Stephen Beamish

We are in the midst of the virtualization era. In fact, VMWare reports that all Fortune 100 companies are using their virtualized data network products, as well as more than 90 percent of Fortune 1000 companies, and Yankee Group's 2008-2009 Global Virtualization Deployment and Usage Survey found that approximately 72 percent of businesses surveyed said they have already deployed or plan to deploy virtualization solutions. Meanwhile, on the business communications front, PBXs have been undergoing their own evolution, from stalwart black boxes to software-based solutions that bring a whole new array of capabilities in the form of business applications, rather then just basic dial tone. It is only a matter of time until voice becomes just another IT application on these virtual data networks. Or is it already there? This article will discuss the impact of virtualizing ... (more)