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ALSO CALLED: Integrated Messaging, Unified Communications, and Unified Messaging Services
DEFINITION: Unified communications (UC) and unified messaging (UM) are terms often used interchangeably by vendors and the media to collectively describe consolidated communication applications. However, unified communications and unified messaging are actually two different solutions. In the videocast on the right (click to play), Whatis.com's Alex Howard discusses the differences between unified messaging and  … 
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Unified Messaging White Papers (View All Report Types)
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7 Dial Plan Enhancements and Their Effect on the Dial Plan
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: The dial plan is a key element in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) environments. The dial plan is at the very core of the user experience. For companies that have multiple locations, or that are global, a comprehensive dial plan can become large and very complex.
Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009


Five Best Practices for Unified Communications
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: Enterprises can realize value from their UC programs by following some basic practices, such as allowing for sufficient up-front planning, finding the right champion, and establishing cross-functional teams to manage program implementation. This article provides basic guidelines for implementing a successful UC program. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009


Triumphing Over the Information Maze
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This article focuses on the need for transparent collaboration, and clearly demonstrates the value of collaborative systems that work: they save money and they boost revenue.
Posted: 15 Sep 2009 | Published: 15 Sep 2009


The Business Value of Unifying Communications: Avaya and HP ProCurve
sponsored by Avaya
WHITE PAPER: As Unified Communications (UC) moves increasingly from promise to implementation, questions arise about the best ways to establish UC solutions. This paper describes effective approaches to unifying communications, the importance of optimizing your network infrastructure and how embracing converged communications can increase business productivity.
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 14 Sep 2009


Developing a Unique Unified Communications Strategy
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This E-Guide explains how companies can leverage communications, collaboration and business applications to build a UC solution that produces short- and long-term ROI.
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 14 Sep 2009


HP Unified Communications: Simplifying The Journey
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: As experts in every stage of the Unified Communications solution lifecycle, HP can implement solutions for your organization to reduce costs, enhance business responsiveness, and increase end-user productivity.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009


Converging Voice and IT Networks to Mobilize the Enterprise
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Because employees on the move require consistent access to people and data, enterprises have invested heavily in communications. HP and Ericsson have combined their strengths to provide an innovative, standards-based framework to unify and consolidate all the elements of an enterprise communications infrastructure.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009


Convergence That Makes Sense - Bringing Together Voice and Data Networks
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Converged voice and data networks are becoming a major part of every IT strategy. There are significant advantages in bringing together voice, video, e-mail, instant messaging, business data, and office applications in a single, integrated network. Convergence is not just about cost savings anymore.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009


The Compelling Case for Conferencing
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: As organizations look for ways to improve business outcomes while reducing costs and encouraging environmental sustainability, many are turning to software-based conferencing and collaboration solutions for audio and Web conferencing. This paper explains some benefits realized by companies who have deployed these unified communications solutions.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Smart Decisions for Extraordinary Times
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: With Microsoft Unified Communications businesses can simplify management and maximize budget and resources. You can consolidate costly third-party solutions and avoid capital investments.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


The Power of Converged Networks
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Before moving forward with a converged network several key issues should be addressed: Capacity, security and reliability. CDW can help your organization by arming you with the information you need to choose the ideal solution.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Get Connected: IP Convergence is No Longer a Thing of the Future, It's Now The Cost of Doing Business
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: No longer a thing of the future, IP Convergence is now the cost of doing business. Unified Communications (UC) is the target destination for many enterprises. And while the concept is no longer new, IP convergence remains the first major step on that path.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Exchange Server 2010: What's New and What's Changed?
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we will look at some of the key changes that will be revealed with the new version of Exchange and how these changes will impact the messaging environment.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009


Overcoming IP Telephony Performance Issues in a Converged Network
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we are going to discuss the application of QoS to networks with media flows installed within them, such as voice and video. We'll see that it is very unnatural for voice to even exist on a data network, because it was never designed to do so.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009


Integrating the Cisco® Unified Presence Server in Your Unified Communications Network
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Presence can be defined as the indication, based on user-provided information, on whether co-workers are available and how they prefer to be reached. We will discuss an option that will allow our users to see availability status information of other users in the network via the Cisco Unified Presence Solution version 7.0. (CUPS).
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009


Improving Employee Productivity with Cisco® Unified Mobility
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will focus on discovering and implementing Cisco's Unified Mobility solutions so that we can give our mobile employees an easier, and yet, more robust way of communicating, no matter the wired or wireless network they are currently connected to.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009


The Building Blocks for Growth: A Network Can Improve Efficiency and Responsiveness, As Well As Control Costs
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Growth rises on the horizon for many small businesses, and one seizes the day, expansion often occurs rapidly. Preparation is crucial to success. What tools are required for a company with 20 employees, for example, to grow to 100 employees within a year? Read this paper to learn more...
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009


Business Communication Tools for Tough Times
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Small businesses in particular have to do more with less, without compromising the ability to deliver quality products and services to their customers. Unified communications and Web 2.0 collaboration tools can help your employees be more productive right from their desktops, simply, easily, and cost-effectively.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009


The Global Small or Medium-Sized Business (SMB)
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Raymond Boggs, vice president of SMB research for the global market intelligence firm IDC, recently talked to Cisco® about how companies can use unified communications to successfully conduct business in multiple countries - with or without offices in those countries.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009


Unified Communications: Strategic Value, Benefits and the Role of System Integrators
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows how current economic and technological trends increase the importance of efficient communication and collaboration processes for enterprises. Further, it demonstrates how unified communications (UC) can help companies to address these challenges.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009


IDC WhitePaper: The Business Case for a Unified Wired and Wireless Solution
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: To determine the return on investment (ROI) associated with the implementation of an HP ProCurve UWW network solution, IDC conducted a study of eight organizations world wide that have successfully performed HP ProCurve UWW implementations and are running the solution in their production environments today. This paper gives the results.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009


Unified Communications: Overview & Comparison
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This report was written to help organizations decide which Unified Communications solutions to implement while in the planning phase. Hewlett-Packard delivers full integration services and additional equipment such as smartphones and notebook computers on the Microsoft / Cisco platform.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009


Five Things About Exchange Server 2007 You Might Not Know
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: There is a well-spring of features and capabilities of Microsoft's Exchange Server 2007 messaging platform. The longer you use it, the more treasures you can pull up from the deep. In this paper, we'll look at and discuss five things you probably don't know about Exchange Server 2007.
Posted: 27 Jul 2009 | Published: 27 Jul 2009


SIP: Myth versus reality
sponsored by Orange Business Services
WHITE PAPER: Modern packet-based communications are sweeping away traditional telephony standards and changing the way businesses stay connected. SIP, the latest IP enabler to hit the market, is often portrayed as the key to implementing more sophisticated, flexible voice and unified communications. But is that a fact, or merely well-publicized fiction?
Posted: 21 Jul 2009 | Published: 21 Jul 2009


Culture Change Considerations Due to Unified Communications
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This IDC Insight provides an overview of the culture change considerations that end users should consider before adapting a UC solution.
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 | Published: 03 Jun 2009

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UNIFIED MESSAGING DEFINITION (continued): … Unified communications (UC) and unified messaging (UM) are terms often used interchangeably by vendors and the media to collectively describe consolidated communication applications. However, unified communications and unified messaging are actually two different solutions. In the videocast on the right (click to play), Whatis.com's Alex Howard discusses the differences between unified messaging and unified communications, the features each provides to users and the transition from UM to UC. Whether you are considering UC or have already implemented it, the videocast will help you ask the right questions to select the best converged communication platform to meet your business needs. Learn more about how UC will continue to impact the future of communications.Be sure to check out SearchVoIP.com unified communications expert Bill Trussell's answers to questions from users. You can also submit your own questions for Bill. Let us know what you think of this videocast!
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