Companies’ communications strategies must be agile in a rapidly evolving market
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Hosted and managed unified communications services are seen as the way around massive capital investments, the need to hire additional personnel, their training and other expenditures. These needs, i... More >
A commentary – more accurately, an omission in a commentary -- from a Gartner analyst halfway around the world is worthy of note. Computerworld reports that Nick Jones , an analyst for the firm, left... More >
The LTE trial and test phase is white hot. Driven by the increase in demand cause by fixed-rate data plans coupled with the popularity of the iPhone and other advanced devices, the pace of tes... More >
Two of the hottest terms in IT and telecom today – cloud computing and unified communications – are perfect dance partners. Cloud computing suggests a world of high mobility, a world where messages, ... More >
There are two ways to understand the world of unified communications. On one hand, there are the discrete technologies and platforms -- the VoIPs, IMs, videoconferencing suites and others -- that mak... More >
Much of the autumn has been spent watching Cisco spend money and make product introductions. The biggest deal was its move on Tandberg, the Norwegian videoconferencing company. The deal was announced... More >
Since the deployment of a unified communications (UC) platform is such a complex undertaking, many people assume that it immediately spells big changes – both negatives and positives – to users. &nbs... More >
There is nothing dramatically new in smartphone security. That doesn’t mean that the world is safe for the growing category of gadgets. Quite the opposite: The landscape is growing increasing... More >
The mobile device industry is approaching a significant developmental milestone. Will popular applications predominantly be hosted on purpose-built devices created especially for them, or will they m... More >
Take an inexperienced government bureaucracy, mix it with an overflow of grant money, and throw in a highly polarized, politicized atmosphere. The result isn’t hard to predict: unhappy applicants, de... More >
Observers say Google’s purchase last week of open source VoIP company Gizmo5 is a significant step in the search engine giant’s attempt to create an online alternative to the traditional telephone ... More >
There are plenty of solid rationales for femtocells, which in essence are tiny base stations that hang off cable modems or DSL lines in homes and offices: They help distribute signals to the hard-to-... More >
As this Linux Insider piece points out , there are as many questions about the new bada operating system from Samsung as answers. The story answers one of the questions – bada is the Korean ... More >
Though 4G – Long Term Evolution and WiMax – garners most of the headlines, it is not the only way to increase the speed and efficiency of mobile communications. The advances in the next genera... More >
A rather radical transition in the nature of traffic on the Internet will be a major issue to track during the next year. Marketing gurus like to refer to the “inflection point,” which can bes... More >
The migration of business from behind to beyond the firewall offers a breathtaking array of new features and functions. It also comes with more danger, and a wider variety of choices and strategies i... More >
The down and dirty work of actually making all othe promised applications and functions of a modern telecommunications system come to life is well under way. This week, Converged Network Dige... More >
One extremely important element in the future of the smartphone market is, of course, how much devices will cost. On one level, that’s a self-evident statement. But precisely how the world of pricing... More >
Look – or, rather listen -- for voice recognition to become a much more central user interface during the next couple of years. Zig Serafin, general manager for Unified Communications Group at... More >
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