Infrastructure

The individuals who make up the BCStrategies team of industry Advisors, Analysts and Consultants each bring unique perspectives and perceptions to

2021 did not lack for interesting developments and in this episode of "Watch This Space," BCStrategies'

Intermedia Connects NEC Customers with NEC UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT BRIDGE

Most organizations know that they’ll eventually move to the cloud for their telephony and communication needs – but eventually can be several years away. The majority of businesses today rely on premises-based PBXs and phone systems and are unable to take advantage of many of the advanced cloud-based unified communications and collaboration (UCC) capabilities.

The End of An Era - RIP to the Premises PBX

RIP to the Premises PBX, a last millennium dinosaur, unable to migrate to the UCaaS cloud

Yesterday, Mitel announced that they were entering into a relationship to have RingCentral MVP become the UCaaS migration offer to be made to the existing (and future) Mitel “single-instance” user base. The key message is that as customers migrate to UCaaS with Mitel, they will move to RingCentral MVP as the solution.

Recent news regarding British Telecom’s plans to decommission their copper telephony network spurred us to explore the implications of Copper Sunse

BCStrategies Webinar Replay: Navigating the Space between Direct Routing and Operator Connect

BCStrategies Webinar: Navigating the Space between Direct Routing and Operator Connect

With Operator Connect launching later this year, this webinar (see video below) brings into focus how you can prepare your organization’s cloud network voice for the future. We explore the key differences and capabilities of Direct Routing compared to Operator Connect and go over how you can enable, manage, and deploy both Direct Routing and Operator Connect as a service for your organization. The slides from the event are available via the link at the bottom of the page.

What do you do when copper is no longer available? Can Wireless replace your aging POTS lines?

Ooma AirDial

While the question is a bit misleading, a major challenge for many businesses is the gradual elimination of the traditional copper line or POTS basic telephony service. This is not because of telephones connected to POTS, but rather because of the myriad of devices that were designed to use a POTS line as a basis for the product or service.

Experiencing the Cisco Hybrid Work Experience

Webex Mini

It’s easy to talk about what the new hybrid workplace will look like, but actually setting up several different types of hybrid workspaces to replicate various use cases takes a bit more creativity. Leave it to Cisco and Webex CMO Aruna Ravichandran to pull it off in less than two weeks. Cisco has gone full throttle into the world of hybrid work, providing thought leadership based on surveys and studies, as well as providing the technology to support flexible, inclusive, supported, secure, and managed experiences.

A NICE Time in Wyoming

I recently attended my first in-person analyst event in18 months, and it sure was NICE (pun intended). The NICE team put on an amazing event, in terms of both content and the Analyst Experience (AX - a new term I coined). Taking place in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, we got to experience a scenic helicopter tour, and all that Jackson Ford Ranch had to offer including a choice of horseback riding, bison encounters, fly fishing, nature walk, archery/axe throwing, and more.