Articles about Collaboration Software

The saying that there is nothing new under the sun obviously was first spoken by somebody outside of the unified communications business. Increasingly, companies must figure out how to incorporate emerging communications applications into established UC structures. Roberta Mackintosh, the director for Unified Communications and Collaboration for Verizon Business, tells Site Editor Carl Weinschenk that careful planning is a must. Continue Reading »

Other companies making news this week include Plantronics, Redshift Networks, RTS Unified Communications, Polycom, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, SimpleSignal, Vidtel, Aruba Networks, Motion Computing, Comdasys, TELES, Cisco, GENBAND, Forrester and Nortel. Continue Reading »

UC vendors will spend the next year harnessing the powerful tools they have created. The key is to build efficiencies – often via alliances, acquisitions and partnerships – that optimize benefits, improve efficiency and reduce confusion. The follow-on challenge, as always, is to show current and prospective customers how UC can help them. Continue Reading »

Since the buzz today is the introduction of the Android-driven Nexus One from Google, it makes sense to take a quick look at where UC is in the mobile sector.

The answer is simple: Mobility is an intensely important element of any UC platform. The birth of the Nexus One, and all the smartphones that came before it and all that will come after are more evidence that the world has gone mobile.
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Jason Fitzpatrick at Lifehacker has posted the results to a request from his visitors to identify the five best collaboration tools. Continue Reading »

Essentially, Wayne Rash’s very good post over at our CTO Edge site can be summed up pretty easily: The move to mobility is accelerating and the focus will be on the very specific applications folks want to use on these powerful machines. Continue Reading »

Cisco, which is having a lot of fun introducing products this season, is at it again. The rationale – as if one is needed – is the anniversary of the company’s $100 million investment in the small and medium-size business market. Continue Reading »

When I read the earliest excited reports on Google Wave, my first reaction was "sounds like IM on steroids." My opinion hasn't changed much since then. Continue Reading »

Distinctions between the components that make up unified communications will no longer exist by 2013. Continue Reading »

The online collaboration service enables users to share text and media files in a single online space. Continue Reading »