April 2020 Insider Report
The Most Important Enterprise Communications News from April 2020 The Most Important Enterprise Communications News from April 2020 The Virus It’s been a very trying, yet amazing month. The enterprise communications industry shined by keeping organizations and individuals connected. The…
Insider Report March 2020
The Most Important Enterprise Communications News from March 2020 Events Well, obviously, the big event this month was the coronavirus. Actually, the federal government was studying the pandemic in October 2019, but it took until March 2020 for it to…
Virtual Analyst Events
Last week I attended the Zoom Analyst event (#Zoom20). This was my first virtual analyst event as it was for many others — including Zoom. I attend a lot of events, and conclude each year that I should attend less….
Insider Report February 2020
The Most Important Enterprise Communications News from February 2020 Events Avaya Engage: Avaya hosted its Engage conference in Phoenix. There were very few new announcements, but there were updates on several previously announced initiatives. The biggest was Avaya Cloud Office…
The Most Important Enterprise Communications News from January 2020
Events The big event in January was the Consumer Electronics Show, and it wasn’t a good year for the “consumerization of IT” crowd. Not many new ideas at all this year. AI, 5G, AR/VR transitioned from breakouts to features. Here…
The Most Important Enterprise Communications News from December 2019
Another year (and decade) comes to an end. This month was rather slow, probably because of the midweek holidays. 2019 was a complex year. There were more transitions than usual. Enterprise communications continues to broaden and is (this is impressive)…
The Most Important Enterprise Communications News from November 2019
Events The two big events between the busy fall and the sleepy winter seasons this year were Microsoft Ignite and Salesforce Dreamforce. Here are some high-level thoughts, with more granular details in the sections below. Microsoft Ignite: Microsoft announced a…
The Most Important Enterprise Communications News from October 2019
Boy, are my arms tired. October is usually the busiest month for analysts, and this year was no exception. I actually made it to seven events in October. Now, it’s back to a dull roar. Apologies for being generally unavailable…
An Insider’s Guide to Enterprise Communications News – September 2019
Here is the enterprise communications news you need to know from September, 2019: Events Huawei Connect: Huawei’s annual enterprise event took place this month in Shanghai. The emphasis was on AI and enterprise networking solutions. Two big surprises: I could…
An Insider’s Guide to Enterprise Communications News | September, 2019
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An Insider’s Guide to Enterprise Communications News – August 2019
Here is the enterprise communications news you need to know from August, 2019 Events Signal: The most significant event this month was Twilio Signal. Threeish major announcements within a stream of news. Twilio Conversations is effectively a network-level omnichannel API…
An Insider’s Guide to Enterprise Communications News – July 2019
July was a light month in terms of events. However, there was plenty of hot news — or at least plenty of hot. Here’s what occurred in July 2019 that you need to know. Visual Communications Zoom Vulnerability: Zoom was…
An Insider’s Guide to Enterprise Communications News — June 2019
Here’s what’s important from June 2019 . . . Events The Cisco Collaboration team used the Cisco Live customer conference to make a variety of announcements. Cisco’s cognitive collaboration strategy was visible throughout the diverse announcements. Webex Teams received most…
An Insider’s Guide to Enterprise Communications News — May 2019
Here’s What’s important from May 2019 . . . Events UCExpo took place at the London Excel Center. This is growing into an interesting conference. It is free to attend. While program content and vendor participation are improving, the facility…
An Insider’s Guide to Enterprise Communications News — April 2019
Here’s What’s Important from April 2019 . . . Events Google Next took place earlier this month. The main news was the GA of Google Voice. I’ve covered the news and the overall strategy regarding collaborative communications pretty well in…
An Insider’s Guide to Enterprise Communications News — March, 2019
Here’s What’s Important from March 2019 Enterprise Connect 2019 took place in March, and those four days had enough news for their own report. EC19 can’t be avoided in a March recap, but I will also be publishing a separate…
The Most Important News from February, 2019
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The Most Important News from January, 2019
➤ This symbol signals opinion. UC-Centric News Avaya Edge Avaya announced a series of enhancements to its Edge Channel Partner Program. The enhancements were designed to better promote/reward cloud solutions and simplify and streamline program requirements. ➤ This symbol signals…