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News Buzz (Updated September 11, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:37:07 GMT

Overcoming the challenge of integrating voice and video in a UC ...
Express Computer, September 11, 2009
Speaking about the integration increased user base on UC, Microsoft’s Mehta pointed that the messaging infrastructure in the UC environment is growing rapidly and is almost 40% up on instant messenger.

No alternative to Microsoft Office? IBM begs to differ
San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 2009
IBM Thursday announced upgrades to and a roadmap for its 15-month-old Lotus Symphony suite of productivity tools, emphasizing it indeed offers an alternative to Microsoft Office.

News Buzz (Updated August 18, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:18:21 GMT

Eye on the unified communications market: IBM
SearchVoIP, August 18, 2009
IBM brings together its software platform, technical and business consulting services, server hardware and an extended ecosystem of partners to deliver an end-to-end solution it calls Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC⊃;).

Nimbuzz and FonoSIP.com Sign Partnership Agreement
TMCnet, August 17, 2009
Nimbuzz is glad to be working with Fonosip as SIP partner. We take great pride in offering Fonosip a way to mobilize and empower their customers with an all-in-one mobile VoIP and social messaging solution.

News Buzz (Updated August 14, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:26:10 GMT

How to secure instant messaging
Search Security, August 14, 2009
Instant messaging (IM) platforms, such as AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk, have moved beyond the world of high school chatter and into the world of corporate communications.

摘要：Unified communications (UC) software may offer instant ...
全球 IP 通信联盟, August 14, 2009
Today, its Office Communications Server software handles a million IM conversations per month. That has lessened employees' use of outside IM services but hardly eliminated it, according to IT director Oyvind Kaldestad.

Nimbuzz brings forth new-fangled application for Android handsets
Little About - ‎August 13, 2009‎
It ought to be stated that Nimbuzz is a messaging service combining instant messaging, presence and VoIP; interfaces with several popular messaging services ...

Connecting the Enterprise: CDW's 2009 Unified Communications ...
ZDNet - ‎August 13, 2009‎
CDW's new tracking poll, which surveyed 766 IT professionals who work on unified communications (UC) or component technologies in business, government,

News Buzz (Updated August 04, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:46:38 GMT

Distribution Central lands distribution agreement with CyTrack
PRWire, August 4, 2009
CyTrack is a 100% owned Australian company that has been specialising in software for Unified Communications, Call Centre solutions and Business Intelligence for more than 14 years, and is distributed in more than 15 countries.

Trillian cross network IM client
Examiner.com, August 3, 2009
If you have multiple instant, messaging programs this one free program can eliminate all of those multiple windows of instant messaging clearing your desktop and freeing up the power your computer needs to operate.

Ensuring Continuous Service in the Microsoft OCS 2007 Environment
TMCnet, August 3, 2009
People use a variety of tools to communicate, from traditional landline, VoIP or mobile phones, to e-mail, instant messaging, audio/video conferencing, presence and new social networking sites.

News Buzz (Updated July 28, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:06:47 GMT

Expected drop insignificant for rampaging UC market
ARNnet, July 28, 2009
With the market forecasted to reach $1 billion in value by 2012, the expected drop in 2009 is an insignificant blip caused by the economic conditions, Frost & Sullivan Australia and New Zealand director, Audrey William, said.

Frost and Sullivan: Australian Unified Communications Market ...
PRWire, July 28, 2009
The Australian market for Unified Communications (UC) solutions is expected to decline by 4.1 percent in 2009 as the economic downturn forces some organisations to delay or cancel UC deployments.

How to IM the safe way
KIVI-TV, July 28, 2009
Instant messaging (also known as IM) lets families and friends chat online as quickly as they can type. To use IM, you need to have one of the popular free programs on your computer -- such as AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Yahoo Instant Messenger or Microsoft Messenger.

News Buzz (Updated June 17, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:01:31 GMT

iVision Sets Its Sights on Unified Communications
CIO Australia, June 17, 2009
A new leading systems integrator company which provides Australian public and private sector organisations with Unified Communications (UC) services and solutions has launched today.

Carousel Industries and Aruba Networks Team to Provide Converged ...
FOXBusiness, June 17, 2009
These solutions complement Avaya, Juniper, Microsoft, and other products carried by Carousel, affording it the opportunity to pursue a wide variety of new mobility applications.

News Buzz (Updated May 27, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:01:15 GMT

VIA3 from Viack Awarded Best of Class Web Conferencing Solution
PitchEngine (press release), May 26, 2009
The top spot in the list of ten went to VIA3 from the VIACK Corporation, which automatically gives VIA3 the title of “Best of Class” for 2009.

Making the Smart Grid Smarter Through Instant Messaging: A Talk ...
Xconomy, May 26, 2009
The company says that makes the demand response pools more suitable for wholesale electricity markets that require high-frequency data reporting, such as the PJM Interconnection organization that serves 13 eastern states.

PanTerra Networks Receives 2008 Communications Solutions Product ...
PR-USA.net (press release), May 26, 2009
PanTerra Network), a leading provider of on-demand unified communications services for small and mid-sized businesses, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named PanTerra Networks' WorldSmart as a recipient of a 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.

News Buzz (Updated May 20, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:19:18 GMT

Adium 1.4 Beta Adds Twitter, IRC on Mac OS X Leopard – Download Here
Softpedia, May 20, 2009
Adium is a free instant-messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo and, most recently, Twitter and IRC. Version 1.4b1 is now available for free download

HP and Microsoft expand unified communications development
ITP.net, May 20, 2009
Microsoft and HP have jointly-announced a four-year expansion on their existing initiative to deliver an end-to end unified communications solution.

Sprint Touts Unified Communications Solutions
TMC Net, May 19, 2009
Sprint is promoting how it enables unified communications to help businesses and government agencies increase productivity and customer satisfaction while driving down costs.

Geodesic Completes Acquisition Instant Messaging Co Interactive ...
MediaNama.com, May 19, 2009
INI specializes in secure private instant messaging (IM) solutions for enterprises, as well as IM solutions for mobile operators.

Research and Markets: Trends in Unified Communications: Vendor ...
Business Wire (press release), May 19, 2009
Unified Communications (UC) is an opportunity for enterprises to revolutionize their work processes, increase efficiency and reduce human latency. In an environment where communications are fully unified, every method of communicating is just a click away.

Meebo Brings IM to Social Sites; Social Sites Bring 10M Users to Meebo
Mashable, May 18, 2009
Web-based IM and chat provider Meebo is on a roll with their Community IM product that brings instant messaging to existing community and content sites.

News Buzz (Updated May 7, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:37:22 GMT

WAN optimisation to enable unified comms is an opportunity for ...
SearchVoIP, May 7, 2009
o, in order to get work done more efficiently, enterprises extend unified communications (UC) and collaboration applications to employees in their homes and in branch offices, hotels, coffee shops and airports.

IPvaani Inc., Launched Free Internet Based Video Phone Calling ...
PR.com (press release), May 7, 2009
IPvaani Inc. a leading worldwide broadband Internet phone service provider, based in Silicon Valley, today announced that it is launching free video phone service called "IPdarshan" to its subscribers.

Avaya: Unified communications is need of the hour for businesses ...
AME Info, May 5, 2009
The research showed that 84% of respondents were interested in deploying Unified Communications; 24% want to implement a UC strategy within six months, with a further 36% planning on implementing a UC strategy by 2010.

BlackBerry MVS Server for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Unifies
The FINANCIAL, May 5, 2009
BlackBerry MVS, through integration with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, supports a rich set of features on BlackBerry smartphones

hi5 Adds Chat, With A Social Twist
Washington Post, May 4, 2009
Social network hi5 is launching an instant messaging service, hi5 IM, adding real-time interaction for users. hi5 IM, which is similar to Facebook Chat

Unified comms sector could benefit, despite downturn: Report
iTWire, May 4, 2009
William says that interest in UC solutions is strongest within the government, banking, healthcare, professional services and education sectors, and the study identifies telephony, e-mail, conferencing and collaboration, and instant messaging as the key UC applications to deliver value in the eyes of CIOs and IT managers.

Corporate Mindset Driving Adoption Of Unified Communications
Bernama, May 4, 2009
Corporate mindset is the key factor driving the adoption of Unified Communications (UC) and Enterprise 2.0 technologies in corporations across the Asia Pacific, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).

Economic Downturn Spurs Virtualization, Unified Communications Growth
24-7PressRelease.com (press release), May 4, 2009
However, 75 percent of the organizations rushing to roll out new network technologies lack the tools and visibility needed to monitor and troubleshoot performance problems.

News Buzz (Updated April 30, 2009)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:15:36 GMT

TeamViewer Offers New Features For Teamwork
ECM Connection (press release), April 30, 2009
Further enabling online collaboration, TeamViewer 4.1 offers enhanced chat instant messaging. Perfect for business communication, group chat is possible with multiple partners able to share immediately and effectively.

Apple Creating Media Pad, iPhone Lite, Sources Claim
Softpedia, April 30, 2009
The latter would also boast some serious VoIP capabilities making good use of WiFi connections.

Dexrex and SECCAS Partner for IM Compliance
PR Web (press release), April 29, 2009
Tailored for the broad and stringent SECCAS client base, Dexrex has customized a flexible and feature rich IM archiving and management platform enabling extended compliance, data retention and e-discovery.

Preparing your team for unified communications……
Microvoip, April 29, 2009
It is especially vital to prepare your company's team for UC, or else the organizational structures will not work together properly.

Info Security Products Guide names Presensoft IM Policy Manager ...
PRLog.Org (press release), April 28, 2009
Houston, TX - Presensoft Inc., announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies has named Presensoft IM Policy Manager a winner of the 2009 Global Product Excellence in Instant Messaging Security Customer Trust Award.

TransWorld Network Selects Zing Networks to Provide Hosted VoIP ...
TMC Net, April 27, 2009
lianza, Inc., a provider of hosted voice over WiMAX solutions, announced it has been selected to provide hosted VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services for Transworld Network and Zing Networks.

BigAntSoft announced a new release of BigAnt Instant Messenger v2.47
PressReleasePoint (press release), April 27, 2009
BigAntSoft announced a new release of BigAnt Instant Messenger v2.47.
BigAnt Messenger for enterprise is a secure corporate instant messaging solution, supports instant messaging, file sharing, voice chat and more.

Alcatel-Lucent signs global framework deal with T-Systems
Your Industry News (press release), April 27, 2009
These also include hybrid VoIP and digital communications systems for businesses, services for contact centres, hotels and hospitality, unified communications applications, mobility products, LAN and WLAN platforms, network management, and security services.

EXFO Releases Powerful Yet Affordable VoIP and IMS Test Solution
Your Communication News (press release), April 27, 2009
When used together, these two products are providing a unique entry-level point test solution for voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) and Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) applications.

3UK goes big with Skype offering
IntoMobile, April 26, 2009
Apparently from later this year there will be a new SIM car that will allow users to make Skype calls completely free