Frost & Sullivan Presents Webinar, 'Delivering Communications in a Down Economy: Is SaaS the Answer?'

WHEN: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 11 a.m. EDT, online, with complimentary registration SPEAKERS: - Melanie Turek, Principal Analyst, Unified Communications, Frost & Sullivan - Elka Popova, Program Director, Unified Communications, Frost & Sullivan SUMMARY: As Unified Communication technologies mature and customer awareness of UC benefits substantially increases, the economic recession seems to present the biggest barrier to more widespread adoption of UC solutions. Vendors and service providers are therefore looking for innovative delivery models, such as hosted services and software as a service (SaaS) that can facilitate UC implementation and bolster market growth. To date, hosted voice has stumbled in a marketplace dominated by PBX vendors and their channels.
Is SaaS a better fit for UC? SUPPORTING "Currently, there is a lot of hype around cloud computing QUOTE: and SaaS, as service providers and technology vendors vie for a piece of this potentially growing market," states Turek. "While this model has certain benefits, market participants should remember the lessons from the inglorious past of hosted communications and apply prudence when betting on SaaS." SUPPORTING - Follow Elka Popova on the VoIP & Telecom Blog, Sip That, RESOURCES: http://bit.ly/16uScp - Follow Melanie Turek on the Enterprise 2.0 Blog, http://bit.ly/9JsIo - Follow Popova and Turek on Twitter: @epopova, @melanieturek - During the briefing, join the conversation on Twitter using hashtag: #ucsoft - Visit Frost & Sullivan's practice groups, Conferencing & Collaboration, http://bit.ly/qvtNb, and Enterprise Communications, http://bit.ly/k7cul REGISTER: Email stephanie.ochoa@frost.com your full name, title, company name, company telephone number, company email address, city, state and country or receive a recorded version of the briefing anytime by submitting the aforementioned contact details.

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