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Giants Competing
For the past several months, the UC conversation shifted toward a Microsoft v. Cisco debate. Cisco enjoys a market share lead over Microsoft in UC, but Lync is experiencing rapid…
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Two Different Pictures
A few months ago, highly respected and legendary prognosticator Elliott Gold predicted that Vidyo would pass Polycom. At the time it didn’t seem particularly reasonable. But as Elliot says “the…
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Siemens Wants To Amplify Teens
Special Guest Contributor Emily Litella here, now a part of TalkingPontz. It’s great to be part of such a professional blog. Today’s commentary is about Siemens Enterprise and what exactly…
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Match the EC13 Vendor to its Tagline
Pop quiz, here’s ten UC taglines spotted at the recent Enterprise Connect (#EC13) conference. Can you match the vendor to its tagline? Vendors Taglines 1 8×8 A Amplify Teams 2…
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A Merry UC Christmas
Dear Santa, It’s been a while since I have written to you. I know you are busy filling the wish lists of deserving children everywhere, but this year the telecom…
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@DaveMichels: RT @jkowall: Google HR Boss Explains Why GPA And Most Interviews Are Useless http://t.co/bgMdgsSWrq < good read, makes sense. - 1 hour ago
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@DaveMichels: Totally exhausted! Thank you @SiemensEnt for a great event. Looking forward to a new brand and an exciting new #ProjectAnsible. #eworld13! - 1 hour ago
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@DaveMichels: DIY Room Systems: I was a bit disappointed in last week’s Infocomm event. That show has become a major conference... http://t.co/YduBuHoLNu - 9 hours ago
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@DaveMichels: SEN making big bet on #WebRTC, Sees it as disruptive force that will change how capabilities are delivered. Active w/ Stds. #eworld13 - 11 hours ago
The End User’s Voice
I recently reviewed two current end user surveys. When corporations publish research studies it is usually to confirm their products, services, and strategies are aligned with customer feedback. No exception…
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It’s Busy Out There! UC Summer 2012
It’s been tough! Recessions, wars, scandals, and natural disasters collaborating to keep wallets closed. A lot of the UC sector was forced into hibernation mode, but the frost appears to…
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Akhavan at CeBIT
At CeBIT 2012, Siemens Enterprise Communications CEO Hamid Akhavan summarized the the value of having UC embedded in everyday workflows and processes. There is a lot of opportunity in harmonizing communications…
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About Dave
Dave is a self-proclaimed Tele-communications Contemplator. Most industry professionals gravitate toward the role of Analyst, Consultant or Journalist, but Dave blends all three as a professional Contemplator. Learn more →.
SEN to Brand
This just in: Siemens Enterprise Communications is going to do some advertising. According to Ad-Week, they hired a new firm to spend $90 million on annual media spending. Presumably, this…
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Cisco and Avaya Leaders Again
Cisco and Avaya were once again identified as industry leaders. This time, by a new IDC worldwide unified communications Marketscape report. The report claims to use a “rigorous scoring methodology…
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SEN’s Course
Sometimes I forget about Siemens Enterprise. I’m a fan of their solutions and approach, but they aren’t exactly a marketing machine. Although rumor has it that might change next year….
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Amazon Expands Direct Access to its Cloud
Amazon AWS has done wonders for hosted data center applications and it practically defines the notion of a public IaaS cloud. As most UC enterprise voice vendors move toward supporting…
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Is That A Tablet In Your Pocket, or…?
My problem with tablets is they don’t replace anything. My smartphone replaced a lot of things, my laptop replaced my desktop. My Kindle replaces lots of books. From what I…
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InterOp
May is a crazy month for conferences, and it is hard to keep up with the posts. The Interop conference is a shadow of its heyday years, but still a…
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ALU’s Silent Auction
Lots of conversation this week about the possibility that Alcatel-Lucent intends to sell its enterprise business unit. I have a few thoughts on the matter. To my knowledge, no one…
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Where is the Green?
At the recent Enterprise Connect it is a great event to effectively see the whole industry – what’s new, shifts in direction, what’s hot, and what’s not. The trick is…
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Hosted Voice
Hosted Voice is a fascinating space and it is just getting started. Hosted voice, enabled by VoIP, started around 2005. The most well known pioneer was Vonage – but that…
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Siemens Enterprise Communications
I had the opportunity to meet with Chris Hummel, the newly named CMO at Siemens Enterprise Communications. The conversation is published here (NoJitter). A few additional thoughts: I agree that…
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Presenting the VoiceCon Disconnects
Movies have Oscars, Music has Grammys – I am launching the VoiceCon Disconnects. These are my awards for the disconnects between reality and the show. This is a less crowded…
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Cloud Series 6: Voice Cloud Types
This post is part of a series: Part 1 The Cloud Part 2 Cloud Computing Part 3 Why the Cloud Now Part 4 Cloud PUNishment Part 5: Hosted Voice, Just…
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