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Mitel Mobile – Adding Mobility to UC

Monday, February 08, 2010
Last month, Mitel announced a new mobility play, and is of interest for a number of reasons.

Siemens Enterprise Communications Announces OpenScape Voice V4 with New UC Concierge Attendant Console Application

Monday, February 08, 2010
Last week, Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN) announced the availability of the company’s latest release of OpenScape Voice – Version 4.0.

NET Acquires SmartSIP – Simplifies Full Use of SIP Phones with OCS

Thursday, February 04, 2010
Many enterprises find themselves in a difficult quandary, both technically and financially when they are considering deploying Microsoft’s OCS as a full UC solution, including telephony. The first quandary – is the price of phones – most users need and or

A consulting firm specializing in voice, data, video & wireless communications and collaboration

Jim Burton is Founder and CEO of CT Link, LLC. Burton founded the consulting firm in 1989 to help clients in the converging voice, data and networking industries with strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and distribution issues.

In the early 1990s, Burton recognized the challenges vendors and the channel faced as they developed and installed integrated voice/data products. He became the leading authority in the voice/data integration industry and is credited with "coining" the term computer-telephone integration (CTI). Burton helped companies including Microsoft and Intel enter the voice market and helped AT&T (now Avaya), Mitel, NEC, Nortel, Siemens and Toshiba with their CTI strategies.

In the late 1990s, venture capitalists turned to Burton for help in evaluating potential investments in IP PBX start-ups. He went on to help these and other companies with strategic planning and partnering, including NBX (acquired by 3Com, Selsius (acquired by Cisco), ShoreTel and Sphere Communications.

In the early 2000s, Burton began focusing on what he believed were emerging technologies that would have an even more profound impact than IP on the converging voice and data industry.