Unified Messaging Research
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Story of Voice Transformation
Sponsored by: AT&T CorpThis white paper discusses how voice capabilities have transformed in the past few years and explores why SIP and unified communications (UC) play such a big role in the way business is conducted today.
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E-guide: Integrating video conferencing with UC: What you need to consider
Sponsored by: TechTarget SecurityThis SearchUnifiedCommunications.com e-guide discusses why video conferencing integration is a logical addition to your UC system and offers best practices for implementation.
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E-guide: Taking full advantage of the benefits of mobile unified communications: Best practices
Sponsored by: TechTarget SecurityIn this SearchUnifiedCommunications.com e-guide, learn the applications, technologies and benefits associated with mobile unified communications (UC) and uncover how you can start taking advantage of them today.
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What is the Plantronics UC Toolkit?
Sponsored by: PlantronicsIn this video, learn why the UC Toolkit was created, how the UC Toolkit is structured, what resources are included, and how you can easily obtain it.
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Unified Computing: An Agile Platform for Your Next Gen Virtualized Data Center
Sponsored by: ConnectionThe data center is under great pressure as managers try to balance business demands and operational limitations. This webcast discusses how to transform your data center through virtualization and process automation, bringing your organization exceptional benefits.
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Business-Grade Video Conferencing for SMBs
Sponsored by: Polycom, Inc.In this paper, uncover the benefits of video conferencing for small and mid-size organizations while highlighting use cases for specific industries and personnel.
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Best Practice Tips on Building a Unified Communications Business Case
Sponsored by: ShoreTel - OLDUnified communications (UC) is not so much a system as it is a way of thinking about the impact of the next generation of communications capabilities on businesses large and small. Use this guide to find the best UC solution for your organization, exploring the benefits and identifying the preferred modes and means of communication.
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Unified Communications Buyer’s Guide
Sponsored by: ShoreTel - OLDThe Unified Communications Buyer's Guide offers complete information to help you compare your options, including guidance to help you evaluate solutions and best practices for getting the most out of your UC vendor.
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Plantronics UC Toolkit Evolve FAQ
Sponsored by: PlantronicsUC audio device integration can be daunting for managers if they don’t have the right tools. This paper discusses a 5 step process for device adoption, providing responses to typical questions IT organizations raise during the evolution stage of your implementation.
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Plantronics, Simply Smarter Communications
Sponsored by: PlantronicsMark your calendar for May 18 at 10 a.m. EDT/7 a.m. PDT for this global web event. Sign up for a reminder so you don’t miss a word.
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Social Networking in the Enterprise: Benefits and Inhibitors
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.This white paper reveals the primary considerations for social networking, such as: business value and strategic relevance, adoption trends and concerns, and strategic considerations for ESS deployment.
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Unified Communications Trends and Challenges: How to Stay on Top
Sponsored by: TechTarget SecurityThis e-guide discusses the top trends affecting the unified communication's (UC) market as well as potential UC and IP telephony challenges. Learn what you can do to tackle these issues and stay ahead of the competition.
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Video Conferencing Best Practices: Making the Business Case and Key Tips for a Seamless Deployment
Sponsored by: TechTarget SecurityThis e-guide discusses key deployment strategies to help unified communications (UC) pros get started. Uncover the physical components of video conferencing systems, interoperability and standards considerations and how organizations should address video management to ensure a solid quality of service (QoS).
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The Future of Business: Preparing to Meet its Challenges
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.Cisco is addressing today's dominant trends and their implications for transforming IT architectures and critical business processes. This paper examines these trends, describes why the network is the logical starting point for transforming business, and offers insight into the most strategic IT investments that businesses should consider today.
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Maximize Your Collaboration Investment by Choosing the Right Services Approach
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.This IDC Vendor Spotlight reviews Cisco's collaboration services. This paper also reviews IDC research on the overall collaboration market, including unified communications (UC), and looks at the impact and benefits of collaboration services on customers and partners.
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E-Guide: Increase your Revenues and Profits by Offering Managed Voice
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.Offering hosted unified communications and VoIP services is a strong opportunity for service providers. How do you know which customized plan is right for your specific business needs? Read this E-Guide to learn pros and cons, as well as which questions to ask potential clients to ensure that you are delivering the solution that’s right for them.
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Polycom Solutions for Microsoft UC Environments
Sponsored by: Polycom, Inc.Read how Polycom empowers Microsoft Unified Communications with a full suite of HD voice, video, telepresence and infrastructure solutions; Allowing organizations to increase productivity, reduce costs and unify dispersed teams.
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Maximizing ROI with the Microsoft-Polycom UC Solution
Sponsored by: Polycom, Inc.Read how Microsoft and Polycom’s partnership offers customers an end-to-end, fully interoperable unified communications (UC) solution that combines real-time instant messaging, voice, video, and data to lower business costs, improve productivity, and achieve a faster return on investments (ROI).
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How to Make Magic with VoIP: Weighing the Options
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.VoIP with UC can transform a business across four dimensions: lower costs, higher productivity, better customer service, and higher revenues. It can make a small business appear big, and help it outperform larger competitors. There are several ways to implement VoIP. Read this paper to determine which way is best for your business.
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How to Get the Cisco Tech Support You Need, Online
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.IT and telecom staff in small businesses (up to 250 employees) meet up at what Google Analytics reports is one of the most popular support sites of its size—the Cisco Small Business Support Community. Whenever you need technical support, or want to learn more about your technology, connect with the community and get support. Read on to learn more.
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Investing in IP Phones: How to Control Costs, Now and Later
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.Businesses that use voice over IP (VoIP) service and IP phones gain many advantages. No wonder desktop IP phones are used by more than a third of small and medium-sized businesses surveyed in Europe and North America. Continue reading to learn more and discover how to make the best investment through seven key questions.
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Make a Match: Four Tips for Picking a VoIP Partner
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.When your business wants to gain the advantages of voice over IP (VoIP) and unified communications (UC) technology, where will you find the expertise to do it? How do you choose a partner that’s right for you? Continue reading to gain advice from four small businesses.
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Six Ways to Rev Up Your Revenues, Using VoIP
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.How can you raise revenues without raising prices? You can gain new customers. Or you can make new sales from your existing customers. There’s a network technology that helps you do both: voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Read this paper to learn six ways to raise revenues with voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
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Dialing for Dollars: Nine Tips on Call Prospecting
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.The truth about effective call prospecting is that it’s a numbers game: the more calls you make, the better your chance of attaining customers. Just one customer could be enough to make your sales numbers. Continue reading this paper to learn nine tips for effective calling.
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Smartphones: A Savvy Strategy for Government Employees
Sponsored by: BlackBerryThere is no reason why government agencies shouldn’t take advantage of all that smartphones have to offer. Employed efficiently, smartphones can address several organizational imperatives, including cost savings, greater mobility, increased telework options and sensitivity to environmental concerns. Continue reading to learn more.