The Intercompany Media Engine will let users make IP video calls over existing phone numbers
Cisco Systems plans to extend unified communications beyond individual enterprises, introducing a new appliance and a protocol that the company hopes will become an industry standard.
Growing iPhone use spurs efforts to expand unified communications tech
Cisco Systems Inc. plans to add voice-over-Wi-Fi capabilities to its existing iPhone app by April, part of a continuing effort to expand its unified communications technology into the mobile space.
Analyst report cites immaturity, lack of applications for the data center system
Analyst report cites immaturity, lack of applications for the data center system
Long-awaited road map for merged networking and unified communications player
Avaya tomorrow will reveal a road map that shows how its customers – in particular its newly minted Nortel customers - can move to unified communications technologies without ripping out existing gear.
No word on when a commercial version of the product will be released or how much it will cost
Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers demonstrated on Wednesday how the company's TelePresence videoconferencing technology could be developed into a consumer product, showing off the long-awaited system at a press conference ahead of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Siemens demo at VoiceCon application reads Tweets and decides what communications links are called for
SAN FRANCISCO -- Siemens is invoking the model of iPhone-application development by opening a site in Amazon's cloud to encourage creation of unified communications apps, priming the pump with a mashup it created that mixes its UC gear with Twitter.
Web-based clients for the smartphone operating systems offer desk-phone features, presence and messaging
Mobile unified communications vendor DiVitas Networks has added iPhone, BlackBerry and Android to the set of platforms it is supporting with software to access desk-phone and presence features on cell phones.
A subset of features of this telephony management service will be available for cell phone numbers
To take advantage of Google Voice's telephony management features, users have had to fulfill a tricky requirement: convince their contacts to call them using the single "phone number for life" that comes with this free online service.
Currently in a controlled beta that everyone wants to try out, Google Wave has enormous potential -- and serious limitations
Google Wave is a groundbreaking real-time collaborative tool that has the potential to be an ideal way for members of a group to work with one another. But it's not clear how useful it will be in the real world. It's the kind of tool that you want to use, but one that you may not be able to figure out how to fit into your work life.
Improvements in sales, R&D seen by IT and business managers
A recent global survey of business and IT managers found that their companies got back benefits perceived as equal to four times their investment, on average, in unified communication and collaboration technologies.
12 security flaws are fixed in the semi-annual update
Cisco Systems has released its twice-yearly set of security patches for its router firmware, fixing 12 security flaws in the products.
The SkyRoom software for application sharing and high-definition video also will be sold for $US149
Hewlett-Packard is building collaboration software with video, application-sharing and 3-D graphics support into several of its workstation models, giving the high-definition conferencing market an option well below the cost and scale of telepresence.
Debra Chrapaty to switch sides to head up collaboration efforts at networking giant
Cisco is reportedly tapping a high ranking Microsoft executive to be the new head of its collaboration software group.
Nortel enterprise customers will be able to buy the company's current line of products for 12 to 18 months after Avaya officially takes ownership of Nortel's enterprise division that it won at auction for $US900 million.
Nortel enterprise customers will be able to buy the company's current line of products for 12 to 18 months after Avaya officially takes ownership of Nortel's enterprise division that it won at auction for $US900 million.
What does unified communications mean today? ARN pulled together several industry experts to discuss collaboration and communication
The unified communications concept has been floating around for several years now, but what does it mean today, and where are customers in terms of adoption? ARN recently brought together several industry experts to discuss collaboration and communication, the impact on infrastructure and local opportunities.
