How many times have we made the point that Unified Communications has to be mobile in order to be truly unified? That's a rhetorical question – we don't expect you to know the answer – but let's just say that we've said it a lot.

So you can imagine how heartened we were by a recent survey, reported in a Network World article, that shows a distinct increase in demand by users for mobile UC. This survey of businesspeople in the U.S. and two other countries showed that workers are often frustrated when it comes to their existing communications options. More...

For one global electronics manufacturer, Sprint Managed Network Solutions is the key to maintaining a lean and focused IT group as part of an overall objective of keeping costs down in an industry where profit margins are particularly slim.

This company, a Sprint customer for more than a decade, has grown quickly through acquisitions, and has thousands of employees scattered across offices and manufacturing facilities all around the world. It has a highly decentralized corporate structure with independent decision makers and P&Ls. This is reflected in the fact that it maintains a corporate wide area network, yet individual business units have a lot of leeway in making their own network decisions. More...

We’ve all heard it said many times that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. For that reason, even if no other, it pays to know where technology came from and the problems it was designed originally to solve.

But when Network World ran a recent series of posts on the history of Unified Communications and collaboration, we have to admit we were more interested in the series-ending conclusions and perspective on where we are now and where we are going than we were in the evolution. Especially since the author was Larry Hettick, the Current Analysis analyst. More...

The following blog is by guest blogger, Lisa Pierce. Pierce is president of Strategic Networks Group, an independent analyst firm specializing in emerging business-class network services. More...

If webcasts were art, this one might be entitled: “Mobile Unified Communications: The Musical.” Anyone interested in UC will find this webcast (click on the prerecorded webinar icon to the right of the webcast titled “Enabling Mobile Unified Communications: Providing the Gateway between the IP PBX and the Mobile Network:”) an auditory treat. Seriously, this is some really smart people talking about converging mobile integration and UC. It aired March 31, and is now conveniently archived for your listening pleasure. More...