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Siemens invokes Twitter to lure unified communications application developers 05/11/2009 06:53:00
Siemens demo at VoiceCon application reads Tweets and decides what communications links are called forSAN 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.DiVitas mobile collaboration goes to iPhone, Android, RIM 03/11/2009 01:10:00
Web-based clients for the smartphone operating systems offer desk-phone features, presence and messagingMobile 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.Google relaxes single phone number requirement for Voice 28/10/2009 09:07:00
A subset of features of this telephony management service will be available for cell phone numbersTo 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.Google Wave: It's innovative, but is it truly useful? 24/10/2009 04:53:00
Currently in a controlled beta that everyone wants to try out, Google Wave has enormous potential -- and serious limitationsGoogle 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.Collaboration tools worth the investment, survey says 15/10/2009 07:08:00
Improvements in sales, R&D seen by IT and business managersA 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.Cisco patches a dozen router bugs 24/09/2009 07:19:00
12 security flaws are fixed in the semi-annual updateCisco Systems has released its twice-yearly set of security patches for its router firmware, fixing 12 security flaws in the products.HP builds collaboration tool into workstations 23/09/2009 02:18:00
The SkyRoom software for application sharing and high-definition video also will be sold for $US149Hewlett-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.The battle over voice, the war of UC 06/08/2009 09:09:00
This is even bigger than net neutrality, or even Google vs. AT&T. This is about defining the nature of communications services and how they're offeredLast 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."Google's next target: Unified communications 01/07/2009 05:24:00
Cisco says it is up to the challenge from Google's Voice, WaveUnified communications has been a technology specialty of networking vendors for years, but Google Inc.'s recent forays into Google Voice and Google Wave, launching later this year, could drastically upset the competitive landscape.Google begins adding new customers for Voice service 26/06/2009 04:39:00
Two years after acquiring Grand Central, the search giant is beginning to accept new usersNearly two years after acquiring Grand Central, Google is accepting some new users to its Google Voice service.Alcatel-Lucent will team with HP to sell telecom products 19/06/2009 05:36:00
HP will also rebuilt Alcatel-Lucent's internal IT services as part of the 10-year dealTelecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent and IT vendor Hewlett-Packard plan to jointly market their products to businesses looking for converged IT and communications systems.Microsoft, HP expand unified communications push 20/05/2009 04:05:00
They plan to invest $180 million over the next four years, expanding an existing partnershipMicrosoft and Hewlett-Packard have expanded their partnership to develop and sell a common platform for delivering voice, video and messaging services to office workers.RIM to bind BlackBerry to Cisco phones 05/05/2009 04:53:00
The companies have integrated their software so they can be used interchangeablyResearch In Motion and Cisco Systems are teaming up to let enterprises integrate their BlackBerrys with Cisco IP phones, providing single-number capability and other features.UC security: When the shoe won't fit, compress the foot 15/04/2009 05:06:00
Information security today seems to be suffering from many flawed assumptionsIf your security model is location-centric and depends on keeping things separate, how do you respond to a disruptive technology like unified communications? This is a pattern that keeps repeating in many different areas: the security paradigm looked good until a technology comes along, changes the assumptions and reveals the inadequacy of the model.Start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google 09/04/2009 05:52:00
Perzonae will charge US$40 per year for its unified communications service when it emerges from a beta testDutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and teleconferencing on PCs and mobile phones.
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