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T211
May 15, 1:30pm – 2:00pm
Topic: “Trends in Unified Communications”
Speaker: Mr Ravi Kodavarti, Director, Product Management,
SMB Gateways and Unified Communications, Communications
Infrastructure & Voice Group, Texas Instruments
Abstract
Unified communications has the potential to improve how
individuals, groups and organizations communicate. The
speaker will set the groundwork for a discussion on the
future of UC by offering a perspective on what has taken
place to date in the industry, as well as what’s next for
unified communications systems 3-5 years down the road. He
will also discuss how combining application interfaces and
integrating communications with business processes are
transforming enterprise communications. Integrated
collaboration scenarios involving telephony, instant
messaging, and web/audio/video conferencing will also be
addressed.
Speaker Biography
Ravi Kodavarti directs the product management efforts
for the VoIP small-medium business (SMB) gateway market, as
well as unified communications products, in Texas
Instruments’ VoIP group. Previously, he served as a senior
technical staff member where he was responsible for
technical support of TI’s VoIP and 802.11 products. Ravi
joined the TI in 1995, where he began working in TI’s
wireless design center. He began his career as a product
designer with Advanced Micro Devices.
Ravi holds a BE from Karnataka Regional Engineering College,
India, an MS from Texas A&M University, and an MBA from
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