<p>About 78 per cent of businesses have a strategic plan and budget to implement some components of UC and collaboration (UCC) components, while 42 per cent of decision makers have a budget to proceed with investment in most aspects of UCC, according to a study conducted by Dimension Data. The study was commissioned by the ICT services and solutions vendor, Dimension Data, and conducted by research firm, Ovum. It surveyed 1320 enterprise ICT decision makers and 1390 technology users in 18 countries.</p><p>The Dimension Data 2013 Global UCC study also identified IT decision makers in large organisations intend to spend at least $50.8 million on UCC over the next two years as its uptake increases.</p><p>Ovum enterprise telecoms senior analyst, Claudio Castelli, said Australia is a very mature market, especially when viewed as part of a global picture.</p><p>"Australian firms reported high levels of UCC technology uptake, with 96 per cent adoption rate as compared to a global average of about 75 per cent. It is among the highest penetration levels in our study. It is also bullish when it comes to investment," he said.</p><p><a href="http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/458625/use_unified_communications_grows_didata_ovum_/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63097:Unified-communications-cloud-is-here-but-the-future-is-managed&catid=456">Unified communications cloud is here, but the future is managed</a> (ITWeb)</p><p><a href="http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/market/59424-companies-plan-to-spend-big-on-in-house-uc">Companies plan to spend big on in-house unified comms - ITWire.com</a> (iTWire)</p><p><a href="http://channelnomics.com/2013/04/10/study-pour-user-profiling-threatens-ucc-growth/">Study: Poor User Profiling Threatens UCC Growth - Channelnomics</a> (Channelnomics)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dFZ8CkFVAvuf8KMC-lbR8DSiLAYTM&ned=us">7 additional articles.</a></p>