Where Do We Go from Here with Unified Communications?

February 8th, 2010

This is the last segment in a six part series highlighting Sprint’s deployment of unified communications. To read the previous segments click on the appropriate links: How We Got Started, Planning the Move, Successful First Phase, Where We Are Today, and Lessons Learned. Read the rest of this entry »

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UC Deployments on the Rise - New Report shows UC market to top $1B by 2013

February 4th, 2010

Several research companies just announced forecasts for the Unified Communications (UC) market. Infonetics Research expects the UC market to top $1 billion by 2013, and Wainhouse Research sees the UC industry growing to a healthy $30 billion market in just five years. Should we be surprised? Are enterprises integrating UC into their plans and budgets, despite constraints, and actually deploying UC solutions?

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Five Key Considerations for Enterprise 4G

February 3rd, 2010

For an enterprise to utilize 3G or 4G – or for that matter, embracing wireless access as a strategy – is something that many companies are giving serious thought to, especially now that 4G is steadily spreading across the country, market by market.
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A Healthcare CIO speaks on 2010 Trends and Priorities for the Enterprise

February 1st, 2010

In my previous blog, I reported on an interview with William Compton, CIO and VP-Information Management for ConvaTec, a leader and marketer of medical technologies worldwide.

After successfully leading a global company through a divestiture, William maintains a keen focus on IT as a business enabler. As there is an abundance of technologies, trends and issues to consider, I asked William to share his point-of-view as companies move forward in 2010. Here is Part II of the interview.

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The Users Speak, and Sprint Wins

January 29th, 2010

You have to love independent surveys. I can stand up in front of customers all day and tell them how good a job Sprint is doing, but they tend to discount what I say since I work for Sprint. You can’t really blame them; they hear that from everybody. So it’s great when a third-party survey – particularly one done by two well-respected organizations – comes along and makes the point. Read the rest of this entry »

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