UC & VoIP Channel
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Unified Communications Coming on Strong
January 03, 2013 09:02 AM
Posted by Michael Finneran
UC deployments appear to be up, and Cisco maintains its market lead, but Microsoft is making gains, new research finds.
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Unified Communications in 2013
December 28, 2012 10:51 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran
Where will UC take us in 2013? Here are insights from several analysts who forecast deeper integration of UC and applications, the end of voice as a separate market, and more.
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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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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.
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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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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VXLAN termination on physical devices
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: OpenFlow is poised to reach over-hyped status, yet there are practical, useful reasons for keeping an eye on Openflow. The biggest cloud players are involved and driving the feature creation.
Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
Get a primer on the Openflow protocol and what it can do for networking.
On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
This research papers investigates the practical issues in split-architecture networks and the placement of the controllers, such as Openflow controllers, in the network.
