In this Industry Buzz podcast, the BCStrategies Experts discuss the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications.
That one word – mature – sums up this year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications (UCMQ), for on-premises solutions. Some form of the word “mature” shows up about a dozen times, including in this headline sentence: “The customer premises equipment market for unified communications has reached maturity.”
The 14th annual Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications (UCMQ) was published on July 19, 2017. This year’s report was produced by Steve Blood, Megan Marek Fernandez, Mike Fasciani, and Rafael A Benitez. For the first time, Bern Elliot is not an author, which may be appropriate for the message of this year’s UCMQ.
Compared to the UCMQ of 2016, the changes are subtle:
We thought we would provide some feedback on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications from a customer view (whether large enterprise, government; or a small business like FOX GROUP that uses various UC apps every day).
In this Industry Buzz podcast, Marty Parker moderates a discussion about the Gartner Magic
In this Industry Buzz podcast, Marty Parker leads a discussion about the recently released Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communication.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications 2012 (reference article) says that to be included in this Magic Quadrant, solution providers must meet certain criteria. The first criterion on the list (pages 16 and 17) is:
In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies UC Experts discuss Gartner's new Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications.
In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies team examines Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications.