Can Unified Communications Systems Benefit SMBs? - Small Business Computing

Can Unified Communications Systems Benefit SMBs?

Mar 23, 2010
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ITBusinessEdge: Can Unified Communications Sy8stems Benefit SMBs?

SMB Tech columnist Paul Mah with further reflections on the potential benefits of products like Intermedia’s recently launched UC product for SMBs. Short answer: yes, you should.


“Writing about Intermedia’s new hosted unified communications (UC) offering for SMBs last week got me thinking about the practical benefits that small and mid-sized companies can derive from the use of UC. Full-fledged UC implementation used to be expensive and complicated, though its growing maturity and capabilities are causing organizations to take a second look at it.

Do SMBs need to care about unified communications, though?”

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