Unified Communications: News

Nortel this week announced the acquisition of Pingtel's software-based unified communications system.

Companies may be expecting too much from cloud computing, but other technologies such as video conferencing are starting to live up to their promises, according to a study released Monday.

Gartner has named cloud computing, green IT and social-computing platforms among technologies that are poised to reach broad enterprise adoption in the next two to five years.

A former Cisco executive this week pulled the curtains back on a start-up company developing a real-time IP video processing and collaboration platform.

Cisco Systems and HP jointly announced Wednesday that they would work together to sell more unified communications products, with both companies investing in training and building global marketing and sales programs.

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble wants to be the most collaborative company in the world.

Juniper Networks is expanding its network and security management software to include more of the company's product line, making it easier for customers to set security policies across their infrastructure rather than doing so using several product-specific platforms.

Early users of unified comms systems have found that improved customer satisfaction scores higher than cost savings when it comes to assessing the benefits. That's the surprising conclusion from a survey carried out by Vanson Bourne looking at the way that unified comms has been adopted in the UK.

Australian entrepreneurs Ryan Junee, Julian Frumar and Simon Ratner are laughing all the way to the bank as their online video start-up Omnisio was acquired by Google for $US15 million in cash.

NEC has announced a new range of unified communication products specifically aimed at the SMB and enterprise sectors.

The encryption of Skype VoIP phone calls might not be as secure as you think.