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TalkingPointz provides coverage, insights, and analysis of enterprise communications including UC/UCaaS, team messaging, meetings, customer engagement, CPaaS, and hardware.

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TalkingPointz Research on RingCentral

This research note is 9 pages long and contains TalkingPointz organizations into 7 sections (General, Momentum, The RingCentral Portfolio, Customer Engagement, RingCentral GTM, Targeting Legacy, and 64 pointz under Dave’s Thoughts). Available to Premium Subscribers. The report offers a snapshot…

Enterprise Communicationsdolby

Covid-19 Kills The Video Star

During the Dolby Labs Q4 2020 Earnings Call, President and CEO Kevin Yeaman announced that Dolby is exiting conference hardware: “Going forward into Q1, we’re winding down and exiting conferencing hardware sales, as we will now be fully focused on…

Enterprise Communicationsnojitter

The Need for Speed in UCaaS

Automated testing is a critical step toward rapid innovation.

Podcast TalkingHeadz

TalkingHeadz with Cory Doctorow

This was a big deal for Dave – I’m a major fan of Mr. Doctorow. I really appreciate how he makes complex topics so accessible. I thoroughly enjoyed the first two Little Brother books (just started the third), and have…

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