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UC: It’s Not About Buying a New IP-PBX

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

While they understand what UC is all about, many vendors are not ready to change their business models to support what they know is looming on the horizon: Lower-priced PBXs that are an element of an enterprise communications model rather than PBXs as standalones existing unto themselves. This puts most IP-PBX vendors in an awkward position: They need to continue selling expensive PBX solutions while they add products and services that will offset lower prices once PBXs become a call control feature server in a UC environment.

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The UC Land Grab Is About to Begin

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

A Cooperative Project of VoiceCon and UC Strategies
This issue of Unified Communications eWeekly is sponsored by VoiceCon Amsterdam:
The enterprise telephony market in Europe continues its strong growth, and European enterprises are actively exploring their choices for migrating to IP Telephony and Unified Communications, so now is the right time for enterprise decision makers to plan [...]

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Unified Communications-It’s about Mobility

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

A Cooperative Project of VoiceCon and UC Strategies
This issue of Unified Communications eWeekly is sponsored by UCStrategies:
UC Strategies is an industry resource and web portal to help enterprises, vendors, and system integrators develop their UC strategies. A source of objective information and thought leadership on Unified Communications, we provide analysis, executive interviews, podcasts, white papers, [...]

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Two Paths to Unified Communications

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

A Cooperative Project of VoiceCon and UC Strategies
This issue of Unified Communications eWeekly is sponsored by Interactive Intelligence:
See us at VoiceCon Orlando, Booth #935. Also plan to attend our Leading Edge-ucation Session “Beyond Cost Savings: The Real Value of VoIP,” Tuesday, March 18, Room 2, 5:15 p.m.
Interactive Intelligence was formed in 1994 and today is [...]

Posted in Applications, Implementation, Jim Burton, Market Trends, Tech Trends, Unified Communications, Usability | No Comments »


UC Strategies Team at Lotusphere

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

A Cooperative Project of VoiceCon and UC Strategies
This issue of Unified Communications eWeekly is sponsored by Cisco:
Get the insights and tools you need to maximize collaboration among your employees, partners, and even your customers on BizWiseTV from Cisco. In a special 12-minute video interview, management consultant Ed Rigsbee reveals how building business alliances with other [...]

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Issue 48: Vendors Should Reevaluate Their Options

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

A Cooperative Project of VoiceCon and UC Strategies
This issue of Unified Communications eWeekly is sponsored by UCStrategies:
UC Strategies is an industry resource and web portal to help enterprises, vendors, and system integrators develop their UC strategies. A source of objective information and thought leadership on Unified Communications, we provide analysis, executive interviews, podcasts, white papers, [...]

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Issue 41: More on the Microsoft OCS Launch

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

A Cooperative Project of VoiceCon and UC Strategies
This issue of Unified Communications eWeekly is sponsored by The VoiceCon Tour 2007:
VoiceCon Tour 07 “Reality Check on Unified Communications” has only three more stops-New York, co-located with Interop NYC, on Oct 24-25, San Francisco on Nov 1 and Chicago on Nov 15. The agenda focuses on Unified [...]

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Issue 36: Jockeying for Position

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

A Cooperative Project of VoiceCon and UC Strategies
This issue of Unified Communications eWeekly is sponsored by UC Strategies:
UC Strategies is an industry resource and web portal to help enterprises, vendors, and system integrators develop their UC strategies. A source of objective information and thought leadership on Unified Communications, we provide analysis, executive interviews, podcasts, white [...]

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Issue 30: Don’t Buy Another PBX-Until You Develop a UC Strategy

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

A Cooperative Project of VoiceCon and UC Strategies
This week’s issue of Unified Communications eWeekly is sponsored by UCStrategies:
UCStrategies is an industry resource and web portal to help enterprises, vendors, and system integrators develop their UC strategies. A source of objective information and thought leadership on Unified Communications, we provide analysis, executive interviews, podcasts, white [...]

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Issue 24: Why Phones Will Become a Commodity

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

A Cooperative Project of VoiceCon and UC Strategies
This week’s issue of Unified Communications eWeekly is sponsored by Unified Communications Strategies:
Unified Communications Strategies is an industry resource and web portal to help enterprises, vendors, and system integrators develop their UC strategies. A source of objective information and thought leadership on Unified Communications, we provide analysis, executive [...]

Posted in Architecture, Jim Burton, Market Trends, Unified Communications, User Devices | No Comments »


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