Predictions for Unified Communications in 2015, Part 2

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	Predictions for Unified Communications in 2015, Part 2 Welcome to 2015, and to part two of our annual predictions for Unified Communications in the coming year. In part one of our predictions, we talked about continued growth for IP Telephony and UC endpoints, softphones, VoLTE, and progress on replacing the PSTN with VoIP. Today, we'll cover video, WebRTC's likely advances and roadblocks, some roadblocks Skype for Business could face, the saga of net neutrality, and the issue of voice over Wi-Fi as a substitute for legacy carrier voice services.Late last year, President Obama proposed that the FCC regulate broadband services under Title II service of the 1934 Telecommunications Act. While Obama has made his wishes known, it is the FCC that must decide whether or not to classify Internet services under Title II. If the FCC does decide to reclassify, then the decision to head back to the U.S. Supreme Court for a ruling on the legitimacy of the reclassification. 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View now Predictions for Unified Communications in 2015, Part 1 As has been our custom for over a decade, it's time for our annual predictions on what will happen in the coming year for Unified Communications (UC). We'll start with what is a clear 2014 trend that will continue in 2015: the growing adoption of cloud-based UC.See also: All of Network World's look ahead to 2015 Most cloud providers have reported double-digit growth this year of their IP Telephony (IPT) and UC portfolios, while premise-based systems growth remains in the high single digits year-over-year. We attribute this to both to the adoption of stand-alone cloud services, plus the adoption of cloud-based UC as a hybrid solution that also includes premise-based components. 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Overall, the jobs outlook is positive for IT pros as the new year gets underway. When asked about hiring plans for the next six months, 19% of CIOs said they plan to expand their teams in the first half of 2015, according to Robert Half Technology (RHT). That's a sizable gain compared to mid-2014, when 14% were planning to add more staff to their departments. (Another 68% of CIOs expect to hire only for open IT roles, 10% plan to put a hold on hiring, and 3% expect to reduce their IT staffing levels in the first six months of the new year.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WEBCAST: Fortinet Top 5 Ways to Improve Protection from Advanced Threats In this webcast you'll hear about: - Top 5 ways organizations can improve their security posture in light of advanced threats - Five times faster performance of next generation firewalls available today - Insights from IDG's peer survey about "the change in thinking about the value proposition behind NGFWs." 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