Unified Communications and How It's Empowering Workforces to Leverage the BYOD Trend
With recently revealed statistics showing that nearly 82 percent of surveyed companies this year allow either some or all of their workers to use employee-owned devices and 38 percent of U.S. CIOs began to support a bring your own device (BYOD) environment by the end of last year, what are some of the primary factors driving the increasing popularity of this trend? Surprisingly, the answer falls under the categories of productivity and satisfaction rather than a reduction in expenses, which may …

05/22/2013

Toshiba America Releases Call Manager, A BYOD Mobile Application
Toshiba America information Systems Inc.'s Telecommunications Systems Division has finally made its popular Call Manager Mobile application available through various app stores. The manager is now available in the Apple App Store, the Apple iTunes store, and the Android Market.

05/21/2013

India's Jaypee Group Selects Polycom RealPresence Video Solutions
While the major cities in India have busy traffic, many areas in rural India are hard to reach. A number of companies operating in the country are now looking for technological alternatives to overcome this problem.

05/21/2013

ConnectSolutions Addresses SMB Market for Affordable UC
It has been years since unified communications technology has been put to commercial use. But the technology still largely remains the prerogative of a few big companies. The complications of using this technology and its cost often make it unusable for small and mid-sized companies.

05/21/2013

Yorktel Unifies Unified Communications on One Screen
Yorktel recently unveiled a very comprehensive video communications platform. With this new solution, it hopes to go further than the future demands of its users. The goal of Yorktel's new solution, called VideoCloud, is to bring different methods of enterprise communication under one roof. Solutions such as Avaya's Aura, Cisco's Call Manager and Microsoft's Lync can be put into one platform that will "unify" them.

05/20/2013

Arkadin Opens New Operations Center and Hosts Lync Webcast
As Arkadin continues to expand, it needs a new operations center. As such, it's setting up a new primary regional operations center in Schaumburg, IL, where it will continue its advancement as it provides audio, Web and video conferencing services and unified communications solutions.

05/20/2013

Crosspeer Partners with Ezuce to Offer Unified Communications in the Cloud
Unified communications is becoming an integral part of many organizations that help connect people, information, and teams, to enable comprehensive and effective collaborative experiences. Many companies are now collaborating to introduce effective and reliable UC solutions to the market.

05/20/2013

TMCnet Unified Communications Week in Review
There is no other area of technology that is growing as fast as the unified communications (UC) space. Companies around the world are realizing that this platform, which encompasses key functions including instant messaging, video conferencing and intelligent presence, can help them to not only keep current customers happy, but continuously attract new ones.

05/18/2013

Echoworx Gives Global PGP Users Access to the Cloud
Echoworx, a provider of e-mail encryption services, will enable PGP to be used as a fully functioning cloud service.

05/15/2013

SimpleSignal Partners with Park Bench Solutions to Provide a Unified Communications Experience
Due to technology advancements happening in Cloud Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C), companies of all sizes are looking for unified communications options that can increase the productivity of their employees in the current fast-paced environment. To provide a single solution and an entirely new unified communications experience to companies, SimpleSignal has partnered with Park Bench Solutions LLC to launch a new unified communications platform called "Organizes Development and In…

05/15/2013

Innovative Cloud UC Solutions Launched in EMEA By Thinking Phone Networks
Thinking Phone Networks recently confirmed that it had opened a new regional office in Amsterdam and has officially launched its services into Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region as well as Europe to answer the global demand for cloud services, particularly in these areas.

05/14/2013

Video App from Mozilla Brings New Life to Unified Communications
Video conferencing has brought a variety of benefits to the corporate environment including dramatically slashing expenses related to travel in addition to bringing the level of efficiency throughout geographically separated divisions to an unparalleled level. And unified communications (UC) platforms have proved highly advantageous for businesses as they can streamline operations overall and enable customers to communicate with the company through whatever channel they feel most comfortable usi…

05/14/2013

Tips to Launch a Successful Webcast
The advent and subsequent adoption of the Internet as a powerful business tool changed the way we communicate, share and receive information, and conduct business. It not only created a way to instantly complete transactions across the miles, it also provided the perfect platform for face-to-face communications without ever leaving the office.

05/13/2013

Unified Communications Week in Review
If you try to run a business in today's competitive climate without the most up-to-date tools at your disposal, it is likely that you will soon be seeing disastrous results. In order to eliminate the chances of this scenario from happening and enable your company to expand over the long term, a robust unified communications (UC) system is now considered highly important.

05/11/2013

Ergonomic Group Achieves Master Certification from Cisco
The Ergonomic Group, Inc. (EGI) has fulfilled training requirements and is now qualified to sell, deploy and support applications-based Cisco unified communications solutions.

05/09/2013

BroadConnect Telecom Launches UC Video Services Supported by Polycom VVX Media Phones
Supplier of hosted voice, video, managed data and security services, BroadConnect Telecom, has decided to introduce unified communications video services to its hosted PBX customers. To do so, the company will turn to Polycom's plug-and-play desktop voice and video solutions.

05/07/2013

Companies Looking to Cut Costs Turn to Unified Communications
There are many things remaining on the forefront of the minds of business decision makers, including ramping up profits and slashing expenses. The latter reason is exactly why more and more firms by the day are beginning to leverage a robust unified communications (UC) platform and, as findings from a recent DataCore survey show, this spike in usage will most likely continue to increase as the temperatures heat up outside.

05/07/2013

ShoreTel Brings Mobile UC to the Desktop
By definition, all your employees are consumers too, and they are all going to be carrying around their own personal smartphones at work for both job and personal contacts ("dual persona). They may also be carrying tablets in place of bulky laptops to access "cloud"- based applications when on the go. How can that fact of life be accepted to improve multi-modal business communications while also minimizing communication costs?

05/07/2013

LINE Gains Ground in Messaging App Market by Crossing 150 Million User Mark
Line, a messaging app made by NHN Japan Corporation, now has over 150 million users globally. The free messaging app has been growing rapidly since its launch back in the summer of 2011, amassing a huge number of users from virtually every corner of the globe.

05/06/2013

Citrix Unveils New Podio IM Platform
Citrix has taken aim at Skype when it comes to the instant messaging features of its Podio platform. The company has said that the new features it added to the platform will allow teams of the users to respond quicker and make decisions much faster, even if they are in a number of different locations. Citrix acquired the platform in April and has been looking for ways to take advantage of the new program.

05/06/2013

Hello Direct Now Carries All Major Headset Brands
Recently, Hello Direct has announced that the company now carries office and Unified Communications (UC) headsets and end point products. According to the company, this will strengthen its position as a leading player in US B2B direct market.

05/06/2013

TMCnet Unified Communications Week in Review
As mobility continues to be embraced by companies around the world, unified communications (UC) is proving to be key in driving efficiency throughout an entire enterprise. Not only do UC platforms enable workers to remain connected from anywhere at any time, but it has enabled productivity levels to soar through the roof.

05/04/2013

Video Conferencing Ramps Up Within the Corporate Environment
Recently, Cisco predicted that 90 percent of all Internet traffic will be video by 2014. In an effort to not only cut costs related to constant travel but also to power much more efficient communication amongst an entire workforce and client base, companies throughout the globe are increasingly turning to video collaboration technology.

05/02/2013

VoIP, Unified Communications Cost-Effectiveness Responsible for Worldwide Growth
Recent statistics coming from Infonetics Research reveals that the VoIP space grew by nearly nine percent last year around the world. One of the primary reasons for this expansion seems to be the reduced costs associated with leveraging this next-generation platform. In fact, VoIP, in conjunction with unified communications (UC), can yield many benefits once a business begins to leverage it, including: streamlined operations, enhanced customer experience, and communication via an array of channe…

05/02/2013

Employees See Value for Video in the Enterprise
Nine out of ten survey respondents see a value for video in the enterprise, according to the April 2013 Enterprise Portals Usage Survey by business video platform provider Qumu.

05/01/2013

AltiGen Communications Partners with OBT Anywhere
AltiGen Communications, Inc., a provider of integrated Microsoft-based Unified Communications solutions, recently announced that its MaxACD contact center for Lync solution has been deployed by OBT Anywhere, a provider of Hosted Lync services, to deliver a hosted cloud-based call center service across North America, Asia and Australia.

04/30/2013

iCIMS Selects SoundConnect to Support Online Communications
SoundConnect, a provider of unified business communications, has been selected by iCIMS to support online communication needs with the implementation of Adobe Connect's audio, Web and video conferencing solutions.

04/30/2013

UCWeb Sets up Second Location in India
In an effort to expand its presence in India, UCWeb, a mobile Internet and software services company based in China, has debuted its second headquarters in India.

04/29/2013

TMCnet Unified Communications Week in Review
For a business to survive these days, it needs to be able to do more with fewer resources available to it. And that's why unified communication (UC) systems are increasing in popularity as the temperature outside continues to heat up. A UC suite enables companies throughout the globe to see advantages ranging from increased customer satisfaction and reduced costs to much more streamlined operations overall.

04/27/2013

Orange Connects 3M's Multiple Locations
3M will soon be seeing orange, and that is a very good thing. Orange Business Services will be providing the company with a multinational cloud-based unified communications solution, helping improve its collaboration and productivity for employees in countries across the world.

04/24/2013

Video Conferencing Now Assisting Parents in Saving Hard-Earned Cash
While many adolescents these days are totally oblivious that money doesn't actually grow on trees, and that one day the burden of both their eating and living situation will all be placed upon their own shoulders, unified communications technology such as video conferencing is coming to the rescue.

04/24/2013

Fidelus Technologies Software Helps Organizations Work Smarter and Faster
UCC software solutions provider Fidelus Technologies is all set to share its complimentary software innovations with Cisco unified communications and collaboration (UCC) partners.

04/24/2013

VoIP Solutions Help Maintain Good Work-Life Balance for Employees
According to new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), an industry-focused firm that provides advisory services for clients, the millennial generation born between 1980 and 2000 believes that work-life balance is far more important than financial rewards in staying motivated as employees.

04/24/2013

Plantronics Receives 2013 Visionary Innovation Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan
Market research firm Frost & Sullivan recently honored Plantronics, a global leader in audio communications for businesses and consumers, with a Visionary Innovation Award in recognition of its accomplishments in the areas of unified communications and collaboration (UCC) and customer care. In order to win a Visionary Innovation Award, a company must demonstrate its ability to "identify key mega-trends and proactively address unmet needs with disruptive solutions that can greatly improve busines…

04/23/2013

Ortsbo Delivers Real-Time Global Chat for Chinese Social Network Startup CloudTime
Thanks to the partnership, people can connect with each other for business purposes or for building global friendships online, in a truly transformative way. CloudTime instantly transforms content and communications in multiple languages - even to users with no foreign language skills.

04/23/2013

Vidyo Earns $17.1 Million Financing
Vidyo's latest round of financing has been a smashing success, garnering a new influx of $17.1 million in capital. This financing was provided by its many investors, both new and inside, and will be put to use helping expand the company's global market share and further accelerate its sales.

04/22/2013

A Wolf in VoIP's Clothing
Originally only available on iOS, ChatTime is an app that helps users save shockingly large amounts of money on international voice calls. The rates charged through ChatTime are 98 percent lower than the average mobile carrier, and when compared to Skype, who practically made their name on transatlantic call savings, international calls cost 70 percent less. All of these savings are wrapped in an interface that guarantees mobile carrier quality with no communication lag.

04/22/2013

TMCnet's Unified Communications Week in Review
Unified communications (UC) to a business is like sun to blooming spring flowers-it needs it in order to survive and continue to grow for the long term. As the UC spaces continues to expand just like the branches on the trees right outside my window, tons of news is continuing to make headlines all over the globe.

04/20/2013

Who Will Win Adcap's Extreme Collaboration Makeover Contest?
One lucky organization will be entitled to receive a Cisco Unified Business Edition 6000 solution with up to 100 phones, made possible by Adcap Network Systems' launching the "Extreme Collaboration Makeover" contest.

04/15/2013

Asahi Technologies Launches Multichannel Communication Solutions Using Tropo API
Asahi Technologies, a New York Web design and development company, has launched Tropo-based application development services. The cloud-based API, Tropo, can be used with Web and mobile applications to add Web and text messaging functionalities.

04/15/2013

hopTo Beta is Available for Download
hopTo Inc, a subsidiary of GraphOn Corporation, released the public beta of its new productivity app for the iPad. The app, hopTo, is a workspace that allows users manage, edit and share their documents by leveraging their PC. A lot of work has been put into the app and there are more than 100 patents protecting the technology behind it.

04/15/2013

Zumbox Teams Up with Bell and Howell to Offer Turnkey Multi-channel Customer Communication Solution
Zumbox has recently inked a new partnership agreement with Bell and Howell to merge the Digital Postal Mail service from Zumbox with Bell and Howell's data management, Web and mobile services.

04/15/2013

Plantronics CFO Pamela Strayer Named Acting CEO
Plantronics, Inc. (PLT) has recently named CFO Pamela Strayer as the acting CEO to replace president and chief operating officer Ken Kannappan, who is on temporary medical leave.

04/15/2013

Government Organizations Increasingly Turning to UC to Cut Costs
These days, it's hard to walk into a reputable business and not see an array of unified communications tools in use, including audio and video conferencing, caller ID, voicemail, call waiting, instant messaging and intelligent presence. While the advantages behind an organization implementing a UC platform are pretty obvious, what you may not know is that the government isn't far behind in its unified communication adoption.

04/15/2013

Mott MacDonald Selects Tata Communications for its UC Needs
Tata Communications Ltd. has just earned a great deal, having been selected by Mott MacDonald to be its global telecommunications partner. This deal will last for five years, and is worth over $20 million, creating new levels of global collaboration while giving both companies a nice competitive edge.

04/15/2013

TMCnet's Unified Communications Week in Review
Unified communications (UC) meant generally good news this week, with video taking the spotlight in a few developments and testaments to its growing value abounded every day. But now it's the weekend, so let's review before relishing the warm weather.

04/13/2013

VARs, SIs and Consultants - UC Opportunities
As I pointed out in recent posts, UC is becoming a key factor in next-generation contact centers that must now support mobile consumers. This direction was very evident at the very successful Enterprise Connect show, where Voxeo, an innovative provider of self-service application development technology, was judged "Best of Show."

04/12/2013

Catalyst Telecom Unveils FastQuote Tool for Avaya Video Conferencing
The less time resellers have to spend on quoting, the more time they can spend on growing their business and strengthening their partnerships. Catalyst Telecom, a division of ScanSource, Inc. and value-added distributor of voice, video and data convergence solutions, is keen on enabling resellers to be more efficient and successful in their video practice.

04/10/2013

Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art Deploys Polycom RealPresence Video Solutions
Polycom, a provider of standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions, announced that Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) has deployed Polycom RealPresence video solutions to bring its vast collection of African art to a global audience. Through interactive and real-time video classes, briefings, tours and collaborative sessions, guests get a new perspective on how artists in Africa have expressed themselves through art over centuries.

04/09/2013

UCC is Growing, But Not Being Properly Adopted
Spending on unified communications and collaboration is up, and yet user adoption isn't. This is both baffling and bad news, but indicates a disconnect between employees and the tools at their disposal, as well as the need for more UCC user adoption if the market wants to keep growing.

04/09/2013

Covene Celebrates First Anniversary against Background of Phenomenal Growth
For many years, it was a challenge for organizations to start and complete a variety of technology projects in the Midwest for the region was highly dependent on partners from different parts of the country. Inevitably, this led to projects never being commenced or completed in time. In addition, because of serious staffing concerns, companies were forced to hang on to their outdated legacy technology and support was inadequate.

04/08/2013

Project Plan Online Unveils Social Project Manager & Video Project Manager
Project Plan Online has just released, Social Project Manager & Video Project Manager, designed to enable businesses to leverage the power of collaboration via social media & video in project collaboration & reporting.

04/08/2013

Ask the Experts When Deploying the Right Unified Communications Solution
Cookie-cutter unified communications (UC) solutions might be tempting, with a good price point and a bevy of features. But don't be fooled: One size does not fit all when it comes to UC.

04/08/2013

WTG Becomes Star2Star Master Agent
Star2Star Communications has signed WTG, one of the nation's leading master agencies, as a Star2Star master agent.

04/03/2013

ShoreTel Adds New Champion Partners
ShoreTel's Champion Partner Program is getting a boost, with new additions to the team. These new partners will help it offer on-premise and hosted UC solutions to the partners' customers, helping more people connect through the ShoreTel Unified Communication tools available.

04/03/2013

HP Reduces Unified Communications Complexity
Unified Communications technology is great for communicating with colleagues and contacts across the world; there's no doubt about that. Still, there is always room for improvement. According to HP, what UC needs now is less complexity, and to that end, the company has introduced new offerings designed to address this matter.

04/02/2013

Omantel, FVC Demonstrate Video, Audio Conferencing at Oman Conference
Omantel, a telecommunications provider based in Oman, demonstrated Polycom audio and video conferencing with FVC at COMEX 13. The conference was held at the Oman International Exhibition Center in Muscat from March 25-29.

04/02/2013

Chorus Call and Hitachi Establish Chorus Call Asia
Chorus Call and Hitachi High-Technologies have teamed on establishing regional services provider - Chorus Call Asia Kabushiki Kaisha.

04/02/2013

Unified Communications is On the Rise
According to this Teo Tech article, even the most advanced communication tools are both accessible and affordable. In fact, access to unified communications based on VoIP technology can reduce the overall cost of interactions for the enterprise and the small- to medium-sized business (SMB). The most commonly used tools include voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), enterprise mobility solutions and video conferencing.

04/02/2013

Is this an End to PBX? Has Unified Communications Technologies Replaced it?
A once popular telephone system for call handling, where calls were routed manually, was the private branch exchange (PBX). It allowed telephone exchange for the general public for many years. In the 1990s with the availability of the Internet, business telephony led to the development of the VoIP PBX. It was then when people had either a hosted or an on-premises PBX solution.

04/01/2013

Frost & Sullivan Sees Growth in Mexican Unified Communications and Collaboration Solutions Market
Over the past few years, Mexico has been growing as one of the top destinations for doing businesses. In fact, Mexico improved six positions in the last two years in "Doing Business Report" released for 2013 by the World Bank.

04/01/2013

TMCnet Unified Communications Week in Review
Unified communications (UC) is key to the ongoing success of businesses throughout every industry. No matter how small or large an organization is, it's crucial that they have a next-generation system in place that will enable a geographically dispersed employee and client base to remain connected at all times.

03/30/2013

Primus Business Services Launches Primus Softphone for Apple iPhone and Google Android
Provider of full service voice and data solutions, Primus Business Services has launched Primus Softphone for Apple iPhone and Google Android.

03/28/2013

The Choices of UC and SIP Trunking
While Unified Communications is not exactly new, it's always changing, improving and innovating. UC and VoIP have managed to provide affordable, streamlined communications, making it easier than ever to communicate with colleagues across long distances, but also presenting companies with some big decisions that must be made.

03/27/2013

Unified Communications Specialist Teo Talks Video Conferencing
Companies these days are increasingly turning to an innovative unified communications (UC) suite to drive profits and keep their competitive edge. One of the most popular next-generation solutions within UC is video conferencing since it allows for much more efficient communication and collaboration to take place within corporations spread throughout the globe.

03/27/2013

Lync 2013 iOS App is Available
iPhone and iPad users may have thought of Microsoft Lync as something they'll never get to use on their device of choice, but that's no longer the case. Microsoft has recently launched Lync 2013 on Windows 8 Phone, and now it has Lync for Apple's iOS mobile devices.

03/26/2013

TMCnet Unified Communications Week in Review
One thing is for sure in today's competitive business landscape: if you don't have a unified communications platform in place, it is likely your competitors will slowly but surely be taking away your customer base. Currently, consumers demand constant access to capabilities including instant messaging, call routing, Web and audio conferencing, and if they can't use these solutions when partnering with you, it is likely they will soon be looking at other options that are available to them.

03/23/2013

MEDL Announces 'Hang w/' A Live Video Social Media Platform
"Hang w/" live, a social mobile video platform that allows live real-time video sent from one phone to many, from anywhere at any time, is now available for download on the Apple App Store.

03/20/2013

Whaleback Gains New CrystalBlue Partners
Whaleback Managed Services' CrystalBlue Partner Program is expanding rapidly with several new partners. Thirteen new partners from North America have been added to the program, who will provide Whaleback's CrystalBlue Unified Communications services to SMBs looking for a way to improve their communications services at lower costs.

03/20/2013

Seven Factors Driving Federal Adoption of Unified Communications as a Cloud-Based, Hosted or Managed Service
Unified communications applications resonate well with today's budget-strapped federal agencies. These new tools help to streamline processes, increase productivity and transform the way people work. And they typically do so at a lower cost than legacy communication systems.

03/20/2013

Cisco Improves B2B Video Collaboration
Cisco is driving enterprise video collaboration forward with a combination of software and networks. It is releasing new software innovations, which provide new ways to manage and scale video, while increasing communications between businesses.

03/20/2013

BroadSoft UC-One IMBS Helps Mobile Operators and Employees Work Better From Anywhere
BroadSoft, Inc. is bringing a new fixed mobile convergence solution to mobile operators. The UC-One IMS is a comprehensive solution that lets mobile operators provide a single subscription for an employee's UC needs, separating communication devices from service subscribers for enterprises.

03/19/2013

Cisco Envisions Video Collaboration Anywhere, Anytime
To get the latest on Cisco Systems' plans for unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), TMC executive editor Paula Bernier met Cisco's solutions architect Akhil Behl at last Month's ITEXPO in Miami, Fla. Responsible for leading Cisco's Collaboration and Security portfolio from professional services perspective, Behl told the executive editor that Cisco was taking UC&C to new levels.

03/19/2013

Exomi Introduces Rich Communications Services
In order to provide Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) with a means of transitioning voice and messaging services into an all-IP and LTE world, Exomi has introduced its Rich Communications Services platform for mobile operators. Now with this step, the company has created a solid foundation and extensive experience in messaging as well as mobile browsing and streaming.

03/19/2013

Avaya Opens Up a New Front of Collaborative Cloud Offers
When it comes to cloud computing - especially collaborative cloud computing - one of the biggest names in the field has to be Avaya. Avaya's going to show off its dominance in the field by stepping up with some big new additions, having revealed earlier today, to its Avaya Collaborative Cloud system. The new additions feature a set of new offers geared toward making it easier for cloud service providers (CSPs) to bring Avaya's solutions to their own markets.

03/18/2013

Video Conferencing Is Transforming the Way Many Industries Interact
Recent advances in communications technology have been of great benefit not only to the consumer, but also to the enterprise market to a much larger degree. Indeed, the cost savings and collaborative capabilities of mobility, video conferencing and unified communications in the corporate environment cannot be overstated.

03/18/2013

GENBAND NUViA Powers Arrow S3
Arrow Electronics, Inc. is on the mark, with its decision to use GENBAND NUViA as the flagship cloud offering of its Arrow S3 business. GENBAND provides secure multimedia communications cloud services, which is letting Arrow offer HD voice, video, conferencing, mobility and more, as a service to businesses of all sizes.

03/18/2013

CommuniGate Systems Inks Deal with GuruCube
CommuniGate Systems, developer of unified messaging technology, signed a new partnership agreement with GuruCube, a company based in Italy which offers hosting and Web solutions to the Italian and Latin American markets.

03/18/2013

Tango Telecom Provides Messaging for XL Axiata
Tango Telecom is taking its next generation messaging platform to Indonesia, delivering its iAX platform to XL, part of the Axiata group. This was made possible with help from Lintas Teknologi, a local partner of Tango, and will help improve XL's message delivery.

03/18/2013

TMCnet Unified Communications Week in Review
Ah, unified communications-an essential element for any company looking to keep its competitive edge and remain profitable for the long term. Not only does this system encompass such capabilities as instant messaging, audio/ video conferencing, VoIP and faxing, but it can significantly lower expenses a firm sees almost immediately.

03/16/2013

VidOvation Expands to Corporate and Government Markets
VidOvation has a goal: to bring its innovative broadcast expertise and technology to AV and government customers at prices so affordable that it will help encourage early adoption of it. As of today, it has expanded that strategy, helping provide broadcast quality audio and video with a new focus.

03/15/2013

TeamViewer 8 Available on All Platforms
With the recent launch of TeamViewer version 8 for Linux, TeamViewer 8 is available on all platforms.

03/13/2013

New LiveHive Solution Drives Collaboration for a Smarter Workplace
LiveHive Inc recently introduced the LiveHive solution which has been designed to drive collaboration by bringing different kinds of content into one visual and accessible workspace. Irrespective of their location, workers can quickly access the LiveHive solution via a Web browser, or over their tablet or smartphone thus driving productivity of an enterprise.

03/13/2013

How to Ensure Your UC Strategy is Effective
When selecting the ideal unified communications platform to meet your individual business needs, there are many things to look for. Some of these capabilities include obvious ones like flexibility, scalability and cost-effectiveness but others are much less visible such as the way in which this robust technology can assist those in decision making roles to adjust the processes that lead to tasks being completed.

03/13/2013

Lango Adds Images to Text Messaging
Lango's new mobile app is ready for the iPhone and Android devices. This app lets users text with daily content based off the latest news and trends, connecting words and phrases with appropriate imagery before texting and posting their messages.

03/12/2013

B. Braun Uses NextiraOne for UC and Contact Center Support
NextiraOne has been chosen by B. Braun Medical Ltd. As such, it will implement its Unified Communications solution across B. Braun's four sites in the U.K., providing two things: an IP telephony that will let employees make calls from their computers, and an integrated Contact Center Solution.

03/12/2013

Cisco-Powered Ingram Micro HCS Now Available to Cisco Channel Partners in the U.S. and Canada
The demand for pay-as-you-go collaboration services is growing exponentially, along with the need for cloud-based unified communication services as more and more customers are looking to trusted partners to provide cost-effective and standardized cloud-based unified communications deployments.

03/11/2013

MessageMe Can Make Anything a Message
Message for you on line one: why aren't you getting your messages from MessageMe yet? This new iOS and Android app sends group and individual messages, along with songs, videos and more, all from a mobile device.

03/11/2013

TMCnet Unified Communications Week in Review
In today's technologically advanced world, unified communications is enabling businesses to expand their footprint much more cheaply than ever before. This next generation suite not only allows organizations with geographically disparate workforces to come together and complete projects in a highly efficient manner, but it also helps to keep everyone communicating and continuously collaborating.

03/09/2013

Siemens Canada signs agreement with Electromega
Siemens Canada recently announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Electromega Ltd., a Quebec-based Canadian leader in the sale and distribution of specialized products and solutions, for its traffic technologies.

03/05/2013

SENSUS Announces Acquisition of Winnipeg- Based Easton Communication
SENSUS Communication Solutions Inc., a major player in communications for businesses and governments across Canada, has acquired Winnipeg -based Easton Communications.

03/05/2013

Siemens Enterprise Communications Intros Next-Generation UC Platform for SMBs
As an increasing number of small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) look to implement more advanced communications platforms within their organizations, this spring, Siemens Enterprise Communications will launch OpenScape Business, a next-generation Unified Communications platform that offers benefits of UC to SMBs, regardless of their telephony infrastructure.

03/05/2013

EarthBend Purchases Mitel's DataNet CommSource Business Unit
EarthBend recently announced that it has purchased the DataNet CommSource business unit of Mitel, located in Sioux Falls. Mitel is a major provider of cloud and premise-based unified communications software offerings. Telephony and IT offerings are provided by EarthBend, whose headquarters are situated in the U.S. Midwest.

03/05/2013

The Health of VoIP and Unified Communications
In the fourth quarter of 2012, enterprises like unified communications provider Teo had noticed something: the VoIP market had grown quite nicely. Technology marches on, making VoIP more affordable and provide clearer communication quality, which benefits those who use it significantly.

03/05/2013

Polycom Recognized as Smart Work Excellence Company
Polycom Inc., a company that offers open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions, was recently recognized as a Smart Work Excellence Company by Korea's Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS) and National Information Society Agency (NIA). The 2012 Smart Work Excellence Awards were held in Seoul, South Korea on January 13.

03/04/2013

Mitel Appoints AINEO Networks as Authorized Distributor in Japan and Korea
Mitel Networks, a provider of cloud and premise-based unified communications and collaboration solutions, has appointed AINEO Networks as its authorized distributor in Japan and Korea for installing, maintaining and supporting Mitel systems.

03/04/2013

TMCnet Unified Communications Week in Review
Just like firms must remain profitable and continually expand their footprint, they also should leverage a unified communications suite to drive collaboration and communications amongst the entire workforce and customer base.

03/02/2013

Unified Communications Provider Joins Forces with Salesforce CRM
What is a forward thinking unified communications provider that already works with most of the major Fortune 1,000 companies, government agencies, educational institutions, enterprise and smaller sized companies around the world to do in order to enhance its portfolio? Seamlessly integrate its robust, next generation suite with the SalesForce CRM offering, of course.

03/01/2013

ShoreTel Sky Soars to New Heights
According to reports, ShoreTel is in the lead for the Unified Communications as a Service private cloud market. The data published by Synergy Research Group has found it to rank first worldwide, which is normally an impressive feat, but in this case is the 12th quarter in a row for ShoreTel to claim the prize.

02/28/2013

UC&C Continues to Rise in Brazil
The unified communication and collaboration (UC&C) market in Brazil is looking good. In fact, according to a report from Frost & Sullivan, the UC&C market in Brazil is on the rise, and the growing mobile workforce there will help it continue to grow in the coming years. According to the Frost & Sullivan report, "Reality Check on key Brazilian Unified Communications and Collaboration Markets," the UCC market there had revenue of over $392 million in 2011.

02/28/2013