IBM to beef up content management, analytics in Connections enterprise social …

IDG News Service (Miami Bureau) IBM will launch before midyear several new and improved collaboration and communication products, including a new suite for human resources tasks and a major upgrade of its Connections enterprise social networking product. The company, which will unveil the products at its Connect 2013 conference in The…

Posted on: January 29, 2013 6:00 pm

New Microsoft Office: in the cloud or traditional software

Microsoft is expected to release its newest version of Office on Tuesday its latest in a recent line of big-deal launches. The launch which the official Office Twitter account teased Monday by referring to a Tuesday event in New York City marks a big change in how many consumers will…

Posted on: January 29, 2013 6:00 pm

E-fon launches new unified communications client

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Posted on: January 29, 2013 1:01 pm

Epilio Announces It Will Resell ilink Telephony Solutions

Digital Journal Inc. announced its next Future of Media event featuring some of the most influential leaders in media and branded content. The March 14, 2013 event will feature speakers from BuzzFeed, Digiday, Globe & Mail and /newsrooms.

Posted on: January 29, 2013 1:00 pm

Specialty Search International Increases Productivity Using Unified …

PORTSMOUTH, NH, Jan 29, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –Whaleback Managed Services, the leader in managed unifiedcommunications services, today announced that Specialty SearchInternational, a recruiting firm specializing in the hospitalityindustry, is using Whaleback’s CrystalBlue Cloud-based UnifiedCommunications Services to increase productivity, expand geographicreach, improve call quality and reliability, manage remote employees,and remain "Whaleback…

Posted on: January 29, 2013 1:00 pm

Perceptive’s double-digit revenue growth outshines parent Lexmark

Shawnee-based Perceptive Software LLC notched double-digit revenue growth in 2012 and the fourth quarter, its parent company reported Tuesday. Perceptive’s high performance came as its owner, Lexmark International Inc. (NYSE: LXK), stomached drops in revenue and profits in a year that brought layoffs and restructuring for the company in Lexington, Ky….

Posted on: January 29, 2013 1:00 pm

IBM upgrades Connections as unified communications meets social media

As carriers face more competition in the enterprise market, they might want to keep tabs on how the core enterprise vendors are updating their communications platforms with support for social media. The social enterprise movement was one of the big telecom trends of 2012, and at least one vendor, IBM The…

Posted on: January 29, 2013 1:00 pm

Social business experts name 4 trends to watch in 2013

ORLANDO — While the majority of the attendees at IBM Connect 2013 this week are presumably keen on the idea of social media in the workplace, there are still plenty of businesses out there still looking to catch up — or hoping this will all just fade away. The reality of…

Posted on: January 29, 2013 1:00 pm

Echtzeit Video-Collaboration-Lösung von Polycom erleichtert Kommunikation …

Offene Schnittstellen und nahtlose Integration in die vertraute Arbeitsumgebung entscheidende Kriterienbei der Auswahl der Loesung Hallbergmoos, 28. Januar 2013 – Polycom hat seine RealPresence Video-Loesungen an 17 weltweiten Standorten der deutschen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Luther implementiert. Die Loesungen wurden in IBM Sametime integriert. Die gemeinsame IBM- und Polycom-Loesung ermoeglicht es jedem der "Video-Collaboration verbessert die…

Posted on: January 29, 2013 8:00 am

Nokia Growth Partners To Invest £250m In Mobile Startups

Venture fund to invest in high potential mobile startups in US, Asia and Europe Nokia has announced that it is going to invest $250 million into its investment arm for technology start-ups, Nokia Growth Partners (NGP). It will be the third venture fund for NGP, which currently has $600 million under "Over…

Posted on: January 29, 2013 8:00 am