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As telemedicine pushes costs down, its adoption rises
Share Even as other trade shows continue to struggle in a tight economic environment, the American Telemedicine Association is expecting a 20 percent increase in participation at its annual conference this year. That added interest mirrors a rise in telemedicine’s fortunate throughout the country, among patients, doctors and institutions alike. Telemedicine, once a specialty niche, [...]
Full StoryCutting The Proverbial Cord with PC-free VoIP
Share At its outset, voice over IP (VoIP) service required a networked PC and a special phone. Then any phone could be used. And recently, VoIP services became available layered over typical cellular phones. Now, VoIP is evolving once again with the release of a VoIP telephone device that does not require a computer to [...]
Full StoryStudy Indicates Telemedicine More Effective Than Office Visits
Share Until now, most patients have assumed that telemedicine would be used to supplement their typical healthcare services and routines. But a recent study by the American College of Cardiology throws these assumptions into question by demonstrating that automated, Internet-based telemedicine systems can actually be more effective than conventional care, such as periodic office visits. [...]
Full StoryJuniper Develops Three-Pronged Approach to Create Extreme Mobile Performance
Share Is your mobile service provider taking steps to ensure your company can reach its full mobile performance potential? That’s the question addressed by Juniper Networks, which is trying to persuade mobile operators to innovate, providing subscribers with the services they need over the next decade. “The race is on to create and deliver the [...]
Full StoryTelecommuting Experiment Shows Increased Productivity, Big Savings
Share We hear the concerns from clients all the time. On one hand, they want to give their employees the freedom and flexibility to telecommute, which can create better work-life balance and decrease travel costs. But on the flip side, these companies fear that productivity may suffer. However, through new means of Unified Communications (UC), the [...]
Full StoryFueled VoIP Market Grows 16 Percent in 2011
Share Thanks to an uptick in the enterprise market, voice over IP (VoIP) sales rose dramatically in 2011, according to two recently released studies. Global service provider from business, residential and small office/home office (SOHO) services totaled nearly $58 billion in 2011, up 16 percent from the previous year, according to data from Infonetics Research. [...]
Full StoryMeru Launches Virtual Tools for Wireless Connectivity
Share With tablets and smartphone s becoming part of every business person’s toolkit, it’s becoming more difficult for businesses to provide the kind of wireless connectivity their mobile team members are demanding. Plus, as the mix of data moves toward more streaming audio and video, the need for greater bandwidth is exploding. New products from [...]
Full StorySpending More on Mobility Makes For Faster Corporate Growth
Share Does spending more money on mobile technology for your employees automatically translate into higher growth? A recent report suggests that the answer is a resounding, “Yes!” The 2011 Runzheimer International Total Employee Mobility Benchmark Report shows that high-growth organizations – those growing 10 percent or more annually – invested an average of $12,352 on each [...]
Full StoryTelework Faces New Threat from State Tax Authorities
Share For years, technology companies and telework evangelists have been combating the challenges facing telecommuters. These have ranged from inadequate technology to difficulties feeling like part of the team and more. Now, thanks to unified communications solutions and other advances in technologies, teleworkers can function just as effectively as team members who come in to [...]
Full StoryShoreTel Completes M5 Acquisition, Expands Cloud Capabilities
Share ShoreTel expanded its ability to provide hosted and cloud-based unified communications (UC) solutions this week as it closed an acquisition of M5 Networks. At the same time, ShoreTel announced the release of M5 Communicator, a desktop application that offers a wide range of UC features for M5 users. With the addition of M5’s hosted [...]
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