Wouldn't it be great if you could press a button on your smartphone and broadcast to all your friends, or to groups of fellow employees? This kind of push-to-talk communications is now possible using Twisted Pair Solutions' new Wave Connections service.
Interstate trucking company Boyd Bros. Transportation was losing experienced freight agents because it couldn't support home workers, but replacing the firm's 20-year-old phone system brought unified communications features that let it hang on to these veteran employees and save money at the same time.
A spike in attacks against IP PBXs that started last fall shows no signs of abating, spawning speculation that those responsible have tapped intobotnets and cloud computing resources to carry out their illegal activities.
NEW ORLEANS -- Cisco this week unveiled two unified communications products optimized for small and midsize businesses, a market Cisco admits it needs to increase share in.
Google says it is "very sorry" for a Gmail software bug that reset some 150,000 accounts and left their owners contemplating the prospect of having lost years worth of data. The outage affected only a fraction of one per cent of Gmail users, but its severity was particularly noteworthy.
The founder of RealNetworks has launched a new social video service that connects with Facebook and lets users chat with multiple friends at once.
With an eye on business collaboration and communication, Cisco has released a range of new video production products aimed at enterprise customers.
Google has released three new tools as part of its Google Apps suite, designed to increase collaboration in the enterprise.
Long-time tech executive <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/030807-avaya-ceo-changes-competition.html">Lou D'Ambrosio</a> has taken the helm at Sears Holdings Corp. with the goal of reversing the department store's downward financial trend and possibly boosting its online business. (Network World named D'Ambrosio one of the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/power/2006/122506-most-powerful-people.html?netht=010207netflash&company=Hewlett%2520Packard">50 Most Powerful People in Networking in 2006</a>)
Just when you thought billionaire 20-something Mark Zuckerberg couldn't possibly get any more exposure, a new comic book has hit store shelves telling the real story of the Facebook founder's rise to glory.
Twitter said on Sunday that it has freed <a href="http://ubermedia.com/">UberMedia</a>'s UberSocial (previously UberTwitter) and twidroyd apps from exile after <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/021811-ubersocial-ubertwitter-twitter.html">shutting them off on Friday for what Twitter said</a> was a breach of its terms of service.
The latest Apple iPhone 5 rumor centers on the anticipated smartphone featuring a 4-inch screen, about 14% bigger than the standard 3.5-inch display of current iPhones and more in line with what Google Android phone makers have been offering.
Reports out of Algeria say the North African country has shut down Internet access and eliminated Facebook accounts as pro-democracy protesters seek to topple the government much as Egyptians did in their nation this week.
Avaya this week updated its <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/collaboration-web20.html">enterprise virtual collaboration software</a> and started offering it in a software-as-a-service model.
It's easy to talk about modernizing the way local, state and federal governments operate. Providing easier access to services, allowing employees more flexible work arrangements and improving collaboration are popular public-sector goals. But in reality there's a lot of work to be done to realize those goals, says Forrester Research.