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Unified Communications Coming on Strong

January 03, 2013 09:02 AM
UC deployments appear to be up, and Cisco maintains its market lead, but Microsoft is making gains, new research finds.

A UC Deployment's Most Important Ingredient: the VAR

December 07, 2012 01:13 PM
Picking the right UC technology is important, but unless you have unlimited IT resources you’ll be relying on outside services for deployment, training and more. The right VAR can make a UC rollout shine.

Sonian Archives Social Media

June 02, 2010 07:00 AM
As employees increasingly send data over systems not controlled by the company, such as social media, organizations have had to struggle to keep track for audit, compliance and eDiscovery purposes. For this reason, Sonian recently enhanced its cloud archiving service to support archiving of social media and instant messaging communications, including that performed on smart phones.

FaceTime Controls Enterprise And Public UC Apps For Compliance

March 30, 2010 10:20 AM
FaceTime's latest--and rebranded--version of its unified communications management and audit product, Vantage 10.1, includes new control features for Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) and IBM Lotus Sametime, as well as support for Skype and Microsoft LiveMeeting. Vantage, formerly IMAuditor, lets enterprises manage, monitor, capture, audit and archive enterprise-grade UC tools such as OCS and Sametime, and consumer apps such as AIM, Google Talk, Windows Live and, now, Skype, from a central management point.

Can Web 2.0 Evolve Into an Enterprise Technology?

October 26, 2007 04:00 AM
Wikis, mashups, social networking, even Second Life can have a place in business, but they need to improve legacy interoperability???and IT needs to overcome its skepticism.

Kids Don't Tell Parents The Truth About Online Activities

May 25, 2007 01:24 PM
A Webroot survey shows that more than half of kids are shopping online, while 43% of teens using social network sites have been solicited by a stranger in the past

Review: Tangling With Twitter -- 8 Alternative Services

May 16, 2007 04:02 AM
Twitter is the current favorite when it comes to instant presence, but there are other services out there which could be a better fit.

Analysis: Mobile Instant Messaging

April 27, 2007 04:00 AM
Mobile IM can be a powerful productivity tool, but IT groups are prone to dismiss it as a consumer-focused novelty. Here's why you should keep this technology on your radar.

Microsoft and Nortel Tighten Unified Communications Ties

March 28, 2007 09:31 PM
Vendors' latest partnership announcement targets service providers.

Cisco Updates Unified Communications Platform

March 05, 2007 06:40 PM
Enterprises get bundled presence, IM and mobile communications options on latest version of Cisco telephony server.

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