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		<title><![CDATA[Windows Phones and Unified Communications]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1187763]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you thinking about unified communications in your business? You need to be.    In today's world, two trends are reshaping the way we work: 1) all workers are becoming mobile workers, and 2) highly effective collaboration has become every business's competitive edge in the 21st century. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Work Smarter with Telephony Integration and Unified Communications and Collaboration Solutions from IBM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1168743]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In a rapidly changing world economy, organizations need to become more efficient, more innovative, and more responsive to their customers -- all the while reducing telephony and collaboration costs. Keeping up with change and information overload for companies is becoming much more difficult, but is critical to staying competitive. Listen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unified Communications]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1162303]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Waiting for information via email is no longer acceptable. Today's communication channels must deliver immediate presence and interaction. Successful companies know this and are responding by turning to UC. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Telstra and Microsoft's UC Alliance | BTalk Australia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnetau.com.au/aussierules/2009/08/18/telstra-and-microsofts-uc-alliance-btalk-australia/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Philip Jones    (Episode 311; 11 minutes 44) This month Telstra and Microsoft unveiled Australiaâ€™s first hosted IP telephony service integrated with Microsoft Office Communications Server OCS.     It provides one way to introduce Unified Communications UC into your business. At its simplest level it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:19:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Unified Communications Datasheet: Smart Decisions for Extraordinary Times]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1133139]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft® software-powered Unified Communications can help you cut costs and better position your business for the economic rebound by transforming the way you communicate and collaborate while maximizing your existing communications infrastructure. This white paper discusses how businesses can reduce out-of-pocket expenses by reducing travel expenses and conferencing service charges...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Integrating the Cisco Unified Presence Server in Your Unified Communications Network]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1121581]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever sat down and tried to count the times that you've called other people, just to get a busy tone? Or, maybe you've tried to send them an Instant Message just to sit there and wait forever for a response and didn't know why? In this white paper,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Compelling Case for Conferencing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1133137]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Organizations are looking for ways to improve their businesses while reducing costs and encouraging environmental sustainability. To meet these goals, many are turning to new software-based conferencing and collaboration solutions like Unified Communications for audio, Web, and video conferencing. Companies using these capabilities report measurable improvements in their corporate performance...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco, Nortel, Avaya, Microsoft and... Shoretel?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10001051/cisco-nortel-avaya-microsoft-and-shoretel/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya and Nortel are familiar names, but John Combs would like to make sure people keep Shoretel in mind as well, even if he has to throw a few sharp elbows to get a seat at the table.    Combs is the chairman and CEO of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:15:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Achieving Cost and Resource Savings with UC white paper]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1179935]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In this harsh economic climate, the need is more compelling than ever to cut costs and optimize resource utilization.  Unified Communications UC is a new approach to communications methods and solutions that opens up significant new ways to achieve both immediate and sustained cost and resource savings. With UC,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BSA LifeStructures Boosts Collaboration, Responsiveness to Customers with Unified Communications]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1145603]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BSA LifeStructures provides architectural, engineering, and technology consulting services to the healthcare industry. Senior Management wanted to implement new technology that could help cut costs related to communication and collaboration. The company deployed a communications solution using Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007, Exchange Server 2007 with Unified...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unifying Your Voice (Over IP) | BTalk Australia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnetau.com.au/aussierules/2008/07/15/unifying-your-voice-over-ip-btalk-australia/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[VoIP can help cut the cost of your telecommunications, but itâ€™s the rich features of Unified Communications that will really make a difference to your business.    Thatâ€™s the view of  Sara Adams, Regional Manager for Small & Medium Business at Cisco. In todayâ€™s â€œBTalk Australiaâ€ she...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:27:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Johor State Government to Deploy Cisco Unified Communications to Enhance Collaboration in New Administrative Centre]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200806/ai_n26683358]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Johor State Government has decided on a Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) Unified Communications system that will be deployed by Cisco Gold Certified Partner HP and MysysNet, a leading information and communications technology ICT systems integrator in Johor. The Unified Communications system, which includes more than 1,000 Cisco Unified IP Phones,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nortel Steps Up Collaboration on Unified Communications for SMBs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200804/ai_n24972668]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) is accelerating the development of unified communications solutions for small to medium businesses SMB by adding its IP telephony application to IBM's new generation of  Power Systems (2) processors. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unified Communications]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=361025]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This free white paper reveals how you can leverage the tech-savvy orientation of the next generation of workers for a tighter, more collaborative business that leverages every available form of communication. Learn how to dramatically improve sales success and customer relations by putting people back in the center of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM and NEC to Deliver Unified Communications and Collaboration to Businesses Around the World]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Jan_21/ai_n24237201]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO -- NEC[R] Corporation announced today that it is working with IBM[R] Corporation to deliver advanced unified communication and collaboration capabilities to businesses around the world. NEC, a global market leader in enterprise communications, will integrate its UNIVERGE[R] IP communication servers with the IBM Lotus[R] Sametime[R] 8.0 collaboration platform, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Collaboration's Impact at New Year Divides the Experts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/teamwork/?p=157]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of a Basex report, which pointed to the role of unified communications and other aspects of collaboration in creating an information overload time suck in 2007, we are told now by eWeek that unified communications and collaboration itself are two of the top corporate time savers for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:07:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Learn How Financial Services Firms Succeed with Unified Communications]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=372839]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This Cisco-commissioned Forrester Research study combines survey data from six countries to quantify how unified communications affect the small and medium-size business sector. Focused on Financial Services, the study reveals that with unified communications: SMBs improve responsiveness to customers; employees collaborate effectively; time to resolve problems decreases; approval process time...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Learn How Manufacturing Firms Succeed with Unified Communications]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=372841]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This Cisco-commissioned Forrester Research study combines survey data from six countries to quantify how unified communications affect the small and medium-size business sector.  Focused on Manufacturing, the study reveals that with unified communications: SMBs improve responsiveness to customers; employees collaborate effectively; time to resolve problems decreases; approval process time...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Essential Manager's Guide: Communications Tools for the Effective Worker]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=339492]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Avaya and DK, a leading publisher of business reference books, have created a limited edition series on business critical communications challenges and solutions.    In Essential Managers Communications Tools for the Effective Worker, discover the positive impact of Unified Communications on both day-to-day interactions as well as on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM Launches Family of Unified Communications and Collaboration Software]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200708/ai_n19464357]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today at the VoiceCon 2007 conference, IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled the next phase of its unified communication and collaboration (UC2) strategy by expanding its IBM Lotus Sametime software into a product family that will include new telephony integration software. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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