Trends in Real-Time Collaboration & Unified Communications at ITEXPO 2010
At ITEXPO 2010, Larry Dorie, CEO of RHUB Communications, discussed the pressing issues and trends in real-time collaboration. With increasing global team disbursement, face-to-face meetings are becoming more challenging. Rising real estate costs in China and audio conference expenses in Asia and Europe pose significant hurdles. Despite uneven infrastructure, Unified Communications (UC) is gaining traction. The collaboration market is set for continued growth, with web conferencing adoption predicted to reach 80% in 2011. Security and mobile collaboration will shape future developments.
Trends in Real-Time Collaboration & Unified Communications at ITEXPO 2010
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RHUB Communications Real-Time Collaboration Hub Larry Dorie CEO October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com
Issues in 2010 Global teams disbursement continues – face to face meeting more and more difficult –China real estate costs keep raising Audio conference costs continue to be a problem in Asia and Europe Uneven infrastructure can impact usage. SMB benefit from UC different than enterprise Note: we have not seen a big impact from mobile devices yet October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com
Trends Infrastructure continues to improve world-wide Unified Communications is beginning to take off Collaboration market continues to grow world-wide Nearly 50 percent are using web-conferencing --growth will reach 80% in 2011.* Mobile growth still booming internationally October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com
Next? • Integrated collaboration tools will continue to drive down overall costs of connectivity • Security issues will continue to gain importance: (SMB users need to pay more attention to security) • Mobile will require “first class” collaboration capabilities October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com