…rencing 13.06 16.60 3.54 27.1% Mobile business email 10.89 12.18 1.29 11.9% Business IP Telephony 10.67 13.31 2.64 24.8% Business audio conferencing 8.32 10.18 1.86 22.4% Business personal video conferencing 2.15 2.91 0.76 35.5% Business web conferencing without video 0.51 0.61 0.10 19.8% Mobile business LBS 0.41 0.83 0.42 103.2% Global 100.00 114.17 14.17 14.2% As you can see, video is really making its mark on the business worl…

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As we’ve written in past posts, telework is becoming more and more common. Not only are we seeing laws passed at the Federal level to encourage and enable telework (e.g. Telework Enhancement Act of 2010), we’re also seeing local governments increasingly embrace the trend.  I recently came across a great story about the City of Roswell, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, implementing telework options in 2008 for two reasons:  as part of a larger susta…

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During the economic downturn, many companies tightened the strings on travel and opted for alternate ways to connect and collaborate with partners, customers and colleagues.  As a result, the airline industry was forced to adapt to the increasingly competitive air travel market by lowering the cost of flights and cutting the number of flights offered. However, as we start to see signs of economic recovery, we’re also starting to see signs…

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It’s a been proven: teleworkers are more focused, productive and able to balance their family life and work life. But in comparison to other industries, the public sector has been slow to adopt telework policies. President Obama, however, is making significant strides to change that. Last week, the House passed the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 requiring federal agencies to establish policies that enable government employees to work rem…

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Four months after launching the Connected Life Exchange, let’s reflect back on some of the key insights that we’ve shared thus far — about the evolving nature of the Global Networked Economy, how participation transforms the way we live, work, play and learn. We’ve started to explore the user adoption trends that can be discovered as part of the Cisco CLUE initiative, and we will be sharing more details soon. We offered e…

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