We had a good turnout for the April 20 Sprint-sponsored webinar, “Building Business Continuity with Wireless Solutions.” Hope you had a chance to tune in, but if not, we’ll briefly touch on a few of the many interesting points.

For instance, using 4G or 3G wireless as a backup is not only quick to implement, it represents a huge cost savings over T1 backup. A backup T1 will run you about $300 a month, while 3G or 4G service can be had for as low as one-tenth of that. 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...

The chance to find out more about how wireless solutions can deliver data network connectivity and assure business continuity would be worth an hour of your time, wouldn’t you think? More...

Only half-kidding, I recently told a capitalist in Canada how IPv4 addresses will be a good investment in the next year. Maybe Canada's Bill St. Arnaud was listening in on that conversation at a coffee shop in Toronto. He now says that IPv4 addresses could soon be valued at $200 each. That isn't unrealistic. Some cable companies already charge $25 a month for a static IP, meaning the "asset" is already worth more than $200 in some "remote" markets. More...

We’ve talked many times about the challenge of quantifying the benefits that Unified Communications can bring to an enterprise.

It’s not that we don’t know the benefits – the productivity increases and time saved in connecting with each other, wherever team members may be – it’s that these things are hard to put numbers on. Especially when a company is trying to justify a move to UC from a cost-savings standpoint. More...

For DSI Systems, the nation's largest distributor of satellite and consumer electronic equipment, use of Sprint SIP Trunking has yielded cost savings of as much as 40 percent over the company’s previous communications architecture of POTS and PRI lines. More...

With the number of available Internet addresses nearing depletion under the current IPv4 environment, enterprises need to begin planning for migration to the more robust IPv6 protocol. Because migration can take 18 to 36 months for companies of any size, an immediate start is highly recommended. More...

The momentum continues to build in M2M, as Sprint has announced several more partnerships beyond the ones we’ve talked about here recently. The announcement of the newest partners was made at the CTIA show, the industry’s gathering spot for all things wireless. More...

There are two more M2M news items worth noting in the wake of last month's HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management Systems Society) conference.Sprint made a couple of key announcements during the event, regarding partnerships with IDEAL LIFE and BL Healthcare. More...

Don’t know if you happened to see it, but there was a good article the other day at RCR Wireless News about Sprint’s presence at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference, focusing particularly on M2M and its potential in healthcare. More...