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Cisco Makes its Presence Heard

Yesterday, Cisco joined the ranks of Microsoft, (Skype), Google, Yahoo, Apple, AOL, Facebook, Salesforce.com, and others with free IM and presence. From the Cisco blog: Today we’re announcing that we…

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Messenger Kicks Skype’s Ass

In April 2010, Microsoft was readying the launch of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 and posted on its site a comparison table that clearly shows how Messenger is a far…

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The Location Aware PBX

I want my cell phone to control my PBX phone. I have a client today, but it’s rather dumb. I want it to passively make smart decisions based on factors…

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Is That a Phone in Your Pocket, or

Are you just glad to UC me? T-Mobile launched the MyTouch 4G phone this week. Yet another Android phone is hardly newsworthy, but this one caught my attention. It has…

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Polycom VVX1500 All Show, No Go

The new Polycom VVX1500 is probably the single most exciting and useless product ever released from Polycom. The phone is positioned (too well) as a model for the future. It…

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Three Recent OCS Posts

There is no single product that has the potential to disrupt the IP PBX marketplace more than Microsoft’s OCS. The closest analogy is when Cisco got into voice around 2000…

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The Ghost of Christmas Presence

My company is a small one, about 15 people. We like technology though and have implemented way more than we should have. It is an ‘eat our own dogfood’ type…

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