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Unified communications adoption remains low
Vendors have been touting the benefits of unified communications for many years now, but a lack of integration among products and a difficulty in coming up with a business case are hampering adoption.
Unified communications shows speedy ROI at Clark Atlanta University
The communications system at Clark Atlanta University was 20 years old last year when CAU decided it needed a better way to reach out to students and parents. The university's CIO, who had been on
Avaya files to go public
Avaya moved to launch a $1 billion IPO last week, inspiring industry experts to call for the IP telephony manufacturer to beef up its investment in product development, reports Robert Mullins at
Microsoft's Lync to further unify communications
Boeing and France Telecom are among the big customers that Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) has nabbed so far for Lync, its revamped web-based calling and video-conferencing tool. With this latest iteration
Intermedia launch hosted PBX telephone service
Intermedia earlier this week launched a hosted PBX service that integrates with its hosted Exchange email service. Intermedia says that the VoIP-based service allows its customers to access unified
Survey: Windows 7 at top of IT investment list
The most popular technologies among IT executives are Windows 7 and unified communications, according to a survey just released by Computer Economics. The main conclusion the researchers drew is that
Station Casinos' recent IT investments
Station Casinos in Las Vegas is trying to work its way out from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and a number of recent IT investments is helping it reduce costs and boost revenue, reports Computerworld's Mike
NHL team benefits from unified communications
The Buffalo Sabres started implementing a unified communications system when it was no longer able to get replacement parts for its aged PBX system after Fujitsu left the market. The organization's
A better forecast for IT
Forrester Research put out an updated report predicting even higher annual growth in IT spending--8.4 percent--than predicted in January. The rosier forecast, by Forrester's Andrew Bartels, is based
AT&T plans to beef up business offerings
AT&T unveiled a long list of projects, worth about $1 billion, to upgrade its business offerings this year, including enterprise applications, mobility services and cloud services. Many of the
