VoiceCon Standards Clash; Palm's Cautionary Tale

VoiceCon Standards Clash; Palm's Cautionary Tale

March 23, 2010

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Vendors Clash Over Lack Of Standards At VoiceCon
The lack of interoperability among Unified Communications systems sparked discussion at the conference's session on next-gen architectures.

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