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Featured Articles » Forbes Ranks Interactive Intelligence No. 8 among America's Best Small Companies » VoIP Equipment Company VoIP Supply Basks in Holiday Glow » New BT Video Conferencing Solution Lets Participants Take Part through Smartphones, Tablets   Sponsor: ITEXPO East 2012 - February 1-3, 2012 - Miami Beach Convention Center - Miami, Florida ITEXPO is happening this February 1-3, 2012 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, in Miami, Florida. ITEXPO is the event with an educational program that teaches resellers, enterprises, SMBs, and Government Agencies how to select IP-based voice, video, fax, and unified communications to purchase or resell. It's where service providers learn how to profitably roll out services their subscribers are clamoring for. ITEXPO is where buyers, sellers, resellers, and manufacturers meet to forge relationships and close deals. www.itexpo.com   Top Stories » Swedish App Called 'Freephoo' Enables Free VoIP Calling » 2011 Unified Communications Excellence Award Winners Announced » Business VoIP: Huawei Extends License for SPIRIT DSP TeamSpirit Voice and Video Engine Mobile   From The Expert Corner November 29, 2011 More Workers Staying Connected Off the Job By Lance Whitney, Journalist, IT Consultant, Web Developer Today’s mobile workers are increasingly staying on the job via their smartphones and tablets, even during their off hours, according to a new report by disaster recovery firm Neverfail. Conducted by Osterman Research on behalf of Neverfail, the third annual Osterman Research Survey found that workers feel the need to constantly check both their work and personal e-mail, even in the middle of meals and other daily tasks. The study was based on a survey that reached around 213 workers, half of whom were IT professionals. Specifically, 83 percent of those polled admitted that they use a smartphone or other mobile device to check work e-mail after hours. Futher, 31 percent said they use their mobile devices almost solely for work, specifically reading and replying to e-mail messages. Many also seem to be the job wherever they go. A full 66 percent said they carry their mobile devices with them on vacation, while 68 percent are willing to travel more than 10 miles to a spot where they can retrieve their e-mail... Read More   Featured Video Interview with Faxcore   TMCnet Free Premium Content » Comparison of Cisco and ShoreTel Unified Communication Solutions » Choosing the Right Unified Communications Vendor    Latest Blogs » The Cellular Battle » My iPad, One Year Later   Featured Channels » Load Testing » Identity Management » Unified Communications Headsets » Business Solutions   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 technology 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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