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. 
Google is set to release Google Voice for business, expand Google Wave, and release 200 or so Google Apps. The goal is a communications mesh for business that provides UCC as a function of its ubiquitous Web-based platform. It's confusing, audacious -- and takes direct aim at incumbent UC vendors.Carl Weinschenk
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