January 4, 2010 9:18 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
Fixed-mobile convergence,
IPO,
mergers & acquisitions,
Mitel,
Nortel,
Siemens Enterprise Networks,
Unified CommunicationsUnless you're a Mitel customer or a Canadian, you're probably not all that interested in Mitel's plans for a $230-million initial public offering. However, if the IPO goes...
November 25, 2009 8:25 PM
Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
collaboration tools,
Unified CommunicationsIs 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,
September 18, 2009 8:47 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Avaya,
bankruptcy,
Nortel,
Siemens Enterprise Networks,
Unified CommunicationsToronto's The Globe and Mail newspaper reported today that Siemens Enterprise Communications fell just $15 million short of beating out Avaya for Nortel's enteprise...
August 27, 2009 5:21 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Avaya,
IP PBX,
presence,
Success with Unified Communications,
technology needs assessment,
Unified Communications,
unified messagingWhat is unified communications? Never mind, don't answer that.
Sometimes when I"m talking to vendors, I sense that unified communications is whatever they can convince you to buy. "Here, install our IP PBX and you'll be on the cutting edge of unified communications?"
Oh really? How about a...
August 3, 2009 5:33 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Apple,
Google,
Google Voice,
iphone,
Microsoft,
Mobile,
Unified Communications,
unified messagingThe days of Google and Apple having a cuddly relationship appear to be ending, and unified communications has played a small part in the break-up.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigned from...
June 25, 2009 4:25 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Avaya,
bankruptcy,
Nortel,
Unified CommunicationsAccording to the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, Nortel is close to selling its enterprise unit for $500 million. The paper says Avaya is the leading bidder, but Siemens-Enterasys could...
June 22, 2009 3:32 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Avaya,
bankruptcy,
Nortel,
Siemens,
Siemens Enterprise Networks,
Unified CommunicationsNortel is breaking apart.
The former crown jewel of Canada's high-tech industry revealed today that it will sell off its CDMA and LTE wireless telecom infrastructure division to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) for $650 million....
June 11, 2009 8:15 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Sipera Systems,
UC Security,
Unified Communications,
VoIP,
VoIP securitySipera Systems, a unified communications security specialist, says it has seen a
April 2, 2009 7:31 PM
Posted by: Leigha
Avaya,
Cisco,
IBM,
innovation,
Microsoft,
Unified Communications,
VoiceCon 2009The impact of today’s global economic crisis has wrenched companies into shaping new business models merely to survive, much less thrive. But top-tier UC vendors at the recent spring VoiceCon 2009 show in Orlando are interpreting the recession (or...
