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  • Google's Gmail has less than 1% of enterprise e-mail market, Gartner says

    Google's Gmail has captured less than one per cent of the enterprise e-mail market, according to Gartner. Despite a few high-profile deployments, most Google Apps customers have only around 50 users, making the overall number of business users relatively small, the analyst firm says.

    Written by Jon Brodkin29 Sept. 10 04:12
  • Facebook clone for the enterprise created by Yammer

    Yammer, which launched two years ago as a Twitter clone for the enterprise, is now revamping itself with a new platform that looks almost exactly like Facebook.

    Written by Jon Brodkin29 Sept. 10 07:25
  • Cisco expects BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to do well

    Cisco expects RIM's new BlackBerry PlayBook to do well among businesses moving toward tablets, and help to augment customer demand for Cisco's WebEx service and Unified Communications Manager platforms.

    Written by Tim Greene29 Sept. 10 02:35
  • Seven ways social nets like Facebook and LinkedIn are 'truly evil'

    NEW YORK -- Social networks are a major resource for hackers trying to capture valuable corporate data or run amok inside business networks, the information security director of a major online trading firm told Security Standard attendees.

    Written by Tim Greene17 Sept. 10 03:40
  • Technology Update: Unified communications integrated in the cloud

    Unified communications (UC) as we know it today is flawed. The initial investment is simply too high for the return, partly due to the cost of each component and the fact you need gateway servers and software to tie the disparate systems together. Even then there's no guarantee the products will play nicely with one another, meaning you have to add a line item to the budget for troubleshooting.

    Written by Network World staff17 Sept. 10 09:45
  • Cisco, Citrix team on desktop virtualization package

    Hoping to ease a typically arduous deployment process, Citrix and Cisco Systems are jointly offering a package for running a large number of virtual desktops across an organization.

    Written by Joab Jackson08 Sept. 10 14:04
  • Crime Commission looks to $2.2m comms overhaul

    The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) will spend an estimated $2.2 million over three years to overhaul its unified communications and upgrade videoconferencing systems across the country.

    Written by James Hutchinson06 Sept. 10 11:23
  • Skype launches Skype Connect for businesses

    Skype has launched a Session Initiation Protocol-based voice service for businesses that integrates free and low-cost calling into corporate IP PBXs, providing an opportunity to add voice features to corporate Web sites and to cut back on some phone expenses.

    Written by Tim Greene31 Aug. 10 08:15
  • Skype worries about iPhone, attracting business customers

    Skype is worried about whether the iPhone and other Apple products will undermine its VoIP services and is also insecure about whether it can achieve service levels good enough to lure business customers, according to the company's filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation to offering public stock for the first time.

    Written by Tim Greene10 Aug. 10 08:25
  • AccuQuote reduces costs with BPA, unified comms

    Life insurance giant AccuQuote has recorded an increase in productivity and a decrease in material costs thanks to an organisation wide move to unified communications and business process automation (BPA).

    Written by Lisa Banks19 July 10 14:36
  • Google Voice now open to everyone in the US

    Google's telephony management application Google Voice is now open to all U.S. residents, as the company on Tuesday removed the requirement for prospective users to receive an invitation in order to sign up for the service.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez23 June 10 06:35
  • Microsoft to kill Response Point VoIP sales Aug. 31

    Microsoft will stop selling the Response Point phone system on Aug. 31 this year, as it clears the way for Microsoft Office Communications Server to be the vendor's primary VoIP platform.

    Written by Jon Brodkin19 May 10 02:43
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