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BlackBerry and RIM becomes a Major Force in Mobile UC

Friday, November 21, 2008
Research In Motion (the BlackBerry people) has become a major force in mobile UC. Their product line up is due to get a big boost tomorrow with the introduction of the touch screen Storm device by Verizon. The Storm wasn't

For Mobile UC, The Blackberry Storm is the Touch Screen of Choice

Thursday, November 20, 2008
Research In Motion (the BlackBerry people) have become a major force in mobile UC. Their product line up is due to get a big boost tomorrow with the introduction of the touch screen Storm device by Verizon.

Answering More Unified Communications Questions from VoiceCon

Monday, November 17, 2008
Answers to some questions from my Unified Communications market overview at VoiceCon San Francisco.

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.