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Making Sense of Mitel & Avaya Merger Speculation

By Dave Michels 8.22.19

There’s a lot to like about Avaya. The company has a portfolio that spans UC, contact center, conferencing, and messaging....

The Difference Between 5G and 5G

By Colin Berkshire 4.24.19

Are you confused about the difference between 5G (for WiFi) and 5G (for cellular)? They have the same name, and...

TalkingHeadz Podcast: Michael Quinn

By Dave Michels 3.14.19

We cover a wide range of topics including the appropriate use of a gong and reasons to live in Amsterdam....

My 2018

By Dave Michels 1.2.19

It’s that time again, time for my longest post of the year – my annual report post. This is where...

Future of Meetings Is Upon Us

By Dave Michels 5.14.18

Auto-framing, facial recognition, background manipulation… these and other features are all about improving the meeting experience.

The #CCTR Revolution is Upon Us

By Dave Michels 5.7.18

Four major Contact Center developments in three weeks. Cisco After the Cisco Collaboration Summit, Cisco hosted a separate add-on day...

TalkingHeadz #3 Vonage and Alan Masarek

By Dave Michels 3.29.18

In this interview, Evan and I chat with Vonage CEO Alan Masarek who evidently doubles as CFO.   A real...

The Curse of the New HQ (Apple)

By Colin Berkshire 3.13.18

I have a personal theory about “Corporate Palaces”. When a company decides that it is time to build a Corporate...

The breakup of Ma Bell

By Colin Berkshire 3.12.18

Few people know much about the Bell System or if the breaking it up. Most will describe it as busting...

The Humanity of AI

By Dave Michels 2.27.18

I recently enjoyed the movie Sully. Spoiler Alert: He lands the plane in the Hudson River. After the crash, or...

Post 11, Avaya 2018

By Dave Michels 2.9.18

There’s been lots of Avaya coverage recently, both here on TalkingPointz and everywhere else. Avaya is the most misunderstood UC...

Avaya: Success in 2018 and Beyond?

By Brent Kelly 2.8.18

This article presents the author’s views on what Avaya needs to do to ensure success following its emergence from bankruptcy...

Progress with Verizon OneTalk

By Colin Berkshire 1.12.18

Four days ago I was interested in Verizon OneTalk, a service that lets me move my phone number into the...

Messaging Coins

By Dave Michels 1.11.18

Cryptocurrencies have huge ramifications to commerce and distributed computing. They may also impact enterprise communications. Telegram is about to launch...

My 2017

By Dave Michels 1.1.18

Time for my the annual report. See previous Annual Reports here: 2016,  2015, 2014, 2013. Through an enterprise comms lens...

Vidyo Got a Cloud

By Dave Michels 12.19.17

No other vendor in enterprise communications solicits such broad reactions as Vidyo. I think it is one of the most...

Sticks and Phones

By Dave Michels 12.13.17

It may be common for field staff to attack their competitors, but it’s rare for senior executives to publicly engage...

UnAuthorized FAQ Regarding Cisco and BroadSoft

By Dave Michels 11.9.17

Last month, Cisco upstaged BroadSoft’s annual Connections conference with news that the two companies agreed to be one. Acquisitions and...

Microsoft Teams: Two Steps Forward

By Dave Michels 9.25.17

At Microsoft Ignite this week, and there’s lots of interesting announcements. Ignite is Microsoft’s biggest conference of the year. It...

Please hold for digital transformation

By Dave Michels 5.3.17

Enterprise communications is a fun gig.  I thrive on digging into the vendor nuances in vision and action. It’s a...

6 reasons why Slack is the next Netscape

By Dave Michels 3.27.17

Netscape provides an excellent illustration as to how tech darlings come and go. Netscape created and sold Navigator, the browser...

Cisco Has a Secret

By Dave Michels 1.4.17

Cisco has a secret it can’t wait to tell. It won’t be much longer though – the cat comes out...

My 2016

By Dave Michels 1.1.17

Time for my annual look-back post. See previous Annual Reports here: 2015, 2014, 2013. Through an enterprise comms lens 2016...

Why I Gripe Yet Still Buy Apple

By Colin Berkshire 12.19.16

A little over five years ago I switched from Windows to Apple products in my personal life and at work....

Bold Predictions from the Gartner Data Center Conference

By Sorell Slaymaker 12.13.16

By 2020, 30% of your strategic network suppliers will change.   Your current incremental network strategy will not meet the future...