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March 18, 2013  8:17 AM

Thrupoint kicks off WebRTC buzz at Enterprise Connect



Posted by: Gina Narcisi
collaboration tools, Enterprise Connect, SIP

Heading into Enterprise Connect 2013, there has been significant buzz around Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC). While the open source project -- which is said to provide the framework for high quality audio and video communications through a browser -- is still in its infancy, many vendors will...

December 21, 2012  4:43 PM

Another look at Cisco’s collaboration strategy — its side of the story



Posted by: Gina Narcisi
Cisco, collaboration tools, Jabber, Lync, Microsoft, Microsoft Lync Online, unified communications and collaboration

After Cisco’s quarterly earnings call in November revealed soft numbers for the company's collaboration business, I wrote a story about how Cisco was...


November 26, 2012  11:13 AM

2012 UC Magic Quadrant takeaways



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
BYOD, cloud-based UC, collaboration tools, consumerization of IT, Gartner, hosted UC, Unified Communications

Unified communications trends

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August 24, 2012  4:20 PM

Finding the right unified collaboration solutions for your organization



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
collaboration tools, UC deployment, UC deployment strategies, UC platform, UC vendors, Unifed communications market, Unified Communications, unified communications and collaboration

"Collaboration" is when mutiple components work with one another. In turn, a unified collaboration solution can involve many moving parts. This can make choosing a solution overwhleming...


April 9, 2012  8:38 AM

Microsoft Lync saves Sprint millions…literally



Posted by: Gina Narcisi
collaboration tools, Enterprise Connect, Lync, Microsoft, Unified Communications, unified communications and collaboration

As many sessions held during Enterprise Connect 2012 pointed out, user adoption of enterprise-grade UC tools has been a point of...


June 30, 2010  10:17 AM

Cisco Cius hinges on video for collaboration



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Cisco, collaboration tools, enterprise video, Mobile

This blog comes in from SearchUC's editorial director, Sue Fogarty, who has been immersed in all things Cisco at this Cisco Live conference this week in Las Vegas. Be sure to check out her video with Cisco CTO Padmasree...


April 30, 2010  5:35 PM

HP/Palm: What could this mean for unified communications?



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
collaboration tools, HP, mobility management, smartphones

They say things happen in threes, so let's try the Hewlett-Packard edition of this association game: Colubris, 3Com... Palm? Huh? Those three letters...


April 20, 2010  5:44 PM

Case study in action: Iceland volcano strands keynote speaker, videoconference comes to the rescue



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
collaboration tools, telepresence, Unifed communications market, video conferencing

It's like clockwork -- anytime there's some weird weather pattern or some other disruptive event, the disaster planning PR kicks into overdrive. Sure enough, my inbox started getting flooded last week about how enterprises can't wait for the next 


November 25, 2009  8:25 PM

A war of words? Unified communications vs. collaboration



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
collaboration tools, Unified Communications

Is the term "unified communications" already dated? Don Van Doren over at Unified Communications Strategies notes Cisco seems to be pushing lately for "collaboration," and while it's fortunately less of a mouthful,


August 7, 2009  7:41 PM

Enterprise video: someone bought $1 million in Flip cameras from Cisco



Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco, collaboration tools, Flip camera, video

During this week's Cisco Systems quarterly earnings call, CEO John Chambers revealed that his company recently shipped its first $1-million order of Flip video camerasto an enterprise...