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A financial services group and a Victorian water utility are among the first Australia customers of Microsoft and Nortel's unified communications alliance
Microsoft announced on Tuesday in the US that it has formed a strategic partnership with Nortel Networks to develop and market unified-communications products.
Cisco said earlier this week that its latest upgrade to its Unified Communications software will enable users to access its full suite of features on mobile devices.
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