Monday, August 29, 2011

A Brief History of UC&C, Summary and Predictions

  Unified communications: Speeding time to acceptance | Cisco claims 7,400 UCS customers as of August
 
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A Brief History of UC&C, Summary and Predictions
Today, we'll wrap up our summer series on the evolutionary history behind unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) with a quick topical recap, some analysis of what brought each of the five elements into the UC&C portfolio, and a brief look at what we expect to be the most dynamic factors affecting UC&C in the coming year. Read More


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Unified communications: Speeding time to acceptance
Unified communications (UC) requires many components, protocols, back-end processes and pieces of communication equipment to work together seamlessly. But users don't care about the complexities involved. If they experience poor voice quality, frozen screens or inconsistent performance, they won't use any solution, no matter how cutting-edge. Read More


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Cisco claims 7,400 UCS customers as of August
Cisco's Unified Computing System blade servers have been one of the company's surprise hits. As of August, Cisco claimed 7,400 total UCS customers, 2,000 of which were added last quarter, the company said. This represents an increase of 240%, or $124 million, compared to the year ago quarter, mostly due to adding new customers, Cisco says. Read More


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San Francisco – Getting Their Act Together
I've covered two bizarre actions taken by the City of San Francisco that have major impacts on both cellular service and the role of government overall. The first of these is an ordinance that requires the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of cell phone handsets to be displayed at the point of sale, and also requires "educational" materials regarding this complex subject to be distributed to consumers.... Read More

Before the iPhone: The kings of mobile
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