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TalkingPointz Channel Insightz #2
Join David Danto and Dave Michels as they chat with AVI-SPL’s Daniel Rogers, Visual Image Display’s Dave Berlin and CTI’s Eric Snider CTS-D about the unique opportunities and challenges of being a VAR nowadays. (Don’t miss the special offer for…
Channel Insights Episode 1
The enterprise comms sector is filled with terms we all know and use but have trouble defining. Channel is one of those terms. We use it all the time. It’s those intermediaries between OEMs and customers, sometimes colloquially referred to…
ClueCon Weekly Podcast
The Freeswitch/ClueCon folks were nice enough to invite me to their podcast to discuss enterprise communications. It was great to talk to Luca Pradovera about how the UC industry is changing. We covered my favorite question: Is UC Dead? Touched…
Amazon’s Return to Work – Podcast
In this TalkingPointz Chatz, David Danto hosted Dave Michels (me) and Irwin Lazar in a discussion about the new policy from the CEO of Amazon (he who must not be named). Now, let’s be clear about this. The debate over…
I was Candid with Bob
Bob Samuels invited me on his podcast to discuss CCaaS. I was indeed candid. I didn’t have a red hat, but did feel obligated to also hat myself as the host did.
TP Chatz: 2 Things I Learned | Neat’s Kevin McMenamy
Listening to the “TalkingPointz Chatz” podcast featuring Dave Michels and David Danto with their guest, Kevin McMenamy, the CTO of Neat, was an enlightening experience. Two key insights stood out to me: the rapid evolution of video conferencing technology over…
TalkingPointz Chatz: Exec Turnover
In this episode of Talking Points Chatz, Dave Michels and Dave Danto discuss the high turnover rates among C-suite executives in various industries, particularly in the tech sector. They note that numerous high-profile leaders, including the CEOs of Nice, AWS,…
One Million Meeting Rooms
Microsoft announced it was what we beleive to be the first Meetings provider to reach one million connected meeting rooms. Just for fun, it also dropped that it has 20 million PSTN users! HUGE. The two Daves discuss the accomplishment,…
TalkingHeadz with Brad Hintze of Crestron
Multi-camera video is best demonstrated in large conference rooms, and that can be a challenge in an expo hall. Crestron solved it: We’re going to need a bigger booth. I experienced Crestron’s 1 Beyond experience in an expo booth with…
Stories from #EC23
Dave and Heidi discuss some of the stories from Enterprise Connect 2023. ChatGPT, The Future of Comms, WKRP in CC, and Multi-cam meetings. An Insider Report next week will cover most of the news from EC23. A bigger and deeper…
TalkingHeadz Podcast with David Petts of Mitel
Mitel is back in the news again – this time for its planned acquisition of Unify from Atos. This podcast only touches on that – the news was very fresh and the deal hasn’t closed yet. However, it’s an interesting…
No Code Foundry with Michael Beckley
Appian is a low-code software development platform that allows users to create business applications quickly and easily. The platform uses a visual drag-and-drop interface, making it accessible to users with little to no coding experience. Appian also includes features such…
TalkingHeadz with Raluca Monet on Google CER CCaaS
I think it was 2018. I was curious to see how far one can go with a Chromebook. I use a full desktop at my desk, but replaced my Windows Laptop that I used for travel with a Pixelbook. The …
TalkingHeadz with Jeff Lawson
Jeff Lawson is one of my favorite keynoters. He is a natural edutainer. He is both a provocateur and storyteller that knows what he’s talking about. He had a complex mission at the recent Signal conference where he explained not…
TalkingHeadz: Sid Chimes in on the AWS Comms Platform
Amazon Chime continues to evolve. What started as a meetings app transitioned into an SDK and now delivers advanced embeddable comms services that can be used in standalone ways, as a means of leveraging other AWS services (such as Lex),…
TalkingHeadz October News
Finally, the answer to what’s in an Insider Report! Two secrets about Insider Reports. Insider Reports are behind a paywall, but only at first. They become free on TalkingPointz.com after 45 days. This week only (expires Friday Nov 11, 2022)…
Einat: Speak Softly and Carry a Big CX
Most CMOs have a lot to say. Einat Weiss is no exception. She is the CMO at NICE and she’s articulate, technical, and opinionated. However, it’s rare to catch her behind a microphone. She prefers to communicate through her various…
TalkingHeadz with Alan Masarek, CEO of Avaya
When Avaya exited bankruptcy (late 2017), I casually remarked to a friend that Avaya and Vonage should get together. In hindsight, it was a brilliant idea, but at time it was ludicrous. Avaya was free from Chapter 11, had restructured…
TalkingHeadz with Ram Menghani of NEC
NEC is a brand I’ve admired for a long time. I cherished my 17″ NEC MultiSync monitor in the 90s as well as so many other NEC products. I’ve followed its UC solutions closely over the decades. NEC, like Avaya,…