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Polycom Telepresence Adds Microsoft Lync Support
Polycom is bringing Microsoft s Lync unified-communications platform from the desktop to a full conference room telepresence system. Polycom officials at Microsoft s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles July 11 introduced the CX7000 Unified Collaboration System, a telepresence solution that offers Microsoft Lync built in. With the tight integration, Lync users will get the…
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Talks Up Windows Phone
Microsoft is putting a brave face on the marketplace prospects of Windows Phone. During a July 11 keynote speech at the company s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles, CEO Steve Ballmer described Windows Phone s market presence as very small. Nonetheless, he went on to insist that other metrics boded well for the smartphone…
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Microsoft Talks Cloud, Office 365, But Not Billing
While keynote addresses on Microsoft’s second day of its Worldwide Partner Conference were all about cloud and mobility, no mention was made about the issue that’s been at the crux of why many partners have been slow to adopt Microsoft BPOS and Microsoft Office 365. Who owns the billing? VARs and MSPs want to bundle…
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Android, iPhone, BlackBerry Lead Smartphone Adoption: Pew Report
A little more than two out of five cell owners (42 percent) owned a smartphone as of May 2011, according to a new study from Pew Research. Since 83 percent of Americans own some kind of mobile phone, this means that 35 percent of all American adults are smartphone owners. In its first standalone measure…
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Glowpoint Completes Acquistion of Avaya Managed Video Services
Cloud managed video services provider Glowpoint announced that it completed its acquisition of pieces of Avaya’s Managed Service for Video platform. Glowpoint issued about 770,000 shares of common stock to Avaya for its assets, including telepresence and video conferencing endpoints and network infrastructure used to deliver cloud managed video services to enterprise customers, the company…