February 28, 2010 9:09 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
acquisition,
merger,
UC,
Unified Communications,
vendor,
VoIPThere are a number of advantages to embracing new technologies early. By the time competitors catch on and jump on the bandwagon, your organization already has the pieces in place and maturing business practices built around the new tools.
Early adoption has some roadbumps as well, though. For...
February 28, 2010 9:01 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
communications,
investment,
ROI,
UC,
Unified Communications,
valueEverything about technology projects seems to revolve around ROI--return on investment. The C-level executives want to know how long it will take to recoup the initial investment before giving a project the stamp of approval.
Blair Pleasant questioned the logic and practicality of that approach...
February 28, 2010 8:49 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Cisco,
Logitech,
network bandwidth,
optimization,
Polycom,
Tandberg,
telepresence,
Video conferencingYou've heard the phrase "fight fire with fire". Faced with an industry quickly converging to deliver video conferencing solutions--Cisco/Tandberg, Logitech/Lifesize,...
February 28, 2010 8:35 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
bandwidth,
jitter,
lag,
Virtualization,
voice quality,
VoIPTwo of the hottest technologies over the past few years have been virtualization, and VoIP (three technologies if you throw in unified communications). Companies have been racing to jump on the bandwagon of virtualizing servers to save reduce hardware, power, and cooling expenses, and embracing...
February 28, 2010 8:27 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
consultant,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsWhy should you need a consultant to deploy unified communications. The core of UC is voice communications and email which you already have--check! You just need to install a softphone / instant messaging client and configure the voicemail to be delivered to the email, and voila! A little duct tape...
February 28, 2010 8:19 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
consumer,
Google Buzz,
Google Voice,
Skype,
UC,
Unified Communications,
VoIPUnified communications and collaboration is obviously meant for business. No consumer technology would adopt such a complex collection of syllables as its name. Regardless of where the concept for UC, or for UCC began, though, there is evidence that its the consumer market, rather than the...
February 23, 2010 8:36 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
collaboration,
Gmail,
Google Buzz,
linkedin,
Outlook 2010,
social connectors,
Social networking,
Twitter,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsThe email client is generally the focal point for unified communications. Emails go there. Voicemails can be trasncribed into emails, or sent as attachments or links in an email. Instant messaging sessions and phone calls can be initiated. And now, with the addition of Google Buzz and Outlook...
