Web Conferencing
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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
APAC CIOs wary of social networking
News Adoption of collaboration tools will grow, in spite of recent survey that found nine-in-10 Asia-Pacific IT heads had no plans to roll out Web 2.0 tools soon, says analyst.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Web logs, Asia-Pacific, Tool, collaboration tool, social networking tool, CIO, social networking, unified communications
Mobile conferences must be secured, too
News Smartphone videoconferencing opens up new security holes and must be prioritized at same security level as other network endpoints, say experts.
Tags: Policy and management, Security implementation/standards, Security, Mobile, Smart Phone, Web Conferencing, Video Conferencing, Tool, Mobile Device, mobile security
Cisco brings Web conferencing to more smartphones
News Smartphone users will soon be able to join WebEx Web conferences from their smartphones. Cisco said it has added the capability for BlackBerrys.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Virtualization, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Cisco Systems Inc., Web Conferencing, phone
Adobe to refresh Acrobat Connect
News Adobe Systems' upgraded Web conferencing service will add meeting editing, archiving features as well as virtual breakout rooms for online classes.
Tags: Green IT, Video, Mobile, phone, IM, Adobe Acrobat, WebEx Communications Inc., Web conferencing, Adobe Systems Inc., administrator privilege
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
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
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.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Web 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Tool, Video
Survey: Cloud computing hits big time
News Half of Global 2000 companies surveyed have already adopted the infrastructure, or will do so within next 12 months, according to AppLabs.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web Conferencing, Survey, software testing, Cloud computing, webinar, managed services, systems integrator, business case, Benefit
APAC to see fastest software revenue growth
News Asia-Pacific software market will churn US$22.1 billion in revenue next year, boosted by large domestic user base, according to Gartner.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Region, compound annual growth rate, Application Software Expenditure, revenue, Information Technology, Software, Business applications, South Korea
Microsoft: Asia faster to embrace hosted services
News More companies in region expected to take up Microsoft's hosted messaging and collaboration products than those in United States, says company exec.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Mobile applications, Asia, business productivity, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, ISV, revenue, U.S.
Asia software market to see growth
News Region's enterprise software segment is forecast to grow 3.1 percent, ahead of worldwide "flat" growth and Europe's negative growth, says Gartner.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Business applications, Software, Growth, Region, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Small And Medium Business, Europe, Gartner Inc.
Firms overlook Web 2.0 cost-saving potential
News As companies largely view Web 2.0 on an experimental level, they are likely to pass on it during the current economic downturn, say analysts.
Tags: Web 2.0, Cost control, Budgeting/cost control, savings, Business, Ovum, cost savings, Web Service, savings, e-mail
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.
Tags: Investments, Market research, Web services, Marketing communications, Web servers, Cisco Systems Inc., Google Inc., Service, e-mail, unified communications
APAC PC market returns to the black
News After two quarters of decline, region's PC shipments saw 19 percent sequential, and 8 percent year-on-year, jump in the second quarter, says IDC.
Tags: Personal Computers, Sales/revenue, Hardware, Region, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Small Business, Sales, Back-office, Notebook
