It is obvious that adding sight to voice and data is an important part of an organization's overall communications scheme. The significant issue to decide is whether video should be a core element of the UC infrastructure, or a less tightly integrated add-on. Luckily, companies can test the waters and find out what is right for them.
IDC says that there will be drastic growth worldwide in mobile workers, and that UC will be one of the key drivers. By 2013, the firm says, there will be almost 1.2 billion mobile workers wandering around the planet. The bottom line is pretty clear: UC and mobility are gradually merging.
In the news this week are CSC, Avaya, WorkSpace, Mitel, VMware, Telepo, TeliaSonera, D2, Polycom, Nortel, Edgewater Networks, HelloSoft and BroadSoft.
In-Stat released good news for unified communications proponents this week. SIP trunking will connect islands of UC, and mobility will add an important dimension, says senior analyst Dave Lemelin. 
Commentary from PC World, IT-Director, No Jitter and IP-Carrier asks some pointed questions about UC. The thread is that UC hasn't been a champ in the marketplace and, while there still is a lot of hope, there also is a new wildcard: Google. Carl Weinschenk
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