Logitech has a new WebCam
Video is more pervasive than ever before, yet webcam leader Logitech hasn’t introduced a new webcam since 2012. That changes...
Books Sep 2016 Abundance + 2
These are the books completed in September – a good month. Still Foolin’ ‘Em by Billy Crystal: There are not...
Contact Center Industry Consolidation, Disruption, and the Future
In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss the recent disruption in the Contact Center industry. The Experts welcome guest Chris Vitek...
The Explosion After Ignite
This week was Microsoft Ignite – its now annual conference for IT Pros. I will be posting more about Ignite soon,...
Logitech Materializes Project Rigel
Microsoft continues to improve the Skype for Business video experience. Recent updates include the launch of the Surface Hub, broadcast and...
Apple Asleep
When Apple announced the iPod, no other company was capable of producing such a device. It wasn’t just that no...
Optimistic About UCC&V
Yes you read that title right – Dave is optimistic. I get called a lot of things, but being described...
The Network is Ripe For Disruption
The network is ripe for disruption. It’s the only piece of the IT solution that hasn’t seen significant price/performance gains....
New Travel Book
I’m a desktop boy. I like the large monitors, a full size keyboard, a big (Blue Yeti) mic, and speakers...
Hopes and Aspirations for 2016
In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts address their “hopes and aspirations” for UC for the rest of 2016,...
Sangoma Taps into Cloud UC
Sangoma enters the hosted/cloud telephony and unified communications market with the new PBXact UCC (Unified Cloud Communications) service for small...
Confused About WebRTC?
Many people think that I am opposed to WebRTC. That’s ridiculous. What’s there to be opposed to? A free and...
Cisco Spark, Slack ignite fledgling team messaging market
One topic I regularly get asked about is Cisco Spark. Specifically, is anyone using Cisco Spark? In a recent Network...
Fall Conference Season
I enjoyed my summer in Boulder – especially with my new e-Bike. But after a very hot summer, my travel respite is...
Verizon One Talk: UC Mobility Without an App
Verizon One Talk: UC Mobility Without an App Verizon One Talk is a new service that utilizes a single, native...
The iPhone Lineup
On September 7 Apple announced its new iPhone. Except for the “7” it looks very familiar. I have never been less...
What Happened to Skype?
Everyone uses Skype. That’s why MS bought it. But something is terribly wrong. I use Skype on multiple devices, and...
Social Media in the Executive Suite
In this Executive Insights podcast, UCStrategies’ Jim Burton is joined by UCStrategies Expert Evan Kirstel to discuss accelerating the social presence of CEO’s....
“IoT” is Just a Fad
There’s a lot of hype about IoT. The sales projections for this sector are huuuge, and it’s incredible how many...
Veep Matters
No matter who we choose for president, the odds are that they will die in office. So you should spend...
A Vertical Hybrid
A Vertical Hybrid Vertical Communications adds cloud overlay services to complement its on-prem communications systems and provide customers a path...
3CX Automates & Integrates with V15
3CX has rolled out a major software release for its Microsoft Windows-based software PBX, the 3CX Phone System for Windows....
SD-WANs: The Bad and Ugly
Software Defined WANs (SD-WANs) are getting a lot of good press and the Gartner 2016 Networking Hype Cycle puts them...
Getting Rain from a Cloud
What I really like about IoT is the broadness of the topics it spans. Conversations move across planes, trains, and...
Patience is a Virtue (Apple)
What is Tim Cook doing at Apple? It has now been 476 days since the last release of the Retina MacBook...
Let’s Have the Next Meeting on Facebook
Let’s Have the Next Meeting on Facebook What would a full-out Facebook commitment to enterprise communications and collaboration mean for...
Genesys Snags Interactive Intelligence
I have mixed feelings on this acquisition. I generally like it when a founder sells a company, but I didn’t have...