The concept of business collaboration is not new. For many years, organisations have interacted with others, from sharing supply chain data to establishing collaborative sales agreements. Today, organisations increasingly view collaboration as a fundamental part of their long-term survival. More than one-half of all executives polled say collaboration will either form an important part of their competitive advantage or will actually be central to survival over the next three years. While successful collaboration hinges primarily on people and communication skills, technology plays an enablement role.

More and more, organisations are moving away from a totally controlled or centralised delivery of collaboration technology to the adoption of tools that are appropriate in their context and mode of work, and influenced by the end-user. Organisations are always looking to maximize the use of their investment in technology, while delivering more flexible and effective ways for their staff to communicate and collaborate. Integrating all forms of communication - from telephony to email, web conferencing to instant messaging (IM) - helps to deliver a richer communications environment that ultimately results in cost savings and productivity increases.

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Many people report using many different channels and applications for communication each day. Ironically, more tools do not imply more effective communication. In practice, many employees fail to reach their colleagues on the first attempt, given the choice of channels and a lack of context around the most effective method, based on a colleague’s status. It’s no wonder then that many organisations worldwide are taking the first steps in unifying their business communications channels in order to improve their employees’ productivity and reduce the delays and costs associated with business communications.

Dimension Data's 'Seven Key Steps for Identity Management in a Unified Communications World' provides practical guidance on how your business can enables its people to use the most appropriate communication medium for the task at hand and to switch/merge channels as necessary.

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Velofone Office is a complete, hosted telephony service aimed at Small to Medium Enterprises, Velofone Office is scalable from a single telephone line/extension to thousands of lines/extensions, centrally located or distributed across the World. Velofone deliver a 'Carrier Grade' service and work with the worlds leading manufacturers to ensure flexibility, scalability and reliability. Velofone will discuss your specific requirements and tailor-make a solution for your business, combining mobile, fixed and data services where necessary.

Velofone believe in delivering Quality of Service and take ownership for all aspects of your communications.

Expertise within reach: IBM Lotus Connections social software for business

IBM Lotus® Connections software is ready for business. Five key components, built on Web 2.0 technologies, help you cultivate innovation, build and extend communities, locate and leverage expertise inside your organization, collect and share knowledge, and be more productive and efficient—simply and securely.

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