By Robbie Pleasant, TMCnet Contributor
ITEXPO Austin 2012 may be over, but the experience goes on. David Link, co-founder and chairman of ScienceLogic, was among the guests there, sharing his experience and knowledge about the cloud. In case you missed it, or want to learn more, he shared some thoughts with the rest of us.
By Tony Rizzo, TMCnet Senior Editor
Last week at ITEXPO Austin 2012 we spent some quality time with ThingWorx, a cool startup company that has developed an M2M app development and data intelligence platform that we believe may be second to none in the industry.
By Amanda Ciccatelli, TMCnet Web Editor
The integration of social media and customer relationship management (CRM) is the next frontier for organizations that want to optimize social interactions in order to get closer to their customers. As technology and the way we communicate evolve, CRM systems and social media are converging at a rapid rate. Social media is now enabling businesses of all sizes to manage customer communications more efficiently than ever. But, with this worldwide explosion of social media usage, businesses are feeling pressure to always be where their customers are.
By Robbie Pleasant, TMCnet Contributor
Yorktel's focus has always been on video conferencing, from the solutions it sells to the consulting it offers companies looking to get started. At ITEXPO, I took the time to speak with Samantha Osowski and Jim Anderson of Yorktel, where we discussed what Yorktel has to offer.
By Robbie Pleasant, TMCnet Contributor
UC is, simply put, a way for companies to improve business processes, enhance employee productivity, and reduce costs. She divided UC itself into two other categories: UC-U, based on user productivity, and UC-B, based around the business process. It is not a product - one can't go to their local Best Buy and purchase a Unified Communicator - but rather, UC is a solution made up of many elements, such as messaging, collaboration, social media, and much more. A UC solution should offer a unified user interface; that is, access to all UC capabilities from a single screen or interface.
By Jamie Epstein, TMCnet Web Editor
Founded in 2001, UNSi has continued to find itself on the Inc. 500|5000 list for being one of the fast-growing private companies and is touted as powering a next-generation network that offers a high level of performance as well as a nationwide MPLS network and multiple network center operations.
By Tony Rizzo, TMCnet Senior Editor
At a controversial - at least in our view - ITExpo Austin 2012 panel discussion on October 5, 2012, Mannix O'Connor, director of technical marketing at the Optical Communications Systems (OCS) division of MRV Communications, tried hard to make the case that issues of insufficient broadband availability is not an issue of lack of spectrum in the industry, but simply an issue of poorly using what is available.
By Erin Harrison, Executive Editor, Cloud Computing
While the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market is ripe for adopting cloud solutions, enterprises haven't been as aggressive in implementing cloud-based technologies given that they have already made large investments in internal computing and infrastructure resources.
By Erin Harrison, Executive Editor, Cloud Computing
Social media is not only a way to keep up with friends and colleagues or market your business; it's also becoming an integral part of communications for IT professionals at all sized organizations. Industry experts gathered at ITEXPO Austin 2012 in Austin to discuss some of the ways IT is becoming more social by implementing communications based on social media to allow for greater collaboration among IT support professionals.
By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC
ANPI ZONE is expanding its focus and adding new senior-level executives to better position the company for the future, the company told TMCnet today at ITEXPO Austin in Austin, Texas. ANPI is perhaps best known for its business as a wholesale provider of long-distance, SIP and tandem services to the nation's small rural independent telcos.
By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC
Among the most popular events at TMC's ITEXPO is StartUpCamp, which is hosted by Embrase Business Consulting. StartupCamp is promoted as an evening to celebrate entrepreneurship in telecom and an opportunity to learn, network and have fun. And StartUpCamp last night in Austin, Texas, once again delivered on that promise.
By Tom Keating, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Editor
I moderated an interesting session at ITEXPO Austin 2012 on E911, with a focus on cloud-based hosted IP-PBXs. Hosted PBX providers offer their customers significant cost savings and advanced telephony features while eliminating the need for customers to procure and manage their own communications network infrastructures.
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