Winners and Losers of 2018
2018 is a 12 month slice of time. In the world of enterprise communications, not much changes in 12 months....
My Thoughts on #MSIgnite 2018
I will, of course, put together a more comprehensive analysis of this event in a research note, but it won’t...
Do E-Boards Foster or Hinder Collaboration?
“I believe whiteboards are an evil presence in meetings … Simply going to the board and picking up a pen...
Microsoft Teams: Two Steps Forward
At Microsoft Ignite this week, and there’s lots of interesting announcements. Ignite is Microsoft’s biggest conference of the year. It...
Microsoft versus Cisco: A Classic Three-card Monte Con
If you are spending time debating between Cisco and Microsoft communications solutions, you are likely falling victim to the classic...
Thoughts on Microsoft’s #EC17 Keynote
SfB saw very few improvements over the past year, so I was curious as to how Microsoft would fill its...
Surface Pro Winning Mac Fans?
There’s a very popular news story this week about the Surface Pro computers winning over Macbook Pro customers. From The...
MS Teams With Andrei Soroker (podcast)
When it comes to messaging apps, Andrei is a pro. I tracked him down to get his take on MS...
Microsoft Teams Arrives – Free 2Pager
When I describe Workstream Messaging I inevitably make a reference to Slack. That’s about to change as most of the...
iSchadenfreude
Finally – Apple is falling. I take a little joy in this post because it’s been hard being a PC...
UC and Conferencing
Does UC include conferencing? The vendor pitch is always yes, but in reality conferencing is often acquired separately. My wife...
Post Ignite #Skype4B 2Pager
I was really looking forward to attending Microsoft Ignite. No other UC product has impacted the enterprise more than Skype4B....
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...
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...
A Fork in Avaya’s Road
There is quite a bit of speculation about Avaya’s near term future. As you may recall Avaya announced plans to...
Skype Meetings Simplifies Confuses
It was too good to last. Microsoft had it all nicely organized. There was Skype – the consumer app that...
Why I Don’t Like My Surface Pro
I got my Surface Pro 3 in the Spring of 2014. I ordered it before they were were shipping. Microsoft...
Newz Snippets Spring-2016
Sometimes being succinct, yet thorough, and presenting details without fluff and hype is refreshing. Here, we round-up recent advancements around...
Similarities and Differences in Rowan and Zig Keynotes #EC16
I find it interesting how similar and dissimilar the Microsoft and Cisco keynotes were at Enterprise Connect 2016. The two...
Microsoft’s Skype for Business Cloud PBX
Microsoft has introduced a new premium Office 365 Enterprise Suite subscription plan called E5 that adds enterprise voice features to...
Tough Week due to Redmond
Obviously this didn’t happen all happen in the same week, but it hit me all in the same week – last week....
Numonix RECITE 3.0, Beyond Voice
Numonix, a call recording and quality management software developer based in Boca Raton, Florida, releases a new version of its...
The Skype that I Wanted
Colin here. Five years ago everybody used Skype. I used it many times a day to call my contacts across...
Blabbing with Kevin #Skype4B
I did another Blab – this time with Kevin Kieller and we blabbed about Microsoft Skype for Business. I asked...
The OS for the Enterprise
Back in the days when I had the Director of IT title, the OS discussion was relatively limited. Windows. But...
Skype4B and PSTN UCaaS is an E-Ticket Ride
Admission at the Disney parks now covers all the rides, but it wasn’t always that way. My dad worked at TRW...