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Everyone is talking about unified communications (UC). But, how this is defined and why companies are considering implementing it varies from enterprise to enterprise. Many unified communications strategies only focus on using applications such as voice integration and collaboration to improve employee productivity. In fact, unified communications can be used for much more than this – to take full advantage of such systems, enterprises should be focusing on communications and enabling customer facing processes such as services, collections and sales. This will ensure that they are utilising all the advantages and benefits provided by unified communications.

On October 18, 2007 the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly in Geneva officially adopted the inclusion of WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) into the IMT-2000 family of technologies, setting the relatively new wireless technology on a level global playing field with the more well-known GSM and CDMA families of technology, ensuring that carriers are free to implement technology based on user requirements rather than being limited by regulatory fiat. A recent study done by In-Stat has revealed that when given a choice between WiMax, WiFi and 3G, majority of consumers showed a “significant preference” for the long distance WiMAX protocol. This market looks set to intensify with the world expecting more than 133 million users to adopt WiMax by 2012. SDA Asia had the rare chance to catch up with Mr. Tang XinHong, vice president of the CDMA &WiMAX Product Line at Huawei Technologies to find out the hype surrounding WiMax, future trends the industry can expect and the pressing question on everyone’s mind -- will the emergence of WiMax spell the eventual demise of other 3G data technologies?

As the Macintosh platform reaches critical mass, hackers are slowly turning their attention and skills into exploiting its security vulnerabilities. These guys are no longer the “script kiddies” who write viruses just for fun, but rather criminal organizations who write malware for profit. So, what does this mean for Mac users and with the Mac donning the Gray Flannel Suit, is it time for the enterprise to be sensitive to such issues as well?

It is impossible to miss the flurry of activity and visibility recently around the multitude of “Green” initiatives being developed and unveiled. Almost every industry is pushing for the reduction of energy consumption and subsequently, the reduction of carbon emissions. Regardless of how anyone feels about global warming, the fact remains; as the consumption of fossil fuels increase, so too does the amount of carbon emission being released into the atmosphere. It is a destructive domino effect.

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*Clara Lim is the new Regional Director for WatchGuard Technologies Southeast Asia *Ashley Wearne as Managing Director for Adobe Systems South East Asia *Edmund Looi as ASEAN Manager for Proofpoint *Joe Ong as new Singapore Country Manager for EMC Corp. *Monty Venkersammy as Vice-President of Global Sales for BoxSentry