Avaya Adds Flare to UC with New iPad App
April 11th, 2012 byWhat if your employees could access their phone calls, voice mail, instant messages, email and more – all from the convenience of an iPad? And how much more efficient and effective could your business operate, if employees replaced their desk phones with a full-featured tablet? Unified communications (UC) on a tablet have become a reality, Read More…
Spending More on Mobility Makes for Faster Corporate Growth
April 6th, 2012 byDoes spending more money on mobile technology for your employees automatically translate into higher corporate growth? A recent report suggests that the answer is a resounding, “Yes!” The 2011 Runzheimer International Total Employee Mobility Benchmark Report shows that high-growth organizations – those growing 10 percent or more annually – invested an average of $12,352 on Read More…
Is Your Company Prepared for Disaster Relief?
April 4th, 2012 by cnivensThe lights go out. Sirens blare. A tornado is on the way. This week, thousands of North Texas residents faced this very situation, when up to a dozen tornadoes wreaked havoc across Dallas and Fort Worth. Residents were left cleaning up debris and calling their insurance companies, in efforts to get their personal lives back Read More…
Avaya Gives Clients The Power to Develop in The Public Cloud
March 29th, 2012 byAvaya took another shot in the war of the cloud this month, unveiling its new strategy for collaboration and cloud-based unified communications. Avaya Collaborative Cloud enables customers, channel partners, service providers and developers to use, build, deliver and enhance cloud collaboration solutions based on Avaya applications, platforms and infrastructure. The framework allows a wide range Read More…
New LifeSize Phone puts videoconferencing at your fingertips
March 21st, 2012 byCan high-end video conferencing equipment really be intuitive and easy to use? With the new LifeSize Phone, the answer is a resounding , “Yes!” In late February, LifeSize released the second generation of its LifeSize Phone, the first touch-screen conference phone optimized for HD video conferencing. The phone elevates the overall user experience for audio Read More…
Avaya Mobile Solutions put the fun in Spring Break
March 14th, 2012 byIt’s a great week to ski or head to the beach. Or maybe you just want to take a couple of days off and play with the kids. But does your work situation make it impossible – or at the very least, difficult – to be out of the office for a few days? There Read More…
Polycom takes enterprise video conferencing mobile
March 9th, 2012 byWhat if your company could leverage enterprise video conferencing technology on the go? With Polycom mobility, now you can. Polycom has extended its HD video conferencing capabilities to tablets, with more mobile devices to follow soon. Polycom RealPresence Mobile, which Polycom says is the first enterprise HD video solution for tablets, works on the Apple Read More…
Rich features, low costs mean Avaya IP Office works hard for SMBs
March 5th, 2012 byAre you working for your phone system, or is it working for you? Avaya IP Office may change the way think about phone systems. When it comes to purchasing a phone system, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) have faced a dilemma. Should they invest in an extremely expensive phone system designed for the enterprise, which Read More…
Avaya earns telecom bid for 2014 Olympics
January 10th, 2012 by cnivens
Ever wonder how thousands of fans and athletes have mobile phone service and Internet access at a huge event like the Olympics? How do thousands of Facebook updates, Twitter statuses and news articles get posted in real time with videos and pictures of the days’ events? For the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, Avaya Read More…
Security key to virtualizing your network
December 28th, 2011 by
Virtualization offers a host of benefits, tempting IT managers to leap before thinking through all of the security ramifications. That’s why understanding – and planning against – the risks inherent in virtualization is growing more important every day. Through 2012, 60 percent of virtualized servers will be less secure than the physical servers they replace, Read More…