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• Mobile mania spurs demand for unified communications

  In the space of just the past few years, Art Johnston has gone from thinking of unified communications as optional to viewing it as "a strategy that we need to implement to be competitive."

• Google+ comes to the enterprise via Google Apps

  Google is beginning its big Google+ integration move.

• Google readies Google+ for push into the enterprise

  Google looks close to unleashing Google+ on the enterprise.

• Companies slow to take on social media, survey finds

  Corporate executives see the need to use social media to connect with their customers, but many acknowledge that they're still figuring out how best to do it.

• Startup moves Exchange mailboxes to Google or Microsoft cloud

  A startup founded by a former Citrix executive is aiming to help customers move Microsoft Exchange mailboxes to either Google Apps or Microsoft's own cloud.

• Business will get more social in 2011, IDC says

  Businesses will increasingly turn to social networking tools in 2011, but there will be fewer social platforms for companies to choose from, according to predictions from IT research firm IDC.

• HP launches desktop, room-size videoconferencing

  Hewlett-Packard today announced videoconferencing for desktops, laptops and conference rooms to complement its high-end, studio-based Halo videoconferencing line.

• Novell unveils enterprise collaboration platform beta

  Novell today took the wraps off a beta version of Novell Vibe -- its new social collaboration.

• For Facebook, the first half billion were easy

  Facebook may have secured its place at the top of the world's list of social networking sites with yesterday's announcement that it passed the 500-million user mark. But industry watchers think that signing up the next 500 million Facebook users may be a lot harder.