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Why You Should Attend Dallas UC Forum

Share One week to go until the UC event of the year; the Dallas UC Forum, being held on February 28th, at the Omni Dallas Park West hotel on LBJ Freeway at Luna Road! Check out this video message on why it’s great and why you should make time in your schedule to attend the [...]

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A Special Message from Dave Casey, CEO of Westron Communications

Share A special message from Dave Casey, CEO, Westron Communications: Hear from key Unified Communications thought leaders at the Dallas UC Forum sponsored by BestinUC.com and Westron. Just 2 weeks until the Dallas UC Forum, so it’s time to deliver some advance notice about our fantastic lineup of keynote speakers. These folks are driving the [...]

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Westron to present inaugural Dallas UC Forum in conjunction with BestinUC.com

Share On February 28th, the Dallas UC Forum brings together sales executives, services delivery managers and IT executives as we discuss business applications, Unified Communications and the  UC platforms from Microsoft, ShoreTel, and LifeSize Communications. This event is designed to show the interoperability of  the top UC platforms, and how adding mobility to Unified Communications [...]

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Getting started with UC is often the hardest part

Share ShoreTel (NASDAQ:SHOR) and Ruckus Wireless have recently announced they are working together to provide a “Mobile Unified Communications Starter Kit.” This new product will be aimed at pilot deployments in large organizations and turnkey deployments for small and mid-sized companies. Why is this significant? Well, with the blast of marketing info, complex jargon, and [...]

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UC, game-changing technologies to bring “work to the worker”

Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. In less than a decade, the workplace could look completely different. And unified communications (UC) may be the key to ensuring smooth, consistent communication in companies that embrace the new workplace model. Consider the initial findings of CoreNet Global’s comprehensive look at the workplace, Corporate Real [...]

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For better security, cut off online holiday shopping at work

Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. The recent trend of secret online holiday shopping while on the job may be a thing of the past. Workers who have not tried to make an online purchase at work for several months may be surprised if they try to shop from the office this [...]

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The green case for video conferencing

Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. You may have a commitment to environmental stewardship. You might want to show your clients, employees and other stakeholders that your company is “green.” Or, you simply might be looking for ways to save a buck. No matter your reason, the case for video conferencing offers [...]

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Text services offer efficient options for mass communications

Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. Information – how you want it, when you want it. That’s the new standard of unified communications. Whether they work in your business or are your valued customers, stakeholders have very distinct preferences for how they wish to receive information from your organization. At the same [...]

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Top 5 benefits of unified communications

Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. It’s a question we hear frequently: what benefits will we really see from embracing unified communications? At the outset, most unified communications (UC) strategies seem rather touchy-feely. It can be difficult for the layperson to immediately grasp the true, measurable benefits of UC, much less the [...]

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Why UC? For SMBs, it’s a way to compete

Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. Compete with the big boys. That’s a top priority for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) as they decide how to spend their scant technology dollars over the next several months. Defined as companies with fewer than 1,000 employees, SMBs are facing several challenges: An increasingly mobile [...]

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