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Articles tagged with: Unified Communications and Microsoft
Growth of Unified Communications Services to Dwarf Products Growth
Unified communications and collaboration is expected to see significant growth delivered as a hosted service according to a new study released by Wainhouse Research. Heavyweights Microsoft, Cisco, and IBM are all investing heavily to create offerings that integrate with their existing unified communications products into a hosted services framework. more
Telephony Market to Crimp Unified Communications Market Growth
While Unified Communications (UC) has become a high tech marketing buzzword and the focus of major enterprise vendors including Avaya, Cisco, IBM Lotus, Microsoft, and Nortel, a new study released by Wainhouse Research concludes that UC product revenues will actually decrease by over $1 billion over the next two years before the market rebounds. more
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Economic issues are set to drive growth in unified communications
A new report by market analyst Datamonitor discusses the key trends in the unified communications market in 2008. It reveals that although uptake of such solutions has been relatively slow, environmental, social and economic factors will help drive growth going forwards. Whilst concerns over green IT, employee productivity and the economy may inhibit investments in some emerging technologies, Datamonitor believes that these issues will make unified communications a compelling business proposition for enterprises. more
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