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How to Take Control and Optimize Time

Overview In the modern information age, people are bombarded with communications: e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging, Short Message Service (SMS), paging, and more. If a person is not at the desks or logged in to the appropriate device handling the appropriate application, the work just piles up and lies in wait - to everyone's frustration. Communication technology may be streamlining processes and automating routine tasks, but it is also increasing the flow of information, meaning that one has to assimilate and process more data to make decisions. And the timeframe expected for this decision-making is shrinking. This paper looks at how today's technology, products, and solutions can deliver the goal of true flexible working, cost savings to the enterprise, and the potential for greater productivity and collaboration for users.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Nortel Networks	File Format	PDF
Date Published	August 2004
Format	White Papers
Topics	Quality of Service, TCP - IP, VPNs

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