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- January 30, 2015
30 Jan'15
Video key to future of Web conferencing services
Millennials, mobile workers driving changes in organizations' attitudes and usage of Web conferencing services, study shows.
- January 19, 2015
19 Jan'15
New Facebook for Work app may not address security concerns
Businesses can soon legitimately use Facebook for work, as the new business-friendly application was officially released last week.
- January 16, 2015
16 Jan'15
NextPlane expands UC federation service to voice, video
NextPlane's expanded UC federation service allows users to make voice and video calls to other platforms without having to switch clients.
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- January 15, 2015
15 Jan'15
Will new real-time collaboration tools oust legacy products?
Enterprises should prepare to migrate to newer real-time collaboration tools as vendors release new tools that rival their own legacy products.
- January 07, 2015
07 Jan'15
Real-time collaboration may finally blend into business processes
Emerging real-time collaboration tools are becoming integrated into business processes, giving employees one place to go to get their work done.
- November 11, 2014
11 Nov'14
Cisco finds multitasking employees are changing UC&C
A Cisco report shows shifts in work habits as multitasking and the technology that enables it, from mobile devices to UC&C tools, grow more popular.
- October 24, 2014
24 Oct'14
Jive-Google integration deepens
A deeper Jive-Google integration will let users work simultaneously on documents within the Jive environment.
- September 12, 2014
12 Sep'14
Updated Jive Present, JiveX offer better collaboration
Jive updated its cloud-based tools, including Jive Present and JiveX, for better mobility. It also unveiled early Cisco integrations.
- April 25, 2014
25 Apr'14
Dropbox for Business finally delivers enterprise-grade file sharing
Dropbox introduced new security features and its new collaboration platform, Project Harmony, as Dropbox for Business.
- October 15, 2013
15 Oct'13
Siemens Enterprise Communications reborn as Unify; will it make a US comeback?
Siemens Enterprise Communications changed its name to Unify in a rebranding effort emphasizing unified communication technology.
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- July 24, 2013
24 Jul'13
Google applications: Deeper integration between Voice, Hangouts
Google drops XMPP and integrates its voice app into Hangouts to unify Google applications for a blended social experience.
- May 31, 2013
31 May'13
Lync/Skype integration helps quench user demand, IT concerns
The Lync/Skype integration will offer greater interoperability for external enterprise communications, without burdening IT.
- September 25, 2012
25 Sep'12
Collaboration during crisis with the Avaya Notification Solution
The new release of the Avaya Notification Solution offers collaboration and communication for crisis management or everyday business continuity scenarios.
- August 16, 2012
16 Aug'12
Social listening: Enterprises heed the call of Twitter
Social listening has become as crucial as social collaboration. Collaboration tool MindLink integrates UC with social monitoring capabilities.
- June 28, 2012
28 Jun'12
Microsoft announces Yammer acquisition, launches social strategy
Microsoft officially announces Yammer acquisition, an effort to accelerate social strategy and cloud services.
- August 11, 2011
11 Aug'11
Breaking cultural barriers to enterprise social software adoption
The barriers to enterprise social software adoption are more cultural than technical. In this Q&A, Caleb Barlow, IBM director of UC, explains how UC pros can overcome them.
- May 07, 2009
07 May'09
Instant messaging strategies: Usage policy and training are key
Some people still believe that unified communications begins and ends with Voice over IP. But instant messaging is just as critical, if not more so. And establishing an instant messaging strategy is essential. Otherwise everyone in an enterprise ...
- July 10, 2008
10 Jul'08
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...