Unified Communications

Cisco and Nokia gain momentum in mobile unified communications

harminka — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:32 -0500

Cisco and Nokia today announced growing customer and partner acceptance of their combined mobile unified communications solution. The Mobile Business Solution from Cisco and Nokia extends the rich Cisco® Unified Internet Protocol (IP) Phone capabilities to Nokia Eseries smartphones over Cisco Unified Wireless Networks to offer users a seamless mobile experience in the enterprise environment and public cellular networks.

HSBC Mexico Deploys Cisco Unified Communications Solution

harminka — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:09:44 -0500

Cisco announced that HSBC Mexico has deployed a Cisco Unified Communications solution that will help the financial institution lower costs by converging voice, data and video onto one network. This will also enable the bank provide better services to its customers and employees.

Advanced Communications Applications for Education and Enterprise Markets

harminka — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:57:43 -0500

PosTrack Selects Siemens OpenScape Unified Communications Server to Deliver a More Cost-effective Path to Hosted Unified Communications and Fixed-Mobile Convergence

Sametime Adoption Expands IBM Unified Communications to Millions of New Users

harminka — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:51:28 -0600

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today made big advances into the rapidly growing unified communications market by unveiling a range of large client adoptions and major OEM (original equipment manufacturer) embedded software and reseller agreements expanding IBM Lotus Sametime to millions of new users.

Harvest Fund Selects Avaya Unified Communications, Multimedia Call Center Solutions

harminka — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:55:04 -0600

Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, today announced that Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Harvest), one of China's leading fund management companies, has selected its unified communications and call center solutions to establish an advanced IP-based office communications system and a multimedia call center.

Cisco Puts Unified Communications Within Reach of Any Business

harminka — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:43:36 -0600

Cisco® customers will be able to take advantage of new unified communications technologies for a price roughly equivalent to a daily cup of coffee per user as part of a zero-percent finance offer.. The EasyLease:Voice financing package is being offered through Cisco Capital and works out to less than a euro a day for a typical configuration and a minimum of four users.

EMC Delivers Microsoft-Based Unified Communications Solutions

harminka — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:52:57 -0500

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that it will offer technology solutions and expert consulting in support of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 to provide customers with a security-enhanced, scalable, and highly available integrated communications infrastructure.

Dell Simplifies Unified Communications

harminka — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:59:11 -0500

Dell’s rallying cry is “simplify IT” and today it announced a new solution with products, partnerships and services to help customers reduce complexity and improve their productivity with myriad communications options – e-mail, fax, phone, video or PC – known as Unified Communications (UC).

NEC Enhances its UC Portfolio with New Products

harminka — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:57:21 -0500

NEC Corporation today announced several products and services that will enable customers to easily integrate unified communications into their business to enhance productivity, increase customer satisfaction and drive revenue.

Microsoft Launches Next Wave of Business Communications Software

harminka — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:34:53 -0500

Today, Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., and Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division, announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft’s unified communications software, taking the first step toward streamlining workplace communications and helping reduce the cost of the average corporate voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) system by half.

Unisys and NEC Sign Unified Communications Agreement

harminka — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:59:14 -0500

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) and NEC Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreement to expand their collaboration to include enterprise unified communications solutions for customers.

Nortel, Polycom Add HD Video, Telepresence to Unified Communications

harminka — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:20:27 -0500

Nortel [NYSE/TSX: NT] and Polycom, Inc. [NASDAQ: PLCM] are adding high definition (HD) video conferencing and telepresence to unified communications for enterprises, greatly expanding the possibilities for growth, enhanced productivity, lower cost and reduced carbon footprint by incorporating real-time video collaboration from the desktop to the board room.