In this “always-on” age of connected everything it can be a nightmare for enterprise IT departments to manage the exponential proliferation of hardware and employee devices connected to the corporate network. The current trend in mobile technology is seeing corporate users moving away from traditional business mobile devices like Blackberry to consumer friendly (and often less secure) devices like the iPhone with wireless headset, meaning that IT departments need to be increasingly vigilant to ward off potentially devastating security breaches. In addition, the BYOD (Bring your own Device) trend that is becoming more common in the corporate space is making it even more difficult for the IT departments to manage network security.
To better manage this connected everything future, where every workplace device from security cameras, to air conditioning, to computers and phones will soon be networked, unified communications (UC) promises a brave new world of connectivity and integration, where users can use any device they choose to fulfill most any communications need.
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