Polycom takes a giant leap for video
On Monday October 8, Polycom held a technology day in New York. At that event Polycom outlined its vision, strategy for the near future, and a bevvy of new products to support its new approach. Polycom’s vision of ubiquitous video collaboration is similar to that of most other video vendors, Talking…
Instant Technologies Simplifies Migrations for IBM Sametime and Microsoft Lync
Instant Technologies, specialists in developing innovative, enterprise-class archiving, eDiscovery, click-to-chat and migration solutions for IBM Sametime and Microsoft OCS/Lync, today announced an enterprise instant messaging (IM) migration platform. In a recent customer survey, Instant found that corporate users rely on email as their number one mission critical form of…
Autodesk names top IBM exec as MD for India, SAARC ops
AutoCAD software provider Autodesk has appointed a former top IBM executive as managing director for its India and SAARC operations. The announcement comes close on the heels of Autodeskas acquisition of Qontext, the enterprise social collaboration software business of Hyderabad-based Pramati Technologies. Pradeep Nair, who till last month worked at…
Adoption of video in Unified Communications on the rise in India
One of the big shifts in how companies in India conduct theirbusiness and manage their operations, today, has been the adoptionof Unified Communications. And this is irrespective of their size,the sector they operate in, or the geographies they cater to. Whilethe degree of adoption may vary, there is a clear…
SunTel Services Awarded Mitel’s 2012 Unified Communications Specialist …
TROY, Mich., Oct. 8, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — SunTel Services, a complete provider of services for enterprise networks to businesses throughout Michigan and across the country, announced today that it has been awarded the 2012 Unified Communications Specialist Partner of the Year award from Mitel a global provider of business The award, which…
Enterprise Content Management Veteran Joins Pingar
<!–[if lt IE 7]>–> end javascript to email the article PR Web Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) October 08, 2012 Pingar, a leading provider of unstructured data management solutions, today announced that longtime industry veteran Don F. McMahan will be leading the extension of their presence in the Americas as president of…
Ancoris buys e-learning firm Cloud Skills
UK-based cloud service provider Ancoris has acquired e-learning and Google Apps for business training firm Cloud Skills for an undisclosed sum. According to Ancoris, the tie up will provide customers a single point of contact to move from legacy platforms such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, Novell Groupwise and most…
Michael Wolff: Facebook is . . . MySpace?
Michael Wolff.(Photo: Todd Plitt, USA TODAY)Story HighlightsFacebook’s weakness: It is general in an age of specializationSpecialized social media players are where the action isWhy growing so big so quickly doesn’t always work 8:33PM EST October 7. 2012 – The media business eats itself. General-interest magazines, national television networks Not only…
Autodesk Acquires Qontext Social Software
Autodesk Acquires Qontext Social Software SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Oct 4, 2012 – Autodesk, Inc., has completed the acquisition of Qontext, enterprise social collaboration software, from India-based Pramati Technologies. The acquisition of the Qontext technology and development team will accelerate Autodesk’s ongoing move to the cloud and expansion of social capabilities "Autodesk’s acquisition…
Socap conference for social enterprises
As he reached for a second cup of coffee, Tonee Ndungu reached a few conclusions, too. Like the other young, idealistic entrepreneurs around him at San Francisco’s Social Capital Markets 2012, an annual conference better known as Socap, he had spent the past two days going from panel to panel. "I…