<p>CIO LAS VEGAS Unified communications (UC) systems offer end users the chance to broadcast the best way to contact them, avoid the embarrassment of an overstuffed voicemail and maybe, just maybe, get rid of the fax machine once and for all.</p><p>Despite the advantages, UC adoption rates which hover between one-third and three-fifths of enterprises, depending on whom you ask have been lower than analysts and technology vendors expected. (Those numbers may be artificially inflated; not all employees take kindly to surrendering their tried-and-true traditional telephone.)</p><p>Several sessions at the recent ITXEPO West aimed to examine what continues to impede UC adoption and what vendors and customers alike are doing to promote unified communications.Consumer Tech in Hand, Employees Willing to Part With PBX</p><p>Not surprisingly, the consumerization of IT is beginning to influence companies' decisions to implement unified communications. This influence comes from employees, customers and, in the case of California's Mountain View-Los Altos Union School District yes, that Mountain View parents who are well-versed in cutting-edge technology.</p><p><a href="http://www.cio.com/article/739313/Unified_Communications_Drives_Collaboration_Cost_Savings_After_a_Lot_of_Hard_Work_">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1455203">Purple Launch Unified Communications Strategy Service</a> (DigitalJournal.com)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBg4c2riCSyHp9MedcZm410JQ7ItM&ned=us">4 additional articles.</a></p>