Blog entries tagged with Instant Messaging

Ben Crouch

Why did Microsoft buy Skype?

by: Ben Crouch

Microsoft’s $8bn (£5bn) acquisition of Skype on Tuesday certainly had the markets asking why the software blue-chip has paid so much cash for a loss making consumer service. As the markets closed Microsoft’s stock was slightly down, suggesting...

11 May 2011


Stephen Eveleigh

Unified Communications and End User Adoption

by: Stephen Eveleigh

So you've selected the technology, found an integrator, signed a licensing agreement and the project plan is in place. Your business is on the road to delivering unified communications and grasping all the associated benefits. But, how do you inte...

05 April 2011


Hugo Harber

Once it's gone it's gone

by: Hugo Harber

Once it's gone you never get it back As we all know time is precious and once it's gone you never get it back. So I find myself at the end of January wondering why I didn't get as much done as I wanted to. The reason is snow or rather the lack of...

26 January 2011


Ben Crouch

Ask Your Communications Partner About their Product Roadmap

by: Ben Crouch

As product lead for the new hosted Office Communications Server (OCS 2007 R2) service WorkLife IM; I’ve been testing different mobile devices with the service. Being an iPhone user it was the first device I was keen to try out. I was surprised to...

24 November 2010


Stephen Eveleigh

Presence is the dial tone for next generation communication

by: Stephen Eveleigh

I remember attending a briefing by Frost and Sullivan in April 2006 that was called “Presence is the dial tone for next generation communication”.  At the time I thought it was promising the impossible.  They described how convergence of...

17 November 2010


Stephen Eveleigh

DR or BC for the Winter Months

by: Stephen Eveleigh

Recently, I have had a few cold and frosty starts to the day. While these mornings have their charms, it does remind me that winter is coming. I hate struggling through snow on my way to work, and last year it seemed to go on and on. It also cost ...

04 November 2010


Stephen Eveleigh

Presence leads to more effective decision making

by: Stephen Eveleigh

I've been using Office Communicator for a number of months now and I have noticed how it's quickly become intertwined with the way in which I work.  The real-time communication enabled by Communicator for instant messaging/audio or audio/video (PC...

27 August 2010


Hugo Harber

Why should I look at adopting Unified Communications?

by: Hugo Harber

The key to adopting any new technology is to be really clear about what you want to achieve as a business before you make any decisions around implementation. Most businesses I deal with share similar drivers, which largely tend to be common sense...

17 May 2010

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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