Without a core vision of business process improvement as the goal, you may end up with a narrow, vendor driven solution. Much of the "information" heard in the marketplace comes from a small group of giant companies seeking to persuade
Posted by Neal Shact, on July 15, 2008
Unified Communications (UC) seems destined to be "The Next Big Thing" in the communications world. It's the ultimate outcome of the path that started with Computer Telephony Integration (CTI), VoIP, Convergence and now wireless. What started as
Posted by Neal Shact, on July 11, 2008
How do you plan for unexpected events in the future? Following September 11, 2001, Disaster Recovery (DR) planning, preparing, and responding to man made or natural disasters has escalated in importance, even though the probability of these
Posted by Neal Shact, on July 08, 2008
Consultants: A Channel like no other - Telecom vendors, with good reason, have always made room in their marketing budgets for relationship building with independent consultants.
Posted by Larry Lisser, on July 30, 2007
With this acquisition, Cisco is moving further into the application service provider space, and further from its roots as an IP equipment provider.
Posted by Michael Stanford, on July 05, 2007
The headline "Nokia to start selling WiMAX phones in early '08" in an April 18th Reuters story is a misinterpretation of Nokia's press release. Please dial back the excitement until there is some actual news.
Posted by Michael Stanford, on July 05, 2007
As VoiceCon Spring 2007 fades in the rearview mirror, and I read more of the VoiceCon summaries, I realize that my perspective on the event is somewhat different. Here are my “take aways” from VoiceCon and some thoughts on unified communications.
Posted by Byron W. Battles, on July 05, 2007
Looking at analysts' projections, we see that Wi-Fi based Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are becoming widespread and that Voice over IP (VoIP) is destined to displace conventional circuit switched technology.
Posted by Michael Stanford, on February 21, 2007