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    1. Mobile Email Usage Grows, But Email Usage Shrinks

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Jan 16 2012) Mobility

      Nearly 90 million U.S. mobile phone users used mobile email for work or personal purposes during the three-month period ending November 2011, says comScore. Of smartphone owners, 78 percent used email in that period. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Gary Kim

    2. Intermedia Survey: Taking Business Calls in Public is a No-No

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Jul 26 2011)

      Intermedia Survey: Taking Business Calls in Public is a No-No For many of us, it's hard to remember the last time we've attended a dinner out in which cell phones didn't accompany the plates, utensils and glasses of wine set on the table. Even worse, we've all become all too familiar with that one relative who just had to take that oh-so-important business call during a family dinner. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   CMO   Intermedia   Chris DiMarco

    3. Azaleos Survey: The Growth of Public Cloud Unified Communications is Sluggish

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Jun 17 2011) Applications , Marketing

      Azaleos Survey: The Growth of Public Cloud Unified Communications is Sluggish Azaloes Corporation, a managed messaging, collaboration and unified communications Services Company, has revealed the results of a survey on the cloud adoption plans of mid-to-large enterprises for unified communications (UC) services. According to a press release, out the organizations not currently using a public cloud-based UC service, only 10 percent plan to deploy such a service within the next year, citing concerns over loss of customization, uptime, and security. (Read Full Article)

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    4. Mobile Devices Redefining Vacations, Says Intermedia

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Jun 14 2011) Marketing

      Mobile Devices Redefining Vacations, Says Intermedia With the proliferation of mobile devices like smartphones and tables that enable people to stay connected with their office and social/business networking community 24/7, the concept of holidays is changing among most U.S. workers. A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive, on behalf of Intermedia, a provider of cloud services and the largest Microsoft Exchange hosting provider, says that most U.S. workers will not "unplug" from the office during their vacation ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   CMO   Rajani Baburajan   Harris Interactive

    5. Ingram Micro Unveils Cloud-Based UCC Offerings from Siemens for SMBs

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Jun 6 2011) Mobility

      Ingram Micro Unveils Cloud-Based UCC Offerings from Siemens for SMBs Ingram Micro, a global broad-based IT distributor, has revealed cloud-based unified communications and collaboration (UCC) offerings from Siemens Enterprise Communications designed for SMB-focused channel partners. Siemens Enterprise Communications explained that its UCC solutions help users meet their challenges in this demanding economic climate. By combining all the communications into a single, manageable interface, unified communications simplifies the way one shares information and improves collaboration both within their organization and with customers, partners and suppliers. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Siemens   Siemens Enterprise Communications

    6. 35 Percent of U.S. Android, iPhone Users Use Apps Before They Get Out of Bed

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (May 13 2011) Marketing

      About 35 percent of US Android and iPhone users interact with such non-voice apps as Facebook on their smartphones before even getting out of bed, Ericsson ConsumerLab reports. That speaks to the ease of using mobile apps, the value of those apps, and also illustrates some deep insights into the nature of today's end user experiences, particularly where value resides. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Ericsson   Gary Kim   Ericsson ConsumerLab

    7. Intermedia Introduces Standalone Version of Hosted PBX Service

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (May 9 2011) Marketing , Unified communications

      Intermedia Introduces Standalone Version of Hosted PBX Service In response to a high market demand for its hosted PBX service, Microsoft Exchange hosting provider Intermedia has introduced a standalone version of this VoIP-based product. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Microsoft   Intermedia   Tammy Wolf

    8. Protected Mobility Debuts ProtectedSMS for Android Phones

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Apr 26 2011) Marketing

      Protected Mobility Debuts ProtectedSMS for Android Phones BlackBerry and Android users can now exchange secure, encrypted text messages with individuals using the latest ProtectedSMS solution released by Protected Mobility, a Virginia-based mobile security company. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Jyothi Shanbhag

    9. Mitel Unified Communicator Advanced Software Now Available for Android Mobile OS

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Apr 21 2011) Applications , Mobility

      Mitel Unified Communicator Advanced Software Now Available for Android Mobile OS Mitel, a provider of business communications and collaboration software and services, announced the availability of its Unified Communicator (UC) Advanced software for the Android mobile operating system. The Mitel UC Advanced is a unified communications client that integrates presence and availability, secure instant messaging, audio conferencing, and Web and video collaboration with the call control capabilities of a business communications system. It is capable of integrating into business productivity tools like Microsoft hosted Exchange/Outlook ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Microsoft   Mitel   iBM Lotus

    10. US Businesses Will Increase Spending on Managed and Hosted Exchange Services Over Next Five Years

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Mar 16 2011) Marketing

      US Businesses Will Increase Spending on Managed and Hosted Exchange Services Over Next Five Years While US business spending on wireline telecommunications services are expected to grow in low single-digit percentages over the next five years, spending on managed and hosted exchange services is expected to grow at a compounded rate of 12 percent over the period, says the report. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Jai C.S.   Robert Rosenberg

    11. CommuniGate Systems' Pronto! Mobile Released as Part of Hosted Exchange UC Application Suite

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Feb 11 2011)

      CommuniGate Systems' Pronto! Mobile Released as Part of Hosted Exchange UC Application Suite CommuniGate Systems, a leading developer of super-efficient, massively scalable Unified Communications technology, has recently announced the launch of its latest addition to the Pronto! Suite of hosted exchange applications, the Pronto! Mobile. The Pronto! Mobile is the next generation of CommuniGate Systems' acclaimed Unified Communications hosted exchange application suite and will be supporting telecom operators to deliver white-label flexible high definition (HD) voice and data applications. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Carolyn J Dawson

    12. Consumer Cloud Service Adoption: Both High and Low

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Feb 1 2011) Marketing

      By some estimates, consumer adoption of cloud services is low, or high, depending on what you are looking at. You might say that 87 percent of U.S. online consumers are using Web-based e-mail, or Google or Facebook, YouTube or any other Web-based service. (Read Full Article)

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    13. Mitel Survey Indicates Bring Your Own Device Strategy for Future

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Jan 25 2011) Marketing

      Businesses will move to a "bring your own device" strategy in the future, according to a newly released Mitel-sponsored survey. (Read Full Article)

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    14. Quickoffice Adds Powerpoint Editing to iPad Mobile Office Suite

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Dec 28 2010) Marketing

      Quickoffice, Inc., a provider of mobile office productivity solutions, has added PowerPoint editing to its complete mobile office suite for the iPad. According to company sources, Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite offers integrated editing capabilities for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. In addition, version 2.0 seamlessly integrates rich viewing, editing and creation of Microsoft Office files, an advanced file manager and mobile cloud access within one easy-to-use application. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Microsoft Office   PowerPoint   Microsoft Word

    15. 'State of the Internet' Analysis: Mobility and Online Advertising Among Key Points

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Nov 19 2010) Marketing

      Mobility and Internet advertising were the two subjects that grabbed my attention as Mary Meeker, Morgan Stanley managing director, gave her annual update on the state of the Internet recently. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Morgan Stanley   Mary Meeker

    16. Smartphone Purchases Across All US Business and Verticals to Increase 14 Percent in 2014

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Nov 11 2010) Marketing

      According to In-Stat, the total small office/home office sector (SOHO) smartphone market will grow 18 percent in 2014 compared to 2010. The SOHO business category is comprised of U.S. businesses with one to four employees. The education and professional services sector will be the highest growth vertical market. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   In-Stat

    17. UC Suites Market on Course to Make $4.8 Billion by 2015

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Nov 4 2010) Applications , Marketing

      The integrated unified communications (UC) suites market, which was adversely affected by the economic recession in the West, is now on track to make revenue of $4.8 billion by 2015, said market research firm ABI Research. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   ABI Research

    18. Mobile Use Leads to New Social Networking Behavior

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Oct 27 2010) Marketing

      Social networking as an application is almost tailor-made for mobile use cases. In fact, Facebook has in the past said precisely that. According to Facebook, there are 100 million active users accessing the network through their mobile devices, said Melissa Parrish, Forrester Research analyst. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Forrester Research   Facebook

    19. Mobile Business Will Exceed $1 Trillion by 2014

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Oct 21 2010) Marketing

      Worldwide mobile voice and data revenue will exceed one trillion dollars a year by 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. About the only issue is how great a percentage of total revenue mobility will represent. Some estimates call for a global market generating $2.3 trillion before that time, with as much as 56 percent of total revenues already contributed by mobile services. (Read Full Article)

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    20. New Study Suggests Ways to Reduce Enterprise Mobility Costs

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Oct 21 2010) Marketing

      Market research firm Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks company, announced a new research study "Controlling Wireless Expenses: Has Logic Gone Out the Window?" to control the cost of enterprise mobility in today's environment of data, mobile applications and cloud computing. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Aberdeen

    21. Cloud E-mail Users More Likely to Connect Via Smartphones, Hosted Exchange Provider Intermedia Reports

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Oct 15 2010) Marketing

      Some 50 percent of the employees at small- and medium-sized businesses that Hosted Exchange provider Intermedia supports, use smartphones to access their e-mail, according to the company. This is in contrast to a recent survey Intermedia conducted with Harris Interactive, which found that only 38 percent of small- and medium-sized business workers use smartphones. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Hosted Exchange   Harris Interactive   Intermedia

    22. Adobe Publishes Quantitative Mobile Consumer Study

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Oct 14 2010) Marketing

      The study stated that accessing maps and directions is the number one mobile activity (81 percent). Sixty-six percent of respondents cited that they prefer the mobile Web for accessing content within the consumer products and shopping category, as well as the media and entertainment categories. With as much as 38 percent of respondents saying they had not purchased anything in the consumer products and shopping category from their devices in the last six months, the ... (Read Full Article)

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    23. BIA/Kelsey: Mobile Local Advertising Revenues to Cross $2 Billion in 2014

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Sep 30 2010) Marketing

      According to a newly released update of BIA/Kelsey's U.S. Local Media Forecast, U.S. mobile local advertising revenues will increase from $213 million in 2009 to $2.02 billion in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate or "CAGR" of 56.9 percent. (Read Full Article)

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    24. 2/3 of Capable Mobile Phone Users Download Apps

      Explore hosted-exchange.tmcnet.com (Sep 15 2010) Marketing

      Some 35 percent of U.S. adults have mobile phones able to download and use applications, and two thirds of those who have apps actually use them, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Whether that is good or bad is a matter of perspective. Some might say 66 percent app use is not good enough, while others might say it represents a very decent rate of use. (Read Full Article)

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