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ITEXPO West begins in: 119 Days. REGISTER NOW!   Featured Articles » Thrupoint's Fixed Mobile Convergence Suite Receives Unified Communications Magazine's Product of the Year Award » Real-Time Unified Communications Security Discussed by Sipera » Network Instruments Survey Measures Video Conferencing Concerns in Telepresence Space » What does Microsoft's Acquisition of Skype Mean for the Videoconferencing Market?   Sponsor: 4GWE Conference 4GWE will explore the critical issues of how best to enable and exploit the mobile Internet. 4GWE will explore the trends driving a shift towards an anywhere, anytime, broadband mobile network. As part of ITEXPO, 4GWE has become the industry's premier gathering place for Mobile Network Operators, fixed carriers, handset manufacturers, mobile internet device manufacturers, application providers, and venture capitalists   Top Stories » 'Taking the Pulse' Survey Finds Conferencing Emerging as Beneficial Tool for Physicians » Cheaper is Not Better: Overcoming Price War Challenges in the IP Communications Channel Space » Rich Tehrani Speaks with Warren Sonnen from Epygi » VoIP Equipment Leader VoIP Supply Talks Deals with TMCnet   From The Expert Corner May 13, 2011 Interest in Cloud-Based Unified Communications Grows Significantly in 2010 By Gary Kim Contributing Editor There was a marked shift in thinking about cloud-based unified communications in 2010, according to Zeus Kerravala, Yankee Group (News - Alert) senior VP. In 2009, Some 14 percent of respondents base did not consider software as a service (SaaS) to be a viable option for UC, but that number dropped to a mere three percent in 2010, Kerravala says.  It isn't yet clear what the Microsoft acquisition of Skype (News - Alert) could mean for the cloud-based UC business, but one would think the whole business could get a push, depending on what Microsoft (News - Alert) decides to do, and what other competitors decide to do in response... Read More   Featured Video Interview with Steve Davis of Broadvox   TMCnet Free Premium Content » The Current State of Customer Experience » Listening Is No Longer Enough » Seven Ways to Out-Service the Competition    Latest Blogs » Should Carriers Charge Less for Pipes to Get More For Services?   Featured Channels » Fax Over IP » Video Conferencing GOC - Video Conferencing » IP Communications   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of IP Communications professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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