Mobility

Paul Fulton discusses the importance of mobile integration with enterprise-wide unified communications

March 5, 2007 -- Mobility is no longer a niche technology for sales and field service teams in businesses; it is becoming an indispensable tool for all employees. According to IDC, 28 percent of enterprise employees use their mobile phone as their primary business phone. But until recently mobile phones were used largely as consumer devices and were not well integrated into the unified communications systems at many enterprises.

Cisco's recent acquisition of mobile software company Orative has added a powerful new dimension to the Cisco Unified Communications system. In this interview, Cisco's Senior Director of Mobile Unified Communications Paul Fulton sat down to talk about Cisco's strategy, products and vision for mobile unified communications.

Before we discuss the impact of mobility on enterprise communications, let's start by defining Unified Communications.