The Seamless Enterprise

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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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…)

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…)

Working for a leader in the adoption of Unified Communications (UC) technology, I often find myself on the bleeding edge as a UC user. Recently, I noticed my London-based boss and fellow blogger Shaun Ledgerwood started showing his UC presence as “Available” 24 hours a day. Normally, this level of presence would only be reported by someone actively working on their laptop. I knew Shaun worked too many hours already (with staff in almost every time zone in the world), but I had a hard time believing he had found a way to eliminate the human need for sleep. (more…)