For years we have heard how "smartphones" are the hot area. Apple, Android, RIM, Microsoft, Nokia and others have all been pursuing the business market with the "smartphone" being the portable desktop computer. But as time has gone on we have seen more and more adoption, acceptance and use of "social" applications like Facebook,...
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Archive for February, 2010
The Rise of The SocialPhone
Assessing the (Real) Market for Unified Communications
Frost & Sullivan has released its 2010 World Unified Communications Market study. (Clients can downloaded it here.) In 2009, vendors shipped about 16 million UC and UC-capable clients. By 2015, we expect vendors to ship between 25 and 30 million UC clients. We estimate that in 2009, the installed base of fully integrated UC...
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Assessing the (Real) Market for Unified Communications
Frost & Sullivan has released its 2010 World Unified Communications Market study. (Clients can downloaded it here.) In 2009, vendors shipped about 16 million UC and UC-capable clients. By 2015, we expect vendors to ship between 25 and 30 million UC clients. We estimate that in 2009, the installed base of fully integrated UC...
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Clearwire’s Growth Speaks Volumes
Given voice is still just a passing thought for most people using Clearwire (aka Clear) for data growth of 87,000 subs is not to shabby. The recap from Fierce is worth a read as it sheds light on where things are headed.
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The Changing Voice of Voice Mail
At VoiceCon Orlando, Marty Parker and I will be moderating a panel discussion about "How Much Voice Mail Do You Really Need?" with speakers from AVST, Avaya, Cisco and Microsoft. The sessions premise is that even though the need for voice mail is changing significantly due to evolving voice-calling patterns and the availability of...
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