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Whether fixed-mobile convergence is for you in the near-term depends in part on how you define it, but for most, there's no rush.

To achieve unified communications (UC) and other next-generation benefits, companies must build the right foundation, eliminate the voice silo, and make telephony a seamless part of information technology, argues Tony Warhurst.

What effect, if any, will the unstable global financial markets have on technology and business in the next few years? Where to now?

There is a lot of misinformation about IP video systems that comes through in many of the articles written in print and on the Net. It appears that many people interviewed on the subject really do not have a grasp of it or are not actively involved with IP surveillance on a daily basis, and while they give their opinion, a lot of it is not really based on what is actually happening and why.

Europe's large enterprise and small-medium enterprises (SMEs) see the dilemmas and challenges of unified communications rather differently, according to a recent advisory report from Current Analysis, based on surveys and analysis of the European market.

The cold-war between Microsoft and Cisco for the much coveted "unified communications" market has escalated to all out war, with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates predicting "the death of the PBX."