Unified Communications

Thanks for your article on internet use in the UK. Internet use in the U.S. is at about 78%.

Open source apps and resources categorized by SIP, H.323, IAX, and RTP protocols. It includes clients, libraries, gatekeepers, and any other open source resource available for those specific protocols plus PBX and IVR platforms.

Now employees come to companies with their own smartphones and tablet computers and they want to connect to their work seamlessly through these devices.

A recent study revealed that 84 percent of IM interactions turn into or are escalated to voice or telephone interactions at least once or twice per week.

Openfire is a real time collaboration (RTC) server licensed under the Open Source GPL. It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP (also called Jabber).

"Xync is a cross-platform mobile extension to Microsoft® OCS R2 and Lync™. With Xync, processes implemented via Lync and OCS can now be extended to smartphones and tablets."

"SOGo is groupware server with a focus on scalability and open standards. "

SIP Trunking Services Qualified for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2

PGi conference provider of audio, web and video conferencing services offer PGi GlobalMeet HD app for ipad with various options to dial-in to business meetings with a single touch on your iPad.

The Call Voice Mail option from Communicator's Phone UI (see Figure 9) allows the user to manage the UM mailbox, change greetings, and so forth without having to enter the PIN because he is already authenticated.

Paper from the SANS institute about security threats and mitigations related to Skype usage within an organization

New PIC Licensing and released XMPP Gateway. XMPP Gateway will allow interconnection with Jabber IM and google talk

sipXecs IP PBX Use Cases and Deployment Examples

OCS integration with Cisco VoIP brings fast unified communications ROI

Office Communications Server 2007 R2, PreCallDiagnostic Resource Kit Tool

Special version of Skype for China

To begin a conference call with audio and web conferencing service includes - preparation before meeting, share a commonality, tag-team, utilize video, put a face to each name, get chatty with participants.

WebEx web conferencing solution allows your team to build stronger relationships by delivering powerful, effective, engaging and collaborative meeting results. Audio and Web Conferencing also offers you the ability to record your meeting, so you and your participants can revisit the material at your leisure.

Web conference calling is a user friendly conferencing solution that allows user to easily get in touch with people from any geographical location over the internet for face-to-face communication with the comfort and convenience of one workplace.

Orangutans using ipads for video conferencing to view videos of other animals in the park as well as themselves and to reconnect with their friends and family members around the country.