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Doing it like a Pro
By Wolfram Funk, Senior Advisor at Experton Group, ETM Magazine, Communications Enabled Business Process (CEBP), October 2008
Interview with Jon R. Doyle, VO of Business Development at CommuniGate Systems about the potential of the CommuniGate Pro solution for Unified Communications delivered in a SaaS model. More >>

Unleashing the power of triple-play - and quad-play
By Jon R. Doyle, Global Telecoms Business Magazine, October 2008
Operators can make triple play sing by providing mobile access to broadcast services from laptops, handsets and TV sets away from home. CommuniGate systems helps operators deliver unified entertainment. More >>

UC as SaaS
Network Computing, UK, October 2008
Hosted communications services are proving a popular choice not only for smaller businesses with limited budgets, but also for organisations looking for easier ways of providing secure collaboration services to their mobile workforce.. More >>

Just What is Unified Communications, Exactly?
By Jon R. Doyle, Unified Communications Magazine, September 2008
We hear from our readers that they're confused over what exactly Unified Communications (UC) is. Even some industry analysts use the term UC to categorize IP PBX vendors. More >>

How carriers can give SMEs the means to compete
By Jon R. Doyle, Global Telecoms Business Magazine, August 2008
How network operators can deliver unified communications in the software-as-a-service model to small and medium enterprises. More >>

Is Their Unified Communications Really Unified?
By Jon R. Doyle, Unified Communications Magazine July 2008
To be effective, unified communications must encompass many functions and capabilities, or "sub-applications". More >>

New iPhone delivers promise of software as a service
By Jon R. Doyle, Global Telecoms Business Magazine, June 2008
How CommuniGate Systems can help telcos turn the new iPhone into the ultimate mobile office. More >>

CommuniGate "rightsizes" Unified Communications for the Normal "everyday Business"
By Jon R. Doyle, Unified Communications Magazine May 2008
"Small and Medium-Sized Businesses [SMBs] need to 'rightsize' their technology investments and reduce complexity. More >>

No desk + no Blackberry = no communication?
By Simon Paton, Retail Systems, May 2008
On an era of employee self service and strong environmental policies, why are UK retailers still reliant on expensive, slow and unreliable paper based processes to communicate with the large numbers of employees working outside the office. More >>

Make A Profitable Service From Unified Communications
By Jon R. Doyle, Global Telecoms Business Magazine, April 2008
Smart network operators should learn a lesson from Salesforce.com and offer software services to small and medium enterprises. More >>

Riding The Web 2.0 Wave
By Simon Paton, BIOS Magazine, Apr 2008
Organisations globally are poised on the edge of a seismic technology shift that could transform the way applications are delivered. More >>

On Deck or Off with CommuniGate Pro's Pronto! 2.0 on AIR
By Jon R. Doyle, Unified Communications Magazine March 2008
What we've achieved in the new Pronto! 2.0 is a mixture of unified communications with media delivery, specifically video media delivery, which is one of the hottest things. More >>

CommuniGate's Flash unites communications with media and entertainment
By Jon R. Doyle, Global Telecoms Business Magazine, Feb 2008
CommuniGate's Pronto! client framework will lead to a new era of interactivity and entertainment. More >>

Flash Update: CommuniGate Readies UC On 'AIR'
By Stuart Zipper, TelecomWeb, Feb 2008
And we're even ready to say CommuniGate hasn't re-invented the wheel; in many ways, it invented it in the first place. More

CommuniGate Upgrades Pronto UC Client with Media and Entertainment Delivery Capabilities, Other Features
By Mae Kowalke, TMCnet, Feb 2008
CommuniGate Systems announced Tuesday the latest version of its Flash-based, unified communications messaging and content delivery client More

CommuniGate intros Apple-friendly CalDAV support
By Jonny Evans, Macworld UK, Jan 2008
CalDAV support will boost CommuniGate communications More

CommuniGate adds CalDAV support to Unified Communications platform
By Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News, Jan 2008
CommuniGate Pro's calendaring services enables colleagues to share calendaring resources regardless of their chosen operating system More

CommuniGate Beefs Up Unified Communications Offering-Again
By Jeff Goldman, VoIP Planet, Jan 2008
CommuniGate Systems recently announced the addition of mobile over-the-air data synchronization capabilities to version 5.2 of its CommuniGate Pro unified communications solution More

Will the web get rich?
By Simon Paton, CommuniGate UK in British Computer Society, Nov 2007
Web application delivery represents a fantastic chance to fundamentally change the economics and accessibility of IT services. But is the market, from ISPs to corporates, ready to make the shift? More >>

Unified Communications Explained
By Nigel Sinclair Thomson, CEO Magazine South Africa, Oct 2007
Much has been written lately on the benefits of Unified Communications. More >>

Opening Keynote Address: The Business Benefits of Unified Communications
Join Charlene O'Hanlon & Jon Doyle for this keynote and discover why unified communications may be the right option for your company. More >>

Web-delivered Applications Will Revolutionize Business
By Richard Grigonis, Internet Telephony Magazine October 2007 and
Rich Internet Applications for the Enterprise
By Chris Swenson, Director, Software Analysis, The NPD Group. More >>

Why mobile and fixed operators must bring on value added services quickly
By Jon R. Doyle, Global Telecoms Business Magazine, Sept/Oct 2007
CommuniGate Systems takes a lead in converged application deployment with Pronto! client framework. More >>

Adobe takes competition to the Max
By Darryl K. Taft, October 2007
Meanwhile, CommuniGate Systems, of Mill Valley, Calif., is announcing Oct. 1 a public beta of its unified communications framework, Pronto, built on Adobe AIR. More

CommuniGate Pronto! beta
By Alec Saunders, October 2007
Microsoft's crown jewel, the Office Suite, has been under attack for some time. More

Developing New Applications for Network Operators with CommuniGate's Pronto!
By Richard "Zippy" Grigonis, Unified Communications Magazine September 2007
Enabling network operators, service providers and even enterprises to develop Mobile Rich Media Internet communications. More

gigaom about Adobe Max
By Om Malik, October 2007

Adobe Systems has officially entered the "Web office" game
By Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com, September 2007

During the Max keynote address on Monday, Adobe executives are expected to show off other rich Internet applications written for Flash or AIR.

One of those will be an AIR version of Pronto, an e-mail application from CommuniGate Systems that is expected to be released next spring when AIR 1.0 is available. More

CommuniGate Upgrades Unified Communications Client
By Ted Stevenson, VoIP Planet, September 2007

California-based CommuniGate Systems, which began life as a provider of highly scalable e-mail solutions for enterprises and Internet service providers, has moved relentlessly over the past several years to expand the role of its server product line to embrace the entire spectrum of IP communications. More

Web 2.0 needs Adobe
By Tom Yager, InfoWorld, Tom Yager's Ahead Of The Curve, July 2007 JavaScript and HTML aren't enough to bridge the desktop/mobile divide

It's thrilling to imagine rich, responsive, attractive client applications that run identically on desktops, notebooks, and mobile devices, as well as over remote connections. More

Beyond the Walled Garden –
a look into the future of Unified IP Communications
By Jon R. Doyle, SIP Center Newsletter July 2007
The Internet may be bringing people together - just make sure you have the right client installed. Far from breaking old business models, IP service providers continue the strategy of luring consumers into their walled gardens, effectively stranding users on islands of proprietary systems. Is this the promise of the Internet? More

CommuniGate's Pronto! Client Opens Up the Communication Senses!
By Jon R. Doyle, Internet Telephony Magazine June 2007
Innovative Ideas from the "Rich Media for Business" Experts with article of Jeff Whatcott, VP, Product Marketing, Enterprise & Developer Business Unit, Adobe Systems "Choosing the Best Technology for Rich Internet Applications"

CommuniGate Systems actively participated in Global MSF Interoperability 2006 (GMI) event which represents the first international, multivendor validation of IMS, drives the long-awaited Next-Generation Network (NGN). Download the GMI White Paper and see the latest GMI article in IMS Magazine

Network Operator Trends and Opportunities
By Richard "Zippy" Grigonis, Internet Telephony Magazine February 2007
Service providers, Mobile carriers and other broadband network operators continually search for new and exciting services to attract and hold subscribers. What are the trends in Mobile Rich Media Internet Communications? More >>

The plumbing is cheap, so make the services count
By Jon R. Doyle, Global Telecoms Business Magazine, Jan/Feb 2007-02-22
If your broadband connection is just a commodity and you can get email and other services for nothing from search engine and advertisement based providers, carriers will need to be imaginative in offering new rich media services that will make subscribers stay with them. More >>

Convergence Comes From Giant Leaps in Performance
Download the full case study at www.intel.com/netcomms/casestudies/communigate.htm
Intel® Dual-Core Processors and CommuniGate Pro Internet Communications Software Combine for an Energy Efficient, High-Density Convergence Solution.

SIPify the Internet E-mail Base
By Jon R. Doyle, Internet Telephony Magazine June 2006
We are building borders that we will have to destroy. Just like e-mail, VoIP should be open, and SIP is the standard to do this. So what is missing and why is this not happening as fast as we would like? There are several reasons . more >>

CommuniGate Pro® with IBM® TotalStorage® SAN File System - Best Practices
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/software/virtualization/pdf/CGP-SANFS-best-practices.pdf
"Using SAN File System with CommuniGate Pro can allow your organization to implement an easily managed scalable messaging environment. From a small-tomedium university as demonstrated in this test, to carrier-class ISPs, wireless providers and cable providers, this solution can expand to meet increasing traffic needs."

SIP Supreme!
By Richard Grigonis, VON Magazine May 2005
http://www.vonmag.com/issue/2005/may/features/SIP_Supreme.htm
"No doubt about it. SIP is the greatest technological success story in the IP Communications industry."

A Preponderance of Presence
By Richard Grigonis, VON Magazine January 2005
http://www.vonmag.com/issue/2005/jan/features/preponderance_of_presence.htm
"Developers of Instant Messaging and Presence applications find presence the more interesting of the two."

You've Got Mail - Messaging Server Trends and Must-Haves
By Aaron Weiss, ServerWatch January 19, 2005
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3461461
"A wider variety of mail servers populate the Windows landscape. While Microsoft Exchange stands atop the pack, a long list of alternatives including ArGoSoft Mail Server Pro, Avirt MailServer, CommuniGate Pro, ...remain viable players."

Securing IM
By David Geer, Technical Support Magazine November 2004
http://www.naspa.com/PDF/2004/1104/T0411008.pdf
"IM is becoming more useful to the enterprise than e-mail; employees are becoming dependent on it for quick turnaround of enterprise collaborations and communications. IM won't go away; you need to secure it."