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REVIEW: Voyager Pro UC Enables PC, Cell Phone Communications with 1 Bluetooth Headset

January 19th, 2010 | No Comments

The Plantronics Voyager Pro UC provides heavy callers with an excellent way to use the same Bluetooth headset for both cell phone- and PC-based unified communications systems. eWEEK Labs tested the Voyager Pro UC WG200/B, which comes with an earpiece and a pre-paired Bluetooth dongle. The system is designed to work jointly with a Bluetooth 2.0-enabled cell phone or smartphone plus a Windows-based PC softphone via the dongle.
– The Plantronics Voyager Pro UC provides heavy callers with an excellent way
to utilize the same Bluetooth headset for both cell phone- and PC-based unified
communications systems. This can free mobile users from juggling multiple
headsets, while delivering excellent voice quality and distance per…

What`s Hot in Unified Communications, VOIP for 2010

December 11th, 2009 | No Comments

With enterprises looking for ways to save money, demand for unified communications and VOIP technologies is expected to grow rapidly. Gartner is predicting the unified communications and collaboration market will reach $7.4 billion by the end of the year, a 22 percent jump over 2008, and that HD-based video meeting solutions will replace 2.1 million airline seats annually by 2012, at a cost of $3.5 billion to the travel and hospitality industry every year. A host of companies, from Microsoft, IBM and Cisco Systems to Siemens Enterprise Communications, Alcatel-Lucent and Avaya, are looking for ways to expand their reach in the field. To help getter a better look at this market, eWEEK spoke to Paul McMillan, director of UC technical vision and strategy at the office of Siemens CTO. McMillan said the key to UC is enhancing the collaborative environment.
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Tata Communications – Corporate moves

December 11th, 2009 | No Comments

David Wirt has been appointed Global Head of Managed Services wef December 2009
Work experience: VP/MD, Greater China & Korean, EDS; COO/VP, Global Services for Asia, EDS; business development director/applications & infrastructure manager/systems engineering manager, EDS USA

Siemens Enterprise Communications Names CEO

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Hamid Akhavan, currently the chief operating officer at Deutsche Telekom and CEO of T-Mobile International, will take over as CEO of Siemens Enterprise Communications, a joint venture of Siemens AG and a U.S. private equity firm. The company sells telecommunications products and services.
– Siemens Enterprise Communications has appointed an executive from Deutsche Telekom to be its CEO.
Siemens announced Dec. 8 that 47-year-old Hamid Akhavan, who has
been the chief operating office at Deutsche Telekom since July, will
take over the reins in February.
Mark Stone, the interim CEO for…

Expert Advice For Small Business Branding Strategy

December 4th, 2009 | No Comments

Tips for tactical activities that help create a small business branding strategy are many and varied depending on the business’s competitive circumstances and budget. There are useful books full of tactical ideas for small business promotion. Some include establishing expertise for service businesses, a friendly, helpful atmosphere, an accessible location or a stock of hard-to-find [...]

Logitech Acquires LifeSize Communications

November 11th, 2009 | No Comments

LifeSize Communications, a business communications firm that caters to budget-conscious companies, gets acquired by Logitech for $405 million.
– PC video communication company Logitech International announced it has
agreed to acquire privately held LifeSize Communications, a high-definition video
communication solutions specialist, for $405 million in cash.
LifeSize currently boasts more than 9,000 video conferencing customers
across 80…

Nortel Adds UC Capabilities to Business Communications Manager

November 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Nortel adds features such as InTouch and FindMe/FollowMe to the latest version of its business communications software.
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Business communications firm Nortel announced the release of
the latest version of its Business Communications Manager (BCM) software, which
includes new unified communications (UC) capabilities, including unified
presence, and greater simplicity with the introduction of a common …

Cisco Says Visual, Communications Apps Are Driving Broadband Traffic

October 21st, 2009 | No Comments

In a survey of more than 20 top service providers, Cisco Systems finds that video and other visual applications now constitute 30 percent of traffic running through service provider networks, feeding into Cisco’s assertion that such visual apps will dominate networks by 2013. In addition, the top 1 percent of broadband subscribers worldwide generate 10 percent of the traffic.
– Video and other visual applications continue to drive the traffic crossing
service provider networks, according to a study by Cisco Systems.
In results stemming from Cisco’s VNI (Visual Networking Index) Usage study
released Oct. 21, Cisco officials said more than a third of the average global
b…

Row 44 Wins Approval for Airline Wi-Fi

August 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Promising the fastest Wi-Fi in the sky, Row 44′s satellite-based airline broadband service wins operating approval from the Federal Communications Commission.
– After a longer than expected approval process, Row 44 said Aug. 6 the Federal
Communications Commission has approved the company’s satellite-based in-flight
Wi-Fi for commercial aircraft. Combined with licenses already granted in Canada
and Mexico, Row
44 plans to offer uninterrupted airborne In…

Weber Shandwick essays

August 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Here are some new essays on international PR from my colleagues at WS you may be interested in.
Weber Shandwick 33&1/3 RPM Issue 2
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Malaysiaâ€™s Maxis hires banks for US$2b IPO: sources

August 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Maxis Communications, Malaysia’s top mobile operator, has chosen Goldman Sachs (GS.N), Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) and CIMB (BUCM.KL) to advise the firm on a planned US$2 billion ($2.87 billion) listing in Kuala Lumpur, two sources told Thomson Reuters today.

The listing is likely to happen by the end of this year and the company may raise more than US$2 billion in its public offering, one of the sources told Thomson Reuters.

Joel Sawyer, Sanford’s Communications Director, Resigns

July 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair has resulted in at least one break-up. Joel Sawyer, the governor’s communications director, has announced he will depart his post at the start of August.

Here the full press release:

Columbia, S.C. – July 17, 2009…

Siemens Offers Unified Communications to Cost-Conscious Businesses

July 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Studies show adopting unified communications (UC) technologies can help cost-conscious businesses save money, and Siemens OpenScape Office UC Application suite is designed to do just that.
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Siemens Enterprise Communications Group announced that the
OpenScape Office Unified Communications (UC) Application suite is now available
on its HiPath 3000 converged voice system, complete with integrated,
presence-enabled contact center functionality. The suite is targeted at s…