Welcome to Unified Communications Nation, the editorial blog for SearchUnifiedCommunications.com. In this blog our editors will weigh in on unified communications applications, features, trends, news and insights important to enterprise IT networking and telecom pros. We hope that we can occasionally make you laugh, as well!

Leigha Cardwell is the site editor for SearchUnifiedCommunications. Prior to joining TechTarget in May, 2000, Leigha was the editorial director for the ASP Industry News. If I have free time, I sleep and watch movies, otherwise I’m on the go learning everything I can about UC to help you do your jobs better.

Shamus McGillicuddy is the news editor for TechTarget’s Networking Media Group. He has been working in media and publishing for 13 years. He was an award-winning newspaper reporter before joining TechTarget in 2006. He is also a former editor of books on software development, mathematics and electrical engineering. In his free time he plays poker and travel. You can reach him by email at smcgillicuddy@techtarget.com

Elaine J. Hom has been working for SearchNetworkingChannel.com since 2007, and is the Associate Editor for SearchNetworkingChannel.com and SearchUnifiedCommunications.com. Elaine holds a B.S. in magazine journalism from Boston University. Questions, comments, concerns? Feel free to email her at ehom@techtarget.com.