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Zoom Perspectives 2025 – From Conversations to Completion
Zoom held its annual analyst event in its hometown of San Jose, CA, providing insights into how the company is transforming from a...

Blair Pleasant
Jul 24, 20257 min read


NiCE Interactions 2025 – A New Era
NICE recently hosted its annual customer event, NiCE Interactions, drawing an impressive 3,000 CX leader attendees from 20 diverse...

Blair Pleasant
Jun 24, 20256 min read


BCS Experts Recapping Q1+ 2025
(Podcast length 20:52) BCStrategies Expert Blair Pleasant hosts Experts Joseph Williams, Jon Arnold, Kevin Kieller, David Maldow and...

Multiple Experts
May 13, 20251 min read


Comms vNext Conference Recap (2025)
BCStrategies Expert David Danto interviews Expert Kevin Kieller related to the April 2025 Comms vNext conference which focused on the...

Kevin Kieller
Apr 22, 20251 min read


Google Cloud Next – Stepping up its Customer Experience Game
While AI and AI agents got most of the attention at Google Cloud’s customer event, Google Cloud Next, it was great to see a bigger focus...

Blair Pleasant
Apr 17, 20254 min read


Analytics Delivers ROI for Calling and Collaboration
You are investing money in your UCaaS (unified communications as a service) platforms like Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, and Zoom...

Kevin Kieller
Apr 15, 20254 min read


8x8 Analyst Summit Takeaways – Track Some Mud on the Carpet
My favorite line from A Complete Unknown – “ Don’t be afraid to track some mud on the carpet ”. My favorite line – and pretty much...

Jon Arnold
Apr 10, 20257 min read


Q&A with Pete Lavache, Avaya CMO and Blair Pleasant, COMMfusion president and principal analyst
Expert Blair Pleasant asks questions of Avaya's CMO Pete Lavache

Blair Pleasant
Apr 10, 20256 min read


Chalice AI: The DeepSeek of Ad Tech
In this exclusive interview, Adam Heimlich, Founder and CEO of Chalice AI, breaks down how his company is disrupting the ad tech space by...

David Maldow
Apr 9, 20251 min read


The Future of Eye Contact in Video Calls: Which of These 3 Methods Works Best?
Eye contact has been a challenge in video calls since the beginning, but real innovation is finally happening! In this video, I break...

David Maldow
Apr 9, 20251 min read


Vedubox: The All-in-One LMS with Zoom-Powered Live Classes
Discover how Vedubox simplifies online learning by replacing a jumble of apps with one integrated platform. In this brief video, we cover...

David Maldow
Apr 9, 20251 min read


8x8 – On the Offense
The messages at the 8x8 Analyst Summit in Southampton, U.K. were almost as loud as the Southampton Football Club fans when the Saints...

Blair Pleasant
Apr 8, 20255 min read
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