Jeff Pulver made what I thought was an interesting observation in a recent conference call. We were talking about my guest blog over at Pulver.com, and he happened to comment about how in his pre-social media guru days, he was an IT guy at a brokerage house. More...

I too, have been listening to the banter around 4G. The discussions are everywhere, and everyone has an opinion. The fact is, WiMAX is here today, and the timing is especially good as Gartner anticipates a 650% increase in enterprise data growth over the next five years calling it the data deluge. As good as 3G networks are, they were not designed for this much data. The 4G WiMAX network on the contrary, is especially designed for the high demands of data delivery and access in a mobile environment. And it is clearly the speeds in which data is downloaded, the low latency, and the accessibility that is making the promise real today.  For enterprises, there is much that can be done on the WiMAX network.  More...

Infonetics Research, a well-respected analyst organization, publicized an interesting survey on SIP trunking a couple of weeks ago. They had surveyed 92 PBX-using organizations of more than 100 employees, asking them about their use of SIP trunks, how they blend them with their existing infrastructure, and what savings they are seeing from SIP trunking. The Infonetics folks have prepared a full report based on that survey, although they only skimmed the surface of it in their news announcement. More...

For most businesses today, social media is an enigma. It’s something they would like to figure out, but they’re not sure they can. For them, it’s in the category of puzzlements such as “how the Bowl Championship Series really works” or “who thought it was a good idea for toys to come wrapped in plastic packaging that is impossible to open without at least minor injuries.” More...

As any regular Seamless Enterprise reader knows, Sprint doesn’t just talk about Unified Communications, we use it. Various bloggers here have talked about the benefits Sprint has seen in cost savings, power savings, streamlined networking, reduced real estate needs, and employee mobility. More...

The most famous four-segment square in the industry – the Gartner Magic Quadrant – had some most interesting findings about Unified Communications in its latest iteration.More...

In a recent webinar, Nancee Ruzicka with Stratecast and I talked about the Seven Benefits of deploying UC. Unfortunately, time prohibited us from being able to answer all of the great questions we received during the session.More...

This is the second Q&A of an ongoing discussion with Paget Alves, President of the Business Markets Group for Sprint Nextel. In this session, Alves discusses 4G technology and what it means for the enterprise. More...

Russ McGuire, a fellow Seamless Enterprise blogger, spoke at the Open Mobile Summit a few weeks ago. In his chat about the “Future of the Carrier Deck,” he challenged carriers to move out of the way and stop slowing down the process of innovation. Most carriers are a bottleneck when it comes to bringing new applications to market, McGuire contends.More...