Judy Mottl

Just one month after announcing a $1 billion R&D effort in unified communications (UC), IBM (NYSE: IBM) is expanding its partnership with Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) to provide UC capabilities to the small and mid-sized business. The effort comes nine months after the two vendors launched their UC alliance and is the latest shot at […]

When it comes to mobile content there’s little customer loyalty to wireless carriers, except when it comes to ring tones and games, according to a new report from ABI Research. Mobile device users are more likely to grab third-party or Web-based content over what’s pushed to, or loaded on, a handset, states the report. “Perhaps […]

Storage virtualization is gaining traction with Fortune 1000 enterprises, according to a new study that found 35 percent currently use the technology and plan to expand their investment during the next two years. Additionally, deployment is expected to hit 50 percent by 2009 — a 400 percent spike since in adoption since 2005, according to […]

Motorola Wednesday said it plans to split its core mobile devices and broadband businesses into two publicly owned companies, a move it hopes will provide the “clarity of direction” needed to get the No. 3 handset maker on the road to recovery. “This will provide improved flexibility, increased management focus and pave the way for […]

The Atrato Velocity1000 (V1000) storage system announced today is focused on eliminating the I/O bottleneck that on-demand streaming content providers must address to produce competitive service levels of performance. The 3U Self Array of Identical Disks (SAID) can deliver 25.6 to 50 terabytes of storage, handle 11,000 IOPS and 3,600 standard definition simultaneous data streams. […]

Unified communications, on face value, could be the application of the decade given all its promises. It lets users access people and resources, no matter the location or communication channel, spurring productivity and boosting business processes at an economical cost. But dig a little deeper and it’s clear integration, and choosing the right solution, could […]

Online, 3D virtual environments aren’t just for play anymore: They could push corporate training into the 22nd Century — and even help save lives in U.S. military excursions. That’s the thinking behind a futuristic product codenamed “Babel Bridge,” an upcoming piece of software built on Forterra System’s On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (OLIVE) and IBM’s (NYSE: […]

In a bid to better compete in the crowded enterprise unified communications (UC) landscape, Avaya Monday introduced several offerings for mobile workers and a services program, all geared toward helping businesses achieve better workforce responsiveness. Today’s product announcements puts the telephony call center giant head-to-head with a growing list of UC vendors including IBM, Cisco, […]

Just a few years ago, most office workers expected a phone and a PC at their desks in order to get the job done. These days, they not only expect those tools, and a laptop for road trips, but a mobile communication device to boot. The reason? More Americans than ever are using cell phones […]

NEC Unified Solutions is rolling several communications tools for its month-old UNIVERGE360 platform, offering up user customization options and a module that promises to make system management easier. The new unified communication (UC) products include the SV8500 enterprise server, UC700 desktop client, UM8500 unified messaging system and the MC530 mobile client. NEC has also updated […]