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Avaya willing to share customers with Cisco, Microsoft in three-way networking battle
Avaya unified communications products can get along with Microsoft's Lync Server, and many customers will probably choose to deploy both rather than just one, says Avaya's CEO.
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Microsoft launches Skype-centered hub for small businesses
Microsoft has unveiled a commercial networking site where small businesses can promote their products and services and interact with potential customers and partners primarily using Skype.
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European Commission adds extra spectrum for 4G
The European Commission on Monday passed a new rule that will force European Union member states to open up the 2 GHz band for 4G technologies.
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Fujitsu signs £20m networking deal with BAA for Heathrow T2
BAA has signed a £20m deal with Fujitsu to supply networking for the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport. The terminal is half-way through its build stage and BAA expects it to be operational, at least in a limited capacity, by autumn 2014.
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VMware revamps its Zimbra enterprise email server
VMware is making a beta version of an upgrade to its Zimbra Collaboration Server available for download, with shipments in final form scheduled for later this quarter.
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Cisco moves to block Microsoft takeover of Skype
Cisco is to lodge a complaint with the European Commission over the takeover of Skype by Microsoft, claiming that the EC decision fails to insist that the combined company support open standards. The news comes as Microsoft's CFO announced plans to integrate the application across its product stack.
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Cisco jumps on "consumerisation" bandwagon with collaboration products
Cisco is in the midst of a major initiative to better integrate its various collaboration products and to give their interfaces a uniform, consistent design in order to make them easier to use and more effective at helping employees work with each other.
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AT&T to launch unified communication services
US telecoms company AT&T will launch new cloud-based unified communications services on Thursday, giving businesses the ability to integrate chat, email, voice over IP calls, audio and video conferencing over desktops and many mobile devices.
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Thames Water deploys VDI from Molten Technologies
Utility company Thames Water is trialling a virtual desktop infrastructure using Molten Technologies' desktops-as-a-service (DaaS) platform.
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Skype ends integration with Asterisk open source PBX
Skype has decided not to renew an agreement that allows open source telephony system Asterisk to be integrated with the service using software developed with Digium.
