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Siemens Communications on Oct. 22 will launch a unified communications appliance geared specifically for the needs of small and midsize businesses. The aim of the new HiPath OpenOffice ME appliance is to put the improved productivity and lower communication cost benefits that large enterprises can exploit with UC, as well as the integrated communications capabilities, […]

Global Crossing Takes First Steps in Unified Communications “> While most enterprise IT shops today still dont know what Unified Communications really is, information systems leaders at Global Crossing in 2005 had a pretty good idea of what it was and how the company could benefit from it. On Oct. 16, Global Crossing IS leaders […]

Everybody knows that theres some productivity loss associated with waiting for information, a lack of collaboration or missed phone calls, but a Siemens Communications survey released Oct. 16 reports that such delays can cost an enterprise of 1,000 employees $13 million a year. Siemens, based in Berlin and Munich, earlier in October published the results […]

Nortel Networks is taking its place alongside Microsoft at the launch of Microsofts Office Communications Server 2007 to introduce what officials bill as the largest suite of products and services built around the new Microsoft Unified Communications offering. Although Microsoft at its Oct. 16 launch will have a range of partners on hand with varying […]

Polycom Broadens High -End Videoconferencing “> Changing market forces and the emergence of telepresence systems have breathed new life into the videoconferencing market. Polycom on Oct. 15 will try to capitalize on that by broadening both its telepresence and high-definition videoconferencing product lines. The Pleasanton, Calif., company will show off more choices for customers at […]

Netcordia on Oct. 16 will launch a new version of its NetMRI network analysis and reporting tool aimed at helping network engineers troubleshoot problems in near-real time. The multivendor network management tool, which provides analysis, reporting and troubleshooting of network anomalies, has previously been designed to gather data and evaluate problems after the fact. Version […]

Virtual phone system supplier RingCentral on Oct. 9 will further extend its online calling service with the new DigitalLine voice over IP offering. RingCentral targets small businesses looking to have the features of a PBX or key system without having to buy, install and maintain such a system themselves. The new DigitalLine VOIP capability extends […]

Extreme Networks on Oct. 9 raised the bar on the low end of the LAN switching spectrum with the launch of a new family of low-cost switches and a new automation framework. The new Summit X150 Value Edge line of fixed configuration switches delivers greater support for security and convergence at the edge of the […]

Akamai Technologies on Oct. 8 will branch out beyond its Web application acceleration services to boost the performance of all IP-based applications. The new Akamai IP Application Accelerator service targets such applications as Voice over IP, live chat, secure file transfers and other non-Web based applications, including those that run the user datagram protocol, IPsec […]

Axeda on Oct. 5 will give large enterprise IT shops a way to centrally control and audit secure access to data center software and hardware from multiple manufacturers and service providers. The privately held Axeda has historically worked with individual manufacturers to help them establish secure links into customer data centers to service their products. […]