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Today's employees have a variety of methods for interacting with coworkers, business partners and customers, including voice, IM, e-mail and video. They can also use a variety of devices, including VoIP phones, laptops with Webcams, and smartphones and tablets. Unified communications aims to integrate all these tools into a comprehensive platform for seamless interactivity. Unified communications are also becoming tied in to collaboration and enterprise social networking systems. Our Unified Communications Tech Center delivers best practices, examines new products, and shares strategies to help you make the most of UC.

 

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802.11ac: Cisco, Aerohive Offer Forecasts

December 27, 2012 11:00 AM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

802.11ac promises significant improvements for WLANs. I interviewed representatives from Cisco Systems and Aerohive Networks to get their input on 11ac, how it will affect corporate networks, and if and when IT should upgrade.

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Tags: 802.11ac, Cisco Systems, Aerohive Networks, wireless networks, WLAN, access points

Channel: Networking & Mgmt, Data Center, Next Gen Network

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Weighing Cloud UC Options and Costs

December 19, 2012 12:10 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran

Unified communications can be provided as a cloud service, and customers have a huge number of options. But in the long term, cloud UC isn’t necessarily cheaper than premises deployments.

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Tags: UC, unified communications, cloud, telephony, IP PBX, capex, opex

Channel: Cloud Computing, UC & VoIP, Public Cloud

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Will Mobile Drive or Replace UC?

December 13, 2012 01:02 PM
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UC vendors must create a more integrated experience on mobile devices to capture the ease of use and flexibility that users demand on smartphones and tablets—and to counter native capabilities that could make UC less relevant.

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Tags: Unified communications, UC, smartphones, tablets, mobile, presence

Channel: Next Gen Network, Wireless, UC & VoIP

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A UC Deployment's Most Important Ingredient: the VAR

December 07, 2012 01:13 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran

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.

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Tags: UC, unified communications, VAR, IM, presence, VoIP, application integration

Channel: Data Center, UC & VoIP

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The Case for UC Interoperability

November 28, 2012 07:44 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran

A lack of interoperability among unified communications platforms isn't suited to today's business needs, particularly because partners, suppliers and resellers need to collaborate and communicate more closely than ever. It's time for the UC industry to step up.

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Tags: UC, unified communications, collaboration, interoperability, federation, Microsoft Lync, Cisco, video conference, telepresence, presence, instant messaging

Channel: UC & VoIP, Cloud Computing, Public Cloud

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802.11ac: 5 Steps to Prepare for Next-Gen WLANs

November 26, 2012 11:56 AM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

The 802.11ac wireless standard will be ratified in 2013, and pre-standard consumer hardware is on the market. Follow these five steps to prepare now for the day when 802.11ac comes knocking.

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Tags: 802.11ac, 11ac, WLAN, wireless, wireless networks, wireless networking, Cisco, 802.11n, 11n, Aruba, Belkin, Buffalo, Air Magnet, Ekahau, Tamosoft

Channel: Networking & Mgmt, Wireless, Data Center, Next Gen Network

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