Mobile Device choice More Important Than Salary
At Interop New York last month, Cisco’s Sujai Hajela, VP/GM of Wireless Networking Business Unit, said “people are falling in love with their mobile devices,” during his keynote. He was right. People are so in love with their mobile devices that they’ll choose mobile device flexibility over salary.
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In my previous blog, I wrote a bit on emerging Federation capabilities we will begin to see in the marketplace. Today, I'd like to talk a bit about what this is likely to mean from a client/device perspective. A Federation fabric will provide the ability of many clients to participate because the interfaces to the fabric are...
Uncork the bubbly! Time to celebrate back-to-back honors from Microsoft
It’s opening day for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C. and we have something to celebrate! In 2009, Plantronics won Partner of the Year for our innovative USB handset, and today we announced our Partner of the Year honors for 2010! This year we were awarded for strides in Mobile Unified Communications with the introduction of two devices designed for mobile UC, the Voyager PRO UC and Blackwire 420.
A mobile UC strategy is critical for any enterprise exploring the benefits of UC collaboration. Melanie Turek, principle analyst at Frost & Sullivan, noted recently in No Jitter, “Mobility is a critical issue for many enterprises, as employees increasingly need to communicate and collaborate with one another – as well as partners and customers – from anywhere.” We couldn’t agree more.
If you can’t be in Washington, D.C in person, you can follow the action on Twitter and Facebook.
Cisco and Samsung Evolve Partnership to Transform Business Mobility
Authors: Cisco
Last week, Samsung’s MOBILE UNPACKED 2011 event brought a new level of collaboration between Cisco and the mobile device leader. Together, Cisco and Samsung announced a set of solutions designed to transform enterprise mobility, enabling organizations to leverage the wave of mobile devices coming through their doors.
At the event,...
Cisco redefines what you can do on an Android device
Authors: Kara Wilson
Google’s Android [1]operating system is one of the hottest names in mobility right now. According to a Feb 9 Gartner [2]report, “In the [worldwide] smartphone operating system (OS) market, Android grew 888.8 percent in 2010 and moved to the No. 2 position.” No other mobile OS grew anywhere near as fast as Android.
So it makes...
Authors: Curtis Hartmann
Mobile devices. Mobile storage. Mobile connectivity. Our culture today is consumed with the idea of mobility – and for good reasons. Relying upon the freedom of mobile communications has powered the productivity behind our daily lives and our businesses. In such a mobile world, we might be surprised to find how much fur...
Increased efficiency and flexibility from Avaya's expanded mobility solutions
Authors: Avaya Insights
Readers of this blog have seen the excellent coverage of the International Avaya Users Group (IAUG) conference taking place this week in Las Vegas. For example, my colleague Jay Barta summarizes the conference so far thusly:
IAUG - Avaya's official global user's group - serves as the primary resource for education,...
Authors: Avaya Insights
Once again, I am pleased to recommend this posting from Dan DeBacker as guest blogger on the subject of wireless networks and mobility.
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The evolution of wireless technology continues to drive change within enterprise networks. At its inception,...