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Collaborative Applications

• Managing use of consumer collaboration tools, mobile devices for work

  Should enterprises let employees use consumer collaboration tools and personal mobile computing devices for work? Ted Schadler of Forrester Research weighs in. Continue Reading

• Making sense of unified communications and collaboration tools

  Shopping unified communications and collaboration tools is demanding since collaboration tools and packages vary across vendors. This tip provides an overview of UC collaboration tools from top vendors, like Microsoft, IBM and Avaya, and will help ... Continue Reading

• Bringing UC tools into enterprise video conferencing

  Although UC pros welcome integrations between UC tools and enterprise video conferencing products as a way to improve employee productivity, some still hesitate to implement them. Continue Reading

• Why some users dread business collaboration tools, feel they waste time

  Some users hate business collaboration tools. Developing a collaboration strategy ahead of deployment can help enterprises maximize UC investments by matching them to business needs and processes. Continue Reading

• Look inside the new features of Microsoft's Communications Server "14"

  While there's nothing revolutionary about Microsoft's Communications Server "14," unveiled at VoiceCon Orlando, the new unified communications product does have some compelling features. Learn more about them. Continue Reading

• Reality Check: Enterprise IM security and social networking security

  With the rise of social networking and other forms of communication such as enterprise-level instant messaging (IM), security problems like malware, viruses and data leakage can harm any enterprise network. In this podcast, our expert discusses best...Continue Reading

• Social media challenges reside with users, not technology

  Strict network policing will not solve productivity problems stemming from excessive social media use, and the tactic could backfire. IT managers should embrace social media in the enterprise and create best practice guidelines for employee usage...Continue Reading

• real-time application (RTA)

  A real-time application (RTA) is an application program that functions within a time frame that the user senses as immediate or current. The latency must be less than a defined value, usually measured in seconds... (Continued)Continue Reading

• UC applications make SMBs competitive with heavy hitters

  UC applications are making it easier for SMBs to compete with enterprise organizations. Ohio-based Celina Insurance's UC implementation of IM and collaboration tools has more than made up for its smaller size.Continue Reading

• Enterprise application vendors to add presence and unified communications capabilities

  Enterprise application vendors are adding presence capabilities to their products to take advantage of unified communications.Continue Reading

• Will unified communications be able to integrate with IM applications?

  Unified Communications solutions are intended to incorporate all manners of conveying information and will almost certainly include some form of instant messaging capability.Continue Reading

• Evaluating messaging and email platforms

  Messaging and email systems are incorporating more capabilities than ever. Learn what to think about when upgrading your messaging platform.Continue Reading

• Unified communication applications for businesses with remote workers

  Unified messaging applications provide a way for remote employees to participate and feel like part of the office, while working off-site.Continue Reading

• Is a unified communications application the best fit for a teleworker environment?

  SearchVoIP.com expert Carrie Higbie suggests UC solutions for a teleworker environment.Continue Reading

• IP communications tools boost productivity, sales

  IP communications tools have opened up several possibilities for one North American company, giving it presence awareness and unified messaging.Continue Reading