Blair Pleasant

COMMfusion LLC

http://www.commfusion.com/

[email protected]

 

Blair Pleasant is President & Principal Analyst of COMMfusion LLC and a co-founder of ucstrategies.com, an industry resource on the growing UC arena. She provides consulting and market research analysis on voice/data convergence markets, applications, and technologies, aimed at helping end-user and vendor clients both strategically and tactically. Prior to COMMfusion, Ms. Pleasant was Director of Communications Analysis for The PELORUS Group, a market research and consulting firm, and President of Lower Falls Consulting.

With 20 years experience, her primary areas of focus are convergence applications, including Unified Communications, Unified Messaging, the contact center, computer telephony integration (CTI), and voice processing. Blair has authored many highly acclaimed multi-client market studies and white papers, as well as custom research reports, and provides market research analysis and consulting services to both end user and vendor clients. 

Blair’s blogs and articles can be found on www.ucstrategies.com and www.commfusion.com. She also tweets on Twitter as blairplez, and you can find her on Facebook and LinkedIn.

She can be contacted at [email protected].

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Recently Alcatel Lucent Enterprise (ALE) held its analyst conference in the principality of Monaco. Among the glitz and glamor, ALE presented its strategy and roadmap to...
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Recently Alcatel Lucent Enterprise (ALE) held its analyst conference in the principality of Monaco. Among the glitz and glamor, ALE presented its strategy and roadmap to around 40 communications...

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In the wake of Avaya ENGAGE 2019, held late January in Austin, Texas, the BCStrategies Experts got together to discuss the event, Avaya, the company's product roadmap, new branding and overall...

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There were several announcements made, but the one that resonated the most with me was the new branding and naming conventions. With the theme of simplification, the new...
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In this Industry Buzz podcast, the BCStrategies Experts offer thoughts on what to expect in 2019. Jim Burton moderates the conversation with experts Peter Bernstein, Phil Edholm, Dave Stein,...

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Faced with an aging legacy PBX system, the university needed a more modern communications solution for its faculty, staff, physicians and more than 2,000 students...
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“Customer Experience” is the latest rallying cry for contact centers around the world, as organizations become more customer centric. As companies focus on enhancing...
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In this Industry Buzz podcast, Jon Arnold moderates a conversation with the BCStrategies Experts about the recent Vonage industry analyst event in Scottsdale, Ariz. Participants include Dave...

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At its analyst conference in the heart of beautiful Napa Valley, Genesys laid out its strategy for what it calls “AI-powered journey optimization.” The company has...
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Imagine you’re a city government in Florida and a hurricane just went through your area, knocking out power, cable TV and other services that your citizens rely on. And...
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Omnichannel contact centers, supporting all the available interaction channels, are quickly becoming requirements for many organizations and are key elements of business...
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One of the biggest company transformations I’ve seen in all my years as an industry analyst is Vonage, which held its inaugural industry analyst event in Scottsdale,...
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