The UCStrategies Experts share their expertise in bylined articles, opinion pieces, blogs, and podcasts, to define unified communications, educate you about unified communications technologies, and help you make informed decisions about unified communications solutions.
UCStrategies.com defines unified communications as “Communications integrated to optimize business processes.” The definition of unified communications narrows significantly when you can read and hear about real-world examples that other companies are implementing right now—and apply them to your situation.
This section offers learning tools to help you plan your unified communications implementation.
This section provides a practical, vendor-independent service to any Enterprise that is seeking the benefits of Unified Communications. How do you pull everything together to implement unified communications? Use the tools in this sequence to define unified communications for your business.
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In this week's Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies team examines today's announcement that Microsoft has agreed to acquire Skype. The UC expert panel includes Jim Burton, Dave Michels, Nancy Jamison, Russell Bennett, Michael Finneran, Marty Parker, David Yedwab, Don Van Doren, Jason Andersson, and Steve Leaden.
In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss CEBP, Communication Enabled Business Processes. The UC expert panel includes Marty Parker, Don Van Doren, Andy Zmolek, David Yedwab, and Samantha Kane.
As several UCStrategies Experts prepare for their roles at INTEROP 2011 - Las Vegas (May 8-12), the UCStrategies team takes on the topic of UC Interoperability in this week's Industry Buzz podcast. The UC expert panel includes David Yedwab, Marty Parker, Jim Burton, Don Van Doren, Art Rosenberg, Michael Finneran, John Bartlett, Samantha Kane, and Dave Michels.
UCStrategies experts Blair Pleasant, David Yedwab, Michael Finneran, Jon Arnold, Art Rosenberg, Russell Bennett, and Dave Michels discuss the consumerization of IT.
UCStrategies experts Jim Burton, Michael Finneran, Russell Bennett, Blair Pleasant, Art Rosenberg, Don Van Doren, and Dave Michels discuss UC Summit 2011, held March 27-30.
At Alcatel Lucent’s Dynamic Enterprise Tour in Barcelona, Blair Pleasant spoke with Craig Walker and David Buckley about the new OpenTouch architecture and its key value proposition for customers.
UC Summit 2011 was held March 27-30, 2011, at Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa in La Jolla, CA. Microsoft was a Platinum sponsor of the three-day event, and their keynote speaker was Wayne Baines, Director Worldwide Sales Specialist Lead – Enterprise Voice Solutions.
UC Summit 2011 was held March 27-30, 2011, at Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa in La Jolla, CA. IBM was a Platinum sponsor of the three-day event, and their keynote speaker was Caleb Barlow, Director IBM Unified Communications and Collaboration. The topic of his presentation was "The future of unified communications is social: an IBM perspective."
UC Summit 2011 opened Sunday, March 27, with a keynote presentation by Brett Shockley, Vice President of Emerging Products and Technology, Avaya.
UCStrategies' Dave Michels interviews Tom Isaksen of Cisco following his keynote presentation at UC Summit 2011, held March 27-30 in La Jolla, CA.
UC Summit 2011 included a panel discussion moderated by UCStrategies expert Marty Parker titled, "Key Components for a UC Solution."
UC Summit 2011 was held March 27-30, 2011. Cisco was a Platinum sponsor of the three-day event, and their keynote speaker was Tom Isaksen, Business Development Manager, Collaboration. The topic of his presentation was "The New Collaboration Experence."
In this Industry Buzz podcast recorded at UC Summit 2011, UCStrategies' Dave Michels is joined by Brian Cuppett, Vice President of Sales at ScanSource Communications.
In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies experts discuss the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T. The Expert panel includes Michael Finneran, Russell Bennett, John Bartlett, Andy Zmolek, Marty Parker, Art Rosenberg, and Steve Leaden.
UCStrategies' Dave Michels interviews Caleb Barlow of IBM following his keynote presentation at UC Summit 2011, held March 27-30 in La Jolla, CA.
UCStrategies' Dave Michels interviews Mark Straton of Siemens Enterprise Communications following his keynote presentation at UC Summit 2011, held March 27-30 in La Jolla, CA.
UCStrategies' Dave Michels interviews David Jantz of NEC following his keynote presentation at UC Summit 2011, held March 27-30 in La Jolla, CA.
In this Industry Buzz podcast, Marty Parker and the UCStrategies Experts discuss whether bundled pricing slows or accelerates UC. The Expert panel includes Marty Parker, Don Van Doren, Russell Bennett, and Art Rosenberg.
In this Industry Buzz podcast, the Experts discuss just-completed Enterprise Connect 2011. The UC expert panel includes Jim Burton, Lisa Pierce, John Bartlett, Marty Parker, Art Rosenberg, Blair Pleasant, Michael Finneran, Steve Leaden, and Dave Michels.
In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss what enterprises should be thinking about and asking about in regards to security. The UC expert panel includes Blair Pleasant, Andy Zmolek, Marty Parker, John Bartlett, Art Rosenberg, Nancy Jamison, David Yedwab, and Steve Leaden.