During September, BCStrategies' Jon Arnold and Chris Pine both attended industry events in New York City, so they have lots to talk about in this p
Going all-in can mean many things, and the fact that Avaya’s Engage event was held in Phoenix rather than Las Vegas suggests that Avaya is not gambling with their future. Coming out of Chapter 11 and then going public again, the company has had its share of nine lives, and it’s fair to say they really need to get it right now – and right now.
Nothing in that title likely makes sense to BCStrategies readers, but now that I have your attention, let me explain. Aside from being an independent analyst, I’m an unconventional analyst, and my perspectives are not drawn exclusively from the usual suspects in the collaboration space. Of course, that cast of characters grows larger as the cloud and AI players get a beachhead on territory dominated by the incumbent telecom vendors.
In this Executive Insights videocast, BCStrategies’ Jim Burton is joined by Poly CEO Joe Burton for more announcements from the new company.
In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts address failed predictions.
Last month I blogged about Skype Translator. Since then, I had a chance to visit Microsoft in their Building 99 research facility to learn more about the technology behind the product. Next month I will talk more about its commercial potential.
Depending on your age, you'll think I'm like, totally being clever with this title, or that I actually talk this way all the time. Well, I don't speak as if every statement was a question, and I only say like or awesome if I really mean it. The Grand Canyon is awesome - showing up for work on time is, well, being on time - not being awesome.
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Farzin Shahidi, the Founder and CEO of NextPlane, about "business-to-business collaboration." This is the term that NextPlane uses to describe what others in the industry often call "federation."
This is the last chance to register for the WebRTC Conference and Expo in Santa Clara next week, Nov 19-21. This event has all of the major WebRTC players; Google, Mozilla, Cisco, Oracle, TokBox, CafeX, Plantronics, GENBAND, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and over 40 more companies.