Features

• Technology argument 6: Facebook vs. Google+ vs. Twitter vs. LinkedIn

  By Jeff Caruso | 15 November, 2011 09:37

  Much has changed since we examined the ongoing war between Facebook and Twitter in the autumn of 2010. The stakes are higher, the competition has increased, and we see LinkedIn and Google roaring into the social networking arena like never before.

• Wikipedia celebrates a decade of edit wars, controversy and Internet dominance

  By Jon Brodkin | 11 January, 2011 23:25

  Wikipedia and its users are planning more than 300 celebration events across six continents for the 10th anniversary of the free, online encyclopedia that has become an Internet juggernaut by spreading access to information with a model that lets anyone edit its articles.

• The battle over voice, the war of UC

  By Johna Till Johnson | 06 August, 2009 09:09

  Last week, I wrote about the possible implications of the new lineup of FCC commissioners. They certainly haven't wasted any time: On Aug. 3, the FCC launched a full-scale investigation into the decision by Apple and AT&T to reject Google's voice application for the iPhone. As Sanford Bernstein telecom analyst Craig Moffatt notes, "The issue of application suppression affords the Administration a back door route to Wireless Net Neutrality, something that has been openly espoused by new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski."

• The why and how of voice portals

  By Leon Erlanger | 05 March, 2009 08:38

  For years, IT and business have heard the sexy promise of "IP convergence," which would allow all sorts of voice- and video-enabled applications to appear in business. However, for most organizations, this Jetsons-like vision has yet to occur.

• IP PBXs could be kink in unified communications plans

  By Tim Greene | 18 September, 2008 10:20

  Buyers of IP PBXs need to look beyond simple voice capabilities to unified communications and make sure the gear they buy will be compatible with applications they will want in the future, experts say.

• Beware of UC security threats

  By Tim Greene | 27 October, 2008 10:03

  Unified communications opens up your VoIP network to new avenues of collaboration, including instant messaging, video, business applications and e-mail. And that opens up your network to new avenues of attack.

• All eyes on a unified enterprise

  By Julia Talevski | 03 September, 2008 11:26

  Driving better operational efficiency within an organisation is a top priority and unified communications is helping to make it happen.

• Unifying unified communications

  By Francois Depayras | 13 August, 2008 09:21

  Integrating enterprise communication tools -- from telephony to e-mail, conferencing and instant messaging -- is the key to delivering a richer collaboration environment that increases productivity. But deployment and management of unified communications systems can be daunting.