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Microsoft Cloud Services Get Service Updates, New Customers
Technology giant Microsoft announced the first major service update for Microsoft Office 365, the company’s cloud productivity service for businesses of all sizes. The service will also be available to try in 22 additional markets today, including Argentina, Iceland, Indonesia, South Africa and Taiwan. Microsoft is making more than 30 new updates to Office 365…
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SMBs Investing in Fragmented UC Solutions: AMI
In its latest research, the 2011-2012 North America SMB Unified Communications Overview, IT research firm AMI-Partners found that while deployment of full or complete Unified Communications (UC) solutions in North America is low, adoption of its individual components is actually rather high. More than half of small to medium-size businesses (SMBs, or firms with 1-999…
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Google Apps for Business Now Has Complete 24/7 Phone Support
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nov. 14 added 24/7 phone support in its Google Apps for Business for all issues, providing an additional lure for CIOs considering Google’s paid collaboration suite as an alternative to Microsoft software. Launched in February 2007, Google Apps for Business (formerly Google Apps Premier Edition) costs $50 per user, per year, or $5…
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Polycom, Sabre Travel Network Partnering on Videoconferencing Reservation System
For business travelers who need to find a telepresence room quickly, Polycom and Sabre Travel Network have partnered to create a solution that will create a global reservation system for reserving and using public and corporate-owned HD videoconferencing and telepresence rooms. Through the Sabre Virtual Meeting reservation system, business travelers will be able to locate,…
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Alcatel-Lucent Releases OpenTouch UC Platform
Alcatel-Lucent is rolling out its OpenTouch communications platform as it looks to strengthen its position in the booming video conferencing and unified communications spaces. Alcatel-Lucent officials first announced OpenTouch in April and launched the communications platform Nov. 10, initially coming out with three packages. The goal of the OpenTouch suite of technologies is to enable…