The Seamless Enterprise

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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It’s that time of year to look into the crystal ball and make predictions for 2010. One of my favorite forecasts is that by Gartner. What I find most interesting is that it’s the users of technology, who are driving these technology trends in a big way. Did you know…

…that in less than five years, the growth of enterprise data is projected to be 650%! And, 80% of that data will be unstructured. We are sending and accessing data like never before, and enterprises need a way to manage and store this explosion of data. Look to such technologies as virtualization, automated tiering, and data duplication. (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…)

Last month, I wrote that “the days of two-phone living may just be numbered” in a post focusing on how the mobile phone is clearly becoming the dominant device in corporate America. Now Gartner is pinning down that number, with a prediction that by 2011, North American enterprises will be supporting more mobile phones than desktop phones. (more…)