iCore Partners with AudioCodes to deliver Unified Communications as a Service
AudioCodes’ One Voice portfolio of products enables iCore to offer cloud services to an install base of 100,000 end users Lod, Israel October 14th, 2013 – AudioCodes (NasdaqGS: AUDC), a leading provider of converged voice solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to transition to all-IP voice networks, today announced that Award-winning…
Siemens Enterprise changes its name to Unify
Siemens Enterprise Communications has changed its name to Unify and now hopes to take advantage of a growing interest in hosted unified communications. The rebranding comes at time when the way enterprises communicate is changing. Thanks to trends such as bring-your-own-device, employees are no longer tied to a desk and…
Handy Backup Adds IBM Lotus Notes Integration
(The Hosting News) – Novosoft LLC, one of the leading providers of backup solutions for home and corporate environments, has launched advanced IBM Lotus Notes/Domino backup functionality for their flagship product Handy Backup. The updated solution provides an effective and convenient way to automatically back up the whole IBM Lotus…
That’s why you don’t send in IT to do HR’s job
As IT pros, we deal with the tech side of a company, but the line between those tasks and personnel issues can be very faint. Here’s a story of when I made an assumption based on established patterns and kicked up a mess of an employee departure. At the time…
The case for clouding unified communications & collaboration
Media releases are provided as is and have not been edited or checked for accuracy. Any queries should be directed to the company issuing the release. The communications requirements of most businesses now extend well beyond telephony. They embrace email, instant messaging, voicemail, video conferencing and ‘presence’. Ideally every one…
Cloud is changing the UC environment: Analyst
The widespread adoption of Microsoft Lync and Cloud-based unified communications (UC) are two major factors contributing to the changing face of the UC environment, according to analyst firm, Frost and Sullivan. Latest research indicates the on-premise unified communications market experienced 2.4 per cent growth in 2012, with market worth pinned The moderate…
The State of Social Business 2013 [Report]
A recent survey by Indeed.com caused controversy when it claimed that growth in positions with the title "social media manager" slowed to 50% in the past year. While still an important role, social is becoming part of everyone’s job. It’s inevitable that at some point, social media will become another…
Thinking Phone Networks grabs $10M for cloud ‘unified communications’ service
Proving that large businesses no longer need to manage racks of hardware just to have their own phone service, cloud communications provider Thinking Phone Networks has nabbed even more funding. The company announced today that it has raised $10 million in a follow-on to its third funding round, led by Like…
Cloud is changing the UC environment: Analyst
The widespread adoption of Microsoft Lync and Cloud-based unified communications (UC) are two major factors contributing to the changing face of the UC environment, according to analyst firm, Frost and Sullivan. Latest research indicates the on-premise unified communications market experienced 2.4 per cent growth in 2012, with market worth pinned The moderate…
Humour: Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement offsets spike in TV sales
In an unexpected turn of events, online resale websites like OLX and Quickr reported a surge in the number of television sets put up for sale at their sites. This trend has been noticed for the last four days which coincidentally is also the number of days since Sachin Tendulkar…