OpenScape suite.

Friday, February 20 2009 12:48 PM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, Siemens HiPath OpenScape, Alcatel, Siemens AG, Supplier, PBX, accountancy, phone, unified communications


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.

Monday, May 04 2009 06:17 PM

Tags: Remote management, VoIP/IP telephony, Customer support, Telecommuting, Asia, International Data Corp., Video Conferencing, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Tool


Cisco guns for Microsoft in collaboration market

News Cisco is adding new functions in its WebEx service that could threaten Microsoft's own business collaboration efforts.

Wednesday, July 01 2009 12:55 PM

Tags: Investments, Market research, Web services, Marketing communications, Web servers, Cisco Systems Inc., Google Inc., Service, e-mail, unified communications


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.

Friday, April 03 2009 07:13 PM

Tags: Communications, VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Skype Technologies S.A., IBM Corp., Security, Cisco Systems Inc., Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Service


Collaboration--Get it together

Insight perspective Effective workplace collaboration doesn't just happen on its own. An IT analyst offers some advice on how to get it right.

Thursday, October 30 2008 08:49 PM

Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Content Management, Culture, Workforce, Enterprise 2.0, Dale Vile, Environment, unified communications, information technology company


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.

Wednesday, April 01 2009 09:05 PM

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, LANs and WANs, VoIP/IP telephony, Mobile, Web Conferencing, PBX, IP, ThinkGrid, On-demand, IP network


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.

Thursday, April 24 2008 11:34 AM

Tags: Instant messaging, Communications, Mobile, Gartner Inc., unified communications, IM, network, customer service, information technology, analyst


Singapore gets Microsoft hosted suite

News Country is first in Asia to get Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite, already launched in U.S. and Europe, at monthly fee of US$10 per seat.

Tuesday, November 03 2009 07:24 PM

Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., network, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Broadband, business productivity, Indonesia


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