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 "People don't want computers. They want to relate, share, communicate, enjoy, learn, discover, analyze, and create." - Gartner
- Advantages of User-Centric Communication: Create a more efficient work environment by offering people the freedom to choose how they want to communicate and developing a consistent user experience across devices.
- Creating a Social Enterprise: According to IDC, 57% of employees use social media for business collaboration at least once per week. This also gives your customers multiple ways to interact with your organization.
- Proliferation of Consumer Devices: The growth of mobile devices (see trends below) has, in turn, facilitated the growth of collaboration technologies. This new class of mobile device comes equipped with all of the capabilities needed to collaborate on-the-go. From front and rear-facing cameras to Wi-Fi network connectivity, they are ready made for a mobile workforce.
- Availability of Cloud Resources: Public cloud offerings give you the ability to reduce the cost of software by utilizing them for your common collaboration functions such as email, instant messaging, and web conferencing.
- Sometimes, Defense is the Best Offense: 90% of enterprise companies are planning to invest in Unified Communications & Collaborations technologies in the next 12 months. If you aren't one of them, you're behind your competitors.
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upcoming events
TechBridge Digital Ball May 5 Join us for a night of dinner, dancing, and fun as we support TechBridge and their mission to provide technology services to area non-profits. More InformationFUSION 2012May 13 - 17 Presented by the Institute of Financial Operations, the FUSION 2012 Conference offers 5 days of keynote speakers, thought-leader sessions, and networking opportunities for the finance professional. Join us as our own Tim Wise will be presenting on "Uncovering the Hidden Treasures of a Telecom Audit". More Information |
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7 challenges associated with cloud services
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It's an all-too-familiar scene for the IT director: Your executives ask what you're doing about the latest technology craze to splash on the market. Your finance department wonders when you can start saving money with it. Providers are knocking at the door to persuade you to try it. Your technical staff resists it, reacting to yet another set of technologies to adopt and support with too few resources. What do you do?
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Smartphone Adoption Rate and OS Market Share
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Over the past several years, the effects of the growing numbers of mobile devices and smartphones cannot be overstated. According to Cisco, in the next year, mobile phones will become the most common device for accessing the internet. Not in 10 years, not in 20 years, but in the next 12 months. Why? Because the proliferation and consumerization of the mobile device has been staggering.
- 120 million Apple iPhones sold to date
- Google Android devices activated per day: 340,000
- 55 million Apple iPads sold to date
Detailed Statistics
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Uncovering the Hidden Treasures from a Telecom Audit
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The growing complexity of today's communications environment has increased the ability to uncover significant savings through a comprehensive audit of your telecom spend. In addition, a telecom audit is an effective way to control costs, manage inventory, process invoices, maintain SLAs, and simplify global processes. Many enterprises struggle with invoice overload, lack of a dedicated internal TEM team, no visibility into global spend, and how to reconcile invoices to the actual services. How do you know if you need a Telecom Audit?Advocate Co-Founder, Tim Wise, will be presenting on this topic at the FUSION 2012 Conference in Nashville on May 16th. For more information on the conference and how to attend, click here. |
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