Why do you think there’s a renewed interest in UC&C?
A recent survey by the research firm Ovum confirmed a renewed interest in unified communications & collaboration as over 80% of respondents said they have plans to implement some UC&C in the next two years. Also, 78% claimed to have the dedicated budget to do so. Why do you think there’s a renewed interest in [...]
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| May 13, 2013 1:07 PM
BYOD, Collaboration, Unified Communications
A recent survey by the research firm Ovum confirmed a renewed interest in unified communications & collaboration as over 80% of respondents said they have plans to implement some UC&C in the next two years. Also, 78% claimed to have the dedicated budget to do so. Why do you think there’s a renewed interest in [...]
What VoIP technologies are hot right now?
Hello, I am posting this question on behalf of a fellow SearchUnifiedCommunications.com reader: I am currently thinking of carrying out a research on VoIP technologies as part of a Masters degree in telecommunications. I would like to know what areas of VoIP are hot right now. I’m hoping to make an informed decision for my [...]
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| March 8, 2013 3:08 PM
IT career development, IT education, IT training, Unified Communications, VoIP
Hello, I am posting this question on behalf of a fellow SearchUnifiedCommunications.com reader: I am currently thinking of carrying out a research on VoIP technologies as part of a Masters degree in telecommunications. I would like to know what areas of VoIP are hot right now. I’m hoping to make an informed decision for my [...]
Will litigation against Huawei affect me as a buyer?
I have been working on assessing a few leading network equipment vendors in the likes of Cisco, HP, Juniper, etc., to procure Layer 2 switches. I am currently assessing the capabilities of Huawei and i have been hearing about a litigation raised by Nortel (Avaya) against Huawei on their Layer 2 switches, however, I have [...]
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| November 20, 2012 6:12 PM
Cisco, HP, Huawei, Juniper, Layer 2 switches, Unified Communications, Unified Communications Hardware
I have been working on assessing a few leading network equipment vendors in the likes of Cisco, HP, Juniper, etc., to procure Layer 2 switches. I am currently assessing the capabilities of Huawei and i have been hearing about a litigation raised by Nortel (Avaya) against Huawei on their Layer 2 switches, however, I have [...]
CISCO UCS Manager related.
Hi, This is Manoj Wadile. I have one doubt related to UCS manager xml API. When we subsribe any event using even subscription api using java code and if we modified any properties of chassis/blades via UCS manager, currently i am not gettting response from UCS manager but when i checked .ucs log file that [...]
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| May 2, 2011 5:43 AM
Cisco Unified Communications, Unified Communications, XML
Hi, This is Manoj Wadile. I have one doubt related to UCS manager xml API. When we subsribe any event using even subscription api using java code and if we modified any properties of chassis/blades via UCS manager, currently i am not gettting response from UCS manager but when i checked .ucs log file that [...]
What is a Network Specialist – (Unified Communications)
Im trying to figure out which program to choose. I want to be a IT – Network Administrator. I dont want to deal with unified communications. But I noticed the term was tagged along. ? I eventually want to become a IT Systems Manager. Any ideas? Question is: Unified Communications ?
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| November 30, 2010 3:47 AM
IT systems management, Networking, Networking careers, Unified Communications
Im trying to figure out which program to choose. I want to be a IT – Network Administrator. I dont want to deal with unified communications. But I noticed the term was tagged along. ? I eventually want to become a IT Systems Manager. Any ideas? Question is: Unified Communications ?
Unified Communications product qualification flow
I want to know how to build a set of UC product,like Plantronics UC wireless headset system voyager Pro UC. Maybe the product adapt to Microsoft® Office Communicator 2007. My question is: How to qualify this product? Must it get some UC qualifications? Is there some UC compliance? What’s the compliance flow? Thanks.
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| September 16, 2010 1:59 AM
Compliance, Microsoft Office Communicator, Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2, Unified Communications, Unified Communications Hardware
I want to know how to build a set of UC product,like Plantronics UC wireless headset system voyager Pro UC. Maybe the product adapt to Microsoft® Office Communicator 2007. My question is: How to qualify this product? Must it get some UC qualifications? Is there some UC compliance? What’s the compliance flow? Thanks.
Video Conference Solution involving Cellular Products
I am looking for a vendor solution that would permit a call to be placed to a cell phone and then a video solution or VOIP solution for conferencing to be performed over a wireless laptop. Obviously, this involves smartphones like iPhone and Blackberry. The ability to have multiple persons involved with streaming video would [...]
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| March 8, 2011 4:10 PM
Unified Communications, Unified Communications Hardware, Unified Communications Trends, Video conferencing, VoIP, Windows Vista, Wireless, Wireless in 2010
I am looking for a vendor solution that would permit a call to be placed to a cell phone and then a video solution or VOIP solution for conferencing to be performed over a wireless laptop. Obviously, this involves smartphones like iPhone and Blackberry. The ability to have multiple persons involved with streaming video would [...]
Bigbluebutton open source conference software – need help
Anyone worked on voice recording user interface with bigbluebutton? How to implement the voice recoding user interface?
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| June 4, 2010 12:49 PM
bigbluebutton, Unified Communications, VoIP
Anyone worked on voice recording user interface with bigbluebutton? How to implement the voice recoding user interface?
what is an alternative to voiceIP for the healthcare industry
what is an alternative to voiceIP for the healthcare industry
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| April 5, 2010 1:43 AM
DataFlex, Telecom Software, telecommunications solutions, Unified Communications, VoIP
what is an alternative to voiceIP for the healthcare industry
Cisco Voice VLan
Hi Can any one please explan me about Vocie Vlan.
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| April 29, 2010 3:18 PM
CCVP, Unified Communications, VLAN, Voice services, Voice VLAN, VoIP
Hi Can any one please explan me about Vocie Vlan.
Digital Rights Management in Exchange 2010
Can you talk about digital rights management? How has that changed? Our first attempts at using this in SharePoint and in Exchange were a little problematic/had a lot of overhead. Are there new features or use cases of this that make it better?
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| March 19, 2010 7:03 PM
Digital rights management, Exchange 2010, SharePoint, Unified Communications
Can you talk about digital rights management? How has that changed? Our first attempts at using this in SharePoint and in Exchange were a little problematic/had a lot of overhead. Are there new features or use cases of this that make it better?
What are some of the ways Exchange 2010 integrates with my UC plan that Exchange 2007 cant?
What are some of the ways Exchange 2010 integrates with my UC plan that Exchange 2007 can’t?
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| March 18, 2010 2:53 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 Migration, Unified Communications
What are some of the ways Exchange 2010 integrates with my UC plan that Exchange 2007 can’t?
Is it better to have Windows Mobile verses Blackberry if I`m upgrading to Exchange 2010?
So is it better to have Windows Mobile verses Blackberry for instance if I`m upgrading to Exchange 10?
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| March 22, 2010 2:48 PM
Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 Mobile, Unified Communications, Windows Mobile
So is it better to have Windows Mobile verses Blackberry for instance if I`m upgrading to Exchange 10?
Unified communications trends for 2010
what are the Unified communications trends for 2010? Trends in Microsoft OCS, cisco etc
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| July 11, 2010 10:32 PM
Cisco, Microsoft OCS, Unified Communications, Unified Communications Trends
what are the Unified communications trends for 2010? Trends in Microsoft OCS, cisco etc
Forwarding an external line to an internal extension in Unified CM
I have a bank of 866 numbers available to my company. One of the employees needs to have her own 866 number for client interactions. Numerous other people in the company have their own 866 lines which point to their internal extensions. I have spent HOURS wandering around my Cisco Unified CM Administration GUI trying [...]
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| February 20, 2010 5:03 PM
Cisco Softphones, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Unified Communications, VoIP
I have a bank of 866 numbers available to my company. One of the employees needs to have her own 866 number for client interactions. Numerous other people in the company have their own 866 lines which point to their internal extensions. I have spent HOURS wandering around my Cisco Unified CM Administration GUI trying [...]
UC520 vs. Avaya IP Office 500
What advantages does the UC520 system have over the Avaya IP Office 500 system? Has anyone compared the two? I noticed a big price discrepancy and wanted to know what system features might be involved in that difference. Thanks.
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| April 22, 2010 4:16 PM
Avaya, Avaya IP Agent, Avaya IP Office 500, Cisco UC520, UC500, UC520, Unified Communications, Unified Communications Hardware
What advantages does the UC520 system have over the Avaya IP Office 500 system? Has anyone compared the two? I noticed a big price discrepancy and wanted to know what system features might be involved in that difference. Thanks.
getting Cisco Translation Pattern/Speed dial to work with international numbers
Am having trouble making this work internationally. I can dial the number directly from the handsets, but when I plug the string into the “Called Party Transform Mask” field, it automatically returns with a high pitch tone. I’ve tried setting “Partition” to International but that didn’t help either.
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| January 16, 2010 3:04 AM
Cisco, Speed dials, Unified Communications
Am having trouble making this work internationally. I can dial the number directly from the handsets, but when I plug the string into the “Called Party Transform Mask” field, it automatically returns with a high pitch tone. I’ve tried setting “Partition” to International but that didn’t help either.
Is Gartner right about their 5 CRM technology trends?
Recently, Gartner outlined 5 trends changing CRM architectures: Cloud Computing Business intelligence and CRM The shift from operational CRM to social CRM Web-oriented architecture and its effect on CRM systems Unified communications While most of this makes sense in theory, I’m wondering if all these factors are actually being felt in budgets and real-life deployments. [...]
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| September 16, 2009 2:48 PM
Cloud Computing, CRM, Customer Relationship Management, Gartner, Open IT Forum, Unified Communications
Recently, Gartner outlined 5 trends changing CRM architectures: Cloud Computing Business intelligence and CRM The shift from operational CRM to social CRM Web-oriented architecture and its effect on CRM systems Unified communications While most of this makes sense in theory, I’m wondering if all these factors are actually being felt in budgets and real-life deployments. [...]
Technology Grants for IT update?
I am a grant writer for a Rural Critical Access Hospital and we are in need a updating our system. I am writing to inquire if you could tell me if there are any grants available for this update. I would truly appreciate any information that you could share with me at this time.
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| September 10, 2009 7:28 PM
IT Grants, IT Infrastructure, Unified Communications
I am a grant writer for a Rural Critical Access Hospital and we are in need a updating our system. I am writing to inquire if you could tell me if there are any grants available for this update. I would truly appreciate any information that you could share with me at this time.
Avaya Report
I want to know what it would show on the report when a person during a call press the button to open a second line (the call would drop). My question is: it’s going to show as a release or tranfer call on the Avaya report?
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| July 8, 2009 6:33 AM
Avaya report, Unified Communications
I want to know what it would show on the report when a person during a call press the button to open a second line (the call would drop). My question is: it’s going to show as a release or tranfer call on the Avaya report?





