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July Has Been a Good Month for Smartphone Security Initiatives

This week, Google introduced device management options for Google Apps that facilitate enforced use of data encryption. Continue Reading »

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Cisco's Cius Is a Unified Communications Tool

Many observers think the introduction of the Cius tablet means Cisco has Apple and its iPad in its cross hairs. It's far more likely that the company's goal is to solidify and extend its position in the rapidly expanding unified communications market. Continue Reading »

UCC and Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity

Unified communications and collaboration can be an extraordinarily important tool in keeping an organization up and running and accelerating service restoration in case of a problem. It is important, however, for emergency planners to understand that UCC relies on public networks.They also must avoid the single points of failure that UCC systems can make more common.  Continue Reading »

Survey: Unified Communications Sector Missing the Target with Market

An exhaustive InformationWeek survey suggests that businesses just are not getting it when it comes to unified communications. But they do understand the benefits it provides. The challenge is to sell the concept as well as the individual services and their benefits. Continue Reading »

Technologies to Watch: High Speed Wireless Data Transfer and Flexible Displays

IT and telecommunications staffs have their hands full with today's issues. But at least two technologies -- high-speed short-range networking and bendable displays -- will impact unified communications in the relatively near future. Continue Reading »

Market Update: Global Crossing Adds Video Streaming

Companies mentioned this week also include ON24, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, ShoreTel, Juniper Research, ESPN BrightCom, HP, Alcatel-Lucent, Avistar, SoTel, Broadcore, Siemens Enterprise Communications, Tech Data, Avaya, Nortel Enterprise Solutions, Plantronics, IBM, Microsoft, ShoreTel, Skype, Juniper Research, ESPN and BrightCom.
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A Fundamental Difference

 

Perhaps the most fundamental decision an organization faces -- besides the basic choice of whether or not to deploy UC -- is whether to build it upon the telecom or LAN infrastructure. UCStrategies' Marty Parker offers an excellent brief tutorial on the topic, which will have both technical and workforce ramifications. Continue Reading »

Unified Communications: More than Smoke and Mirrors

If UC is judged by the company it keeps, it stands to reason that this approach to business communications is in increasingly good shape. Continue Reading »

Market Update: Cisco Survey Says E-Mail Must be Updated

Other companies mentioned this week include ShoreTel, Clarus Systems, Landacorp, Vonage, T-Mobile, AT&T, Whaleback, Truphone, Apple, BrightCom, IBM, UPS, Skype, Salesforce.com, Frontier Communications and Silanis. Continue Reading »