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Resellers, BT Conferencing Wants You to Sell to U.S. SMBs

The service provider is vowing not to compete with its channel partners. ...More
May 23, 2012 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News
SoundConnect, Retex Expand Partnership

The alliance, strengthened by new hires and a social media strategy, should help SoundConnect partners sell more conferencing services to retail customers. ...More
May 16, 2012
Posted in News
Cisco On the Defensive? Huawei Charges Into U.S. Enterprise Market

The China-based equipment maker has teamed with a big IT distributor. ...More
May 15, 2012 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News
Polycom Making Good on Plans to Shake Up UC Industry

The company is selling its Wi-Fi and DECT handset division so it can focus on UC and video collaboration. ...More
May 11, 2012
Posted in News
Vu Allies with Vidtel for Multivendor Video Conferencing

Vu users can connect with users of Polycom or Cisco endpoints or even Skype and GoogleTalk services. ...More
May 8, 2012
Posted in News
Random But Pertinent Thoughts

Ericsson leads in the world of wireless. Amazon Kindle Fire is the most sold Android tablet but sales have fallen from 4.8 million in 4Q2011 to 750,000 in 1Q2012. RADVISION needed to be purchased by Avaya. And much more ... ...More
May 4, 2012 By David Byrd
Posted in Blog, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Level 3 Helps Bring SIP Voice Services to College Campuses

Level 3 will provide SIP-based services such as long distance trunks, local trunks, conference bridges and other services. As a result, Internet2 will be able to offer the reliability that member institutions demand over a large scale, the companies said. ...More
April 30, 2012
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
InterCall, Blue Jeans Network Form Conferencing Partnership

InterCall will offer the Blue Jeans service to its customers, supplementing its portfolio of audio and Web conferencing services with Blue Jeans' multi-party video conferencing. ...More
April 17, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News
A Couple of Cheesy Thoughts

Skype is approaching 200 million active users. With one in five users on the service at the same time, that is indicative of a highly desired and useful product. ...More
April 16, 2012 By David Byrd
Posted in Blog
Channel Partners Fact Book 2012: The Go-To Guide for Communications and IT Services Agents

Whether the information is new or review, the fourth annual edition of this compilation of advice, tutorials, glossaries and best practices provides an overview of the basics on becoming an communications and IT services agent, getting started and building the business. ...More
April 10, 2012
Posted in Reports, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony