The video component is increasingly important in any Unified Communications implementation that takes into account the evolving way we communicate. And while videoconferencing may get the job done, telepresence is where video needs to be for the most effective, almost-like-being-in-the-room, meetings. More...

I have a new IP deskphone connected to a cloud-based PBX. It’s been years since I have had a deskphone. The device is not (and likely will never be) fully unified with instant messaging and presence information. As I stare at this thing, my brain struggles with how and why I would use it. In a UC world, using a deskphone (even an IP one) is not like riding a bike.  More...

With the popularity of YouTube and the ability to watch video on mobile devices, video phones are no longer something from science fiction. The video phone concept was actually introduced five years before the Internet, by AT&T at the 1964 World’s Fair. We’ve come a long way since that visionary day when the Picturephone was unveiled. The following blog was originally published on Pulver.com as a guest blog.

Driven by a video generation soon to be entering the workforce, along with the increasing power of video in all types of social media, it’s fair to say that enterprises will be dealing with much more video within the next several years. More...

Love reading all these blogs about “convergence” from a technology standpoint. But I think there’s a gap in the dialog. Viewing convergence from a network/technology (i.e. supplier/carrier) standpoint doesn’t necessarily align with convergence from a user standpoint. More...