A new report from market research firm AMI-Partners predicted that the desire of small- and medium-size businesses looking to cut employees' travel costs will contribute to sizeable growth in the networking market to the tune of $1.6 billion this year. According to AMI-Partners, more companies are taking advantage of software-based Voice over Internet Protocol, or "VoIP" service, such as Skype, and video conferencing solutions as an alternative to traveling to cut costs, fueling the success of the APAC SMB networking market.

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