Collaboration

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  • Plantronics, Cisco Partner on SMB Communications Initiatives

    Audio communications specialist Plantronics announced the availability of tools, training events and special product offers as part of an initiative aimed at supporting the communications requirements of small and midsize businesses. Plantronics said it is working with strategic partners, including Cisco, to develop and offer technology solutions for this mobile-focused market segment. The first SMB…

  • Velocity Micro Releases Android Tablets

    Computer maker Velocity Micro, builder of the Cruz tablet, announced the availability of two Android tablets – the 8-in. Cruz T408 and the 10-in. Cruz T410. Designed by Velocity Micro’s team of engineers to emphasize speed, content, style, and value, the Cruzes provide a litany of features consumers look for while still maintaining an affordable…

  • High-Value Competency Channel Partners to Drive Cloud Adoption: AMI Report

    In the high-growth cloud services market, every advantage helps, and five key channel partner competencies help make them indispensable and highly profitable, a report from IT research firm Access Markets International (AMI) Partners shows. Channel partners with one or more of the five competencies—business analytics, unified communication and collaboration, business process management, mobility, and infrastructure…

  • Social Media Tools Underused by Small Businesses: Survey

    As consumers continue to clamor to social media channels like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, a recent survey conducted by Zoomerang Online Surveys and Polls found that small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are not using these tools to the fullest potential to capture their customers’ attention. The survey polled more than 1,100 SMB decision-makers and more…

  • DOJ Sues to Stop ATT, T-Mobile Buy

    The United States Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit Aug. 31 that seeks to prevent the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA, a division of Deutsche Telekom. The proposed $39 billion merger would reduce competition for mobile wireless communications services across the United States, according to a statement provided by the Justice Department. The…

  • Cisco Acquires Office 365 Collaboration Provider

    Cisco Systems, continuing to look into markets outside the network infrastructure sector that it already leads, Aug. 29 announced that it is acquiring 2-year-old collaboration software maker Versly. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. San Francisco-based Versly’s speciality is that it brings Microsoft applications into social networking. It integrates employee and supply-chain collaboration within…

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