March Quipz Newsletter
Happy April, with a new month comes a new Quipz report – opinionated recap of the prior month’s news. And, a lot of news in March due to Enterprise Connect. There’s also a new option for Quipz only subscription.
Although the report isn’t final yet (will be sent out via email to subscribers on Monday April 2): the near final draft is 13 pages with the following structure: 
UC-Centric News
- UC One Hybrid
- Skype Integrations
- Spectralink Versity
- Powered by Avaya Expands
- NEC Faces Workflows
- Check Out These Desktops
- Masergy Automation
Messaging-Centric News
- Avaya Team Chat
- RingCentral’s Team Conferencing
- Google Hangouts Chat
- Back at Enterprise Connect
- Stride GA
- Slack and Workday
- IBM Notes on iOS
- BlackBerry Sends a Message
- Slack Spec
- Slack Reliability
- New Teams and SfB Admin Center
- Teams Turns One
- Ribbon Direct Routing
- Yea for Teams
- Facebook Group Chat Policy
- Video Chat for Messenger Lite
- Evernote Spaces
- Trump’s Staff: I Don’t Recall
Video-Centric News
- NEC and Vidyo
- StarLeaf Certifies Teams
- Zoom Rooms
- Dolby Sounds Like Video
- Duo Mail
- Pexip Team
- Highfive Enterprise
- 8×8 X Series
- Hello – For the Second Time
Contact Center News
- Twilio Flex
- Vonage Skillfully Routes
- Look, New at EC!
- Avaya Mobile
- Genesys and Salesforce
- Collaborative Contact Center
- Apple Business Chat Beta
- Mitel Revamps Contact Center Line-Up
- Blockchains at Avaya
- Dialpad Call Center
- Serenova Skylight
- Amazon Connect Updates
- BPO to the Cloud
Provider-Centric News
- CenturyLink and Spark
- Comcast Conferencing
- Post to Retire
- Huawei and the FCC
Emerging Technologies
- Windows ML
- Google Home Knows Where You Are
- Apple and IBM
- Voicebase updates API
- A Magical Leap
- Innovation Showcase
- Telegram ICO
Miscellaneous
- Privacy Matters
- Microsoft ReOrg
- Dropbox and G Suite
- Viber has Big Groups (with a B)
- Microsoft Teams with Blackberry
- A ChromeOS Tab Arrives
Acquisitions
- Plantronics Acquires Polycom
- Genesys Acquires Altocloud
- Windstream Acquires MASS
- Ooma Acquires Voxter
- Mitel Sells DeTeWe
Financial Quipz
- Voicera
- IPOs
This Month’s Goodreads
TalkingPointz Research
Upcoming Events