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The Sprint UC Story: How We Got Started

on December 01, 2009 by Michael A. Browne

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...


Gartner’s Perceptive Take on UC

on November 30, 2009 by Steve Coker

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...


Enterprising Questions about UC

on November 26, 2009 by Michael A. Browne

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...


4G & the Enterprise: a Discussion with Paget Alves

on November 24, 2009 by Mark Ivey

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...


All Carriers off Deck

on November 23, 2009 by Mark Ivey

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...


Sprint's Michael Browne discusses How to Roll Out UC

on November 23, 2009 by Ivy Lau
In the first of a six part series, Browne will share what it learned as it
rolled out UC. The first blog will take a look at how Sprint planned and
began to deploy UC.

SIP Trunking: Beyond Cost Savings

on November 20, 2009 by Editor

Nice post last week by Broadsoft's Alex Doyle, who discusses the evolution of SIP Trunking and why this is a big deal for business customers. He starts with a clever quote and description: Using an IP PBX with TDB PRI circuits was once "like driving a Ferrari on a dirt road." (CBeyond's CTO Chris Gatch).More...


In the Green Top 15

on November 19, 2009 by Amy Hargroves

Sprint’s trademark color is yellow, but perhaps green would be more appropriate. Especially in light of our top 20 ranking in the first Newsweek magazine “Green Ranking” of America’s 500 largest corporations. More...


Calling all Application Developers

on November 19, 2009 by Dan Jacobson

Ever since Sprint opened its doors to external application developers, we’ve approved  approximately 300 APIs. This “open” approach to development has been extremely beneficial in allowing us to offer unique applications that might not otherwise be developed for our wireless customers. More...


More Enterprising Questions about UC

on November 18, 2009 by Michael A. Browne

A few weeks ago I offered responses to questions that were raised during a recent webinar – Seven Ways to Deliver Value of UC – in which me and Nancee Ruzicka with Stratecast hosted. I wasn’t able to address all of the questions in my last post, so here’s my response to another group of questions. More...