The Seamless Enterprise

Interop Las Vegas is coming up in a few days, and Sprint’s featuring a full-lineup of must-see technology. (more…)

Anyone who attended CTIA last month probably heard that Sprint launched the first 4G mobile device – the Evo 4G by HTC – operational on WiMax. This is great news for the enterprise because once the phone begins to ship (sometime this summer) enterprises canleverage the full capabilities that 4G offers. You can read what Dan Hesse, Sprint’s CEO, has to say about WiMax in a CTIA interview with Phil Goldstein of Fierce. (more…)

If webcasts were art, this one might be entitled: “Mobile Unified Communications: The Musical.” Anyone interested in UC will find this webcast (click on the prerecorded webinar icon to the right of the webcast titled “Enabling Mobile Unified Communications: Providing the Gateway between the IP PBX and the Mobile Network:”) an auditory treat. Seriously, this is some really smart people talking about converging mobile integration and UC. It aired March 31, and is now conveniently archived for your listening pleasure. (more…)

Unified Communications continues to be a hot topic in the technology industry. Read any enterprise-related blog or trade publication and you’re certain to find an article or two about UC. While UC alone offers some fantastic benefits, it becomes a real game changer when you combine it with mobility. (more…)

I attended my last VoiceCon event this week. Good riddance – the whole concept of a voice-centric, telephony show was so last decade. They actually had a general session titled “How many phones does your enterprise need?” With no disrespect to the panelists, they should have put a sign up on the stage that said “NONE” in big letters and saved everyone an hour. Of course, Eric Krapf and the VoiceCon gang will be back next year with the newly renamed Enterprise Connect event – and I’ll be there. Let’s hope that in the next year a whole bunch of other things, terms and traditions follow a similar path and disappear.
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