unified messaging in news
BT's Ribbit opens up to developers
News Some of these applications involve call centres, social networking mash-ups, unified messaging, and other productivity tools. BT's Ribbit released its long-awaited web telephony platform Monday to... [18 Nov 2008]
Unified comms pumps up Tayside fire service
News Firefighters in Tayside are using unified communications to transform everything from how they tackle chemical spills to officer training. The unified communications system consists of a Microsoft Office... [04 Nov 2008]
Cisco's collaboration launch squares up to Microsoft, IBM
News Cisco's Unified Communications release 7.0 adds support for Windows Mobile, in addition to Symbian and BlackBerry.iPhone support is in the works, McConnell said, but Android support is not planned at this point. [25 Sep 2008]
Cisco invests in business IM
News Cisco Systems is bolstering its unified communications and collaboration portfolio with the purchase of a corporate instant-messaging company. The deal will help Cisco compete even more aggressively... [22 Sep 2008]
Yahoo! previews iPhone social-networking app
News Another feature provides a unified hub of instant messaging, SMS messages and email. Yahoo! on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called OneConnect that can centralise... [11 Sep 2008]
Mobile phones to kill off the desktop PC?
News The goal of the industry - and of Microsoft - should be to create devices that work for both home and work and are capable of handling business applications, unified messaging and gaming, said Ballmer. [24 Oct 2007]
Cambridge calls for new voice network
News Key to us is the potential for unified messaging. Cambridgeshire County Council has awarded a seven-figure contract for an Avaya converged IP network for its 4,000 workers. The network should save the... [19 Oct 2007]
Microsoft dives into unified comms
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Business Division president Jeff Raikes have formally launched several products that are key to the company's strategy of offering "unified communications" for businesses - that is,... [17 Oct 2007]
Cisco and Microsoft fall in love?
News This collaboration will focus on unified communications tech - essentially the convergence of telephony, email, instant messaging and videoconferencing using IP technology. The two companies have said... [22 Aug 2007]
Rohan wraps up tech overhaul
News The retailer has a policy of recording customer details with every purchase, which means it can now build up a highly detailed, unified profile of its customer base, irrespective of which channel sales are made through. [25 Jul 2007]
Businesses converge on FMC tech
News Paul Merry, senior analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media, said FMC makes sense for businesses because it enables a number of attractive services, such as unified messaging, and a single managed... [05 Jun 2007]
Mash-up competition launched by BT, Microsoft
News BT hopes the competition could help it deliver unified offerings to small-business customers. Murphy said that one target would be unified communications solutions for companies of up to 10 employees. [15 Feb 2007]
Microsoft, Nortel show off their unified comms
News On Wednesday, they introduced the Unified Messaging solution, which is expected to ship in the second quarter of 2007. The first product that will actually integrate Microsoft and Nortel technology to... [18 Jan 2007]
Microsoft, HP in $300m services deal
News Among the areas Microsoft and HP plan to focus on are unified communications and messaging, content management, business intelligence and business process integration. Microsoft, for example, has... [14 Dec 2006]
Microsoft primes VoIP software trial
News Microsoft, which has high hopes that the convergence of voice and data networks will allow it to get into the unified communications market, is ready with its first test software for running business phone systems. [12 Dec 2006]
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