After a "hands across the Apple world" edition last week the Macalope promised he’d get back to punching jerks this week and he’s a mythical beast of his word. First some silly punditry from Mashable gets the horns and then Gizmodo sinks to, well, not a new low but their…

Comcast, a provider of information and communications products and services, announced Comcast Business VoiceEdge, a cloud-based voice and unified communications service that’s managed over Comcast’s network. The company says Business VoiceEdge eliminates the need for on-site equipment such as PBXs and key systems and provides organizations with predictable monthly costs…

Cisco has largely abandoned its Cius Android-based tablet designed for enterprise use with Cisco UC and collaboration products in the face of stiff competition from BYO devices. In a posting on Cisco’s official blog, OJ Winge, senior vice president in Cisco’s TelePresence Technology Group, said the company was seeing significant…

Social media is everywhere and far from being just a social tool; it’s now firmly established as a useful business tool. Some companies have gone even further and integrated social media and similar platforms into their business intelligence mix to create social business intelligence. Are they on the right track?…

The recent release of the findings of the IBM Global CEO Study have social media marketers abuzz. As reported in Sonia Paul’s article for Mashable, CEOs are planning a major shift in how they connect to the market place over the course of the next 3 to 5 years. Social Generally, it…

Social business, or the corporate fostering of social and environmental sustainability, was the topic of a conference Thursday at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo. Hosted by the California Institute for Social Business and the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, the presentations and discussions at the half-day seminar…

Bharti Airtel Limited ("Airtel"), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 16 countries across Africa, and Avaya, a global provider of business communications and collaboration systems and services, announced the signing of a five-year partnership to enhance Airtel’s customer capabilities across its operations. This groundbreaking partnership under the umbrella of…

Mr Mail, a UK based company, recently began to offer a one-year free premium email solution for start-ups, based on the Zimbra email feature set that includes a Cloud solution, productivity suite, and unlimited web hosting, plus more (explained below). The promotion has been received well so far. Start-up companies…

The huge influx of mobile devices into the enterprise is getting CIOs fired up to invest more in unified communications (UC) and collaboration systems, according to a survey by IDG Enterprise, CIO’s parent company. The survey of 1,105 respondents was only open to IT leaders who have already deployed UC Chris…

So, you are ready for a journey to the cloud. You have evaluated the benefits and you think you are ready to migrate your applications to a castle in the sky. But the road to cloudy happiness is a long and winding one. Getting your applications into the cloud takes…