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Telecommuters Rely on Unified Communications, Lag on Data Backup
According to a recent survey from Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples Inc., telecommuters say they rely on email (96 percent), instant messaging (68 percent), video conferencing (44 percent) and unified communications technologies (25 percent) to stay connected. While more than two-thirds of telecommuters said they didn’t receive IT security training in preparation for…
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Fonality Partner Plus Program Offers Hosted, Hybrid-Hosted Platforms
Business communications company Fonality announced its Partner Plus Program, designed to provide partners with more flexibility and tools necessary to drive voice over IP, unified communications and contact center sales among the small and midsize business market. A tiered designation structure was created to ensure partners are well-equipped to meet their customers’ needs with a…
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Businesses to Spend $32 Billion on Mobility Solutions in 2011
According to IT research firm Techaisle’s multi-country primary research study on small to medium-size business (SMB) mobility adoption and trends shows that U.S. SMBs are likely to spend $32 billion on mobility solutions in 2011. Overall, 81 percent of SMBs are either currently implementing or planning to implement some type of mobility solution ranging from…
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Cisco’s Chambers Keynote Foreshadows Restructuring
While Cisco Systems continues to innovate, it has become too complex and needs to become more streamlined and easier to work with, CEO John Chambers said in his opening keynote at the Cisco Live show in Las Vegas. As a result, Chambers acknowledged the company will undergo a restructuring although he didn t disclose any…
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone Takes Center Stage
Microsoft executives used the second day of the company s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles to offer a few glimpses of upcoming Windows Phones. Acer, Fujitsu, ZTE, and Samsung had manufactured the devices on display for part of the July 12 keynote speeches, all of them embracing a thin-and-light design style that will apparently…
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Polycom Telepresence Adds Microsoft Lync Support
Polycom is bringing Microsoft s Lync unified-communications platform from the desktop to a full conference room telepresence system. Polycom officials at Microsoft s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles July 11 introduced the CX7000 Unified Collaboration System, a telepresence solution that offers Microsoft Lync built in. With the tight integration, Lync users will get the…