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Unified Communications: An SMB Example
In this live event June 11 2009 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT, Jason Snook, IT director for Mindwave Research, will describe why his small-to-medium size business took the leap into unified communications. He'll talk about how UC has measurably improved Mindwave's bottom line, while providing superior business communications for both the company's customers and home-based workers.

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Interop journey lets me test new tools

Last week's Interop Las Vegas 2009 show gave me a chance to break out some of the travel-related devices that have been around the office for a while. In the course of doing audio podcast interviews and videos, I took advantage of several gadgets to make my life a bit easier. Read full story

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