http://www.ucstrategies.com/rss/podcasts.aspxUnified Communications Strategies - An industry resource for enterprises, vendors, and system integrators. http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-clients-review-of-top-vendors-part-2-of-2.aspx In the second of a two-part podcast on UC clients, the UCStrategies experts review individual UC clients from top unified communications vendors. The discussion is moderated by Dave Michels, and he is joined by Blair Pleasant, Samantha Kane, Marty Parker, Kevin Kieller, Michael Finneran, Art Rosenberg, and Don Van Doren. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:40:42 GMT Dave Michels http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-clients-review-of-top-vendors-part-2-of-2.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-clients-what-matters-most-part-1-of-2.aspx In the first of a two-part podcast on UC clients, the UCStrategies experts discuss the role of the UC client and its evolution. The discussion is moderated by Dave Michels, and he is joined by Kevin Kieller, Marty Parker, Samantha Kane, Art Rosenberg, Don Van Doren, and Michael Finneran. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:13:21 GMT Dave Michels http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-clients-what-matters-most-part-1-of-2.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ibms-lotusocialsphere.aspx IBM's Lotusphere 2012 was held January 15-19, in Orlando. In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts who were in attendance offer their opinions on the event and IBM's strategy. Several others were not in attendance, and have questions. The discussion is moderated by Dave Michels, and he is joined by Marty Parker, Jim Burton, Michael Finneran, Art Rosenberg, and Don Van Doren. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:40:00 GMT Dave Michels http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ibms-lotusocialsphere.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/vars-and-sis-in-2012-growing-their-piece-of-the-pie.aspx The UCStrategies Experts discuss the Channel: value added resellers and systems integrators, in this Industry Buzz podcast. Jim Burton leads the discussion, and is joined by Marty Parker, Kevin Kieller, David Yedwab, Michael Finneran, Art Rosenberg, Don Van Doren, and Jon Arnold. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:30:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/vars-and-sis-in-2012-growing-their-piece-of-the-pie.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-looks-at-uc-in-2012.aspx The UCStrategies Experts look ahead to 2012 in this Industry Buzz podcast. Marty Parker moderates the conversation, and is joined by Dave Michels, Michael Finneran, Samantha Kane, Jon Arnold, Art Rosenberg, Don Van Doren, Zeus Kerravala, Kevin Kieller, David Yedwab, and Steve Leaden. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:20:51 GMT Marty Parker http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-looks-at-uc-in-2012.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/2011-year-in-review.aspx UCStrategies founder Jim Burton moderates this Industry Buzz podcast which takes a look at the year 2011 in unified communications. Jim is joined by UC Experts Marty Parker, Art Rosenberg, Blair Pleasant, Jon Arnold, Michael Finneran, Kevin Kieller, and Dave Michels. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:10:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/2011-year-in-review.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/static-in-the-channel.aspx UCStrategies Expert Dave Michels moderates this week's Industry Buzz podcast. The topic is the unified communications channel: how the channel is changing, and the future of the channel. Dave is joined by UC Experts Marty Parker, Kevin Kieller, Steve Leaden, Art Rosenberg, Don Van Doren, Blair Pleasant, Michael Finneran, and David Yedwab. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:51:05 GMT Dave Michels http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/static-in-the-channel.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/emerging-privacy-concerns-in-uc.aspx The UCStrategies experts discuss privacy and security issues in unified communications, including specific concerns about presence, in this Industry Buzz podcast. The discussion is moderated by Michael Finneran, and is joined by Don Van Doren, Kevin Kieller, Dave Michels, Nancy Jamison, and Steve Leaden. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:40:00 GMT Michael Finneran http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/emerging-privacy-concerns-in-uc.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-the-cisco-collaboration-summit.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss the Cisco Collaboration Summit. Blair Pleasant moderates the discussion, and is joined by David Yedwab, Nancy Jamison, Marty Parker, Jon Arnold, Don Van Doren, and Art Rosenberg. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:17:27 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-the-cisco-collaboration-summit.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/cisco-helps-companies-transform-business.aspx Vishaka Radia discusses how Cisco's Customer Business Transformation group works with customers to identify use cases for collaboration that help customers succeed at meeting their business goals. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:30:00 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/cisco-helps-companies-transform-business.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-bring-your-own-device.aspx "BYOD" (bring your own device) is the topic of this Industry Buzz podcast. The discussion is moderated by Michael Finneran, and includes UC Experts Art Rosenberg, Marty Parker, David Yedwab, Russell Bennett, Dave Michels, Blair Pleasant, and Steve Leaden. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:15:41 GMT Michael Finneran http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-bring-your-own-device.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/mergers-and-acquisitions-in-uc.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss recent M&A activity and its effect on the UC and the contact center markets. The discussion is moderated by Blair Pleasant, and includes UC Experts Steve Leaden, Marty Parker, Russell Bennett, Don Van Doren, Jon Arnold, and Art Rosenberg. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:55:00 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/mergers-and-acquisitions-in-uc.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/nets-talbot-harty-discusses-next-member-of-ux-family.aspx Talbot Harty, Chief Development Officer at Network Equipment Technologies (NET), joins UCStrategies' Jim Burton for a conversation about the NET UX1000 survivable branch appliance (SBA). Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:15:35 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/nets-talbot-harty-discusses-next-member-of-ux-family.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/dave-michels-and-the-voice-of-asterisk.aspx UCStrategies' Dave Michels speaks with Allison Smith, the voice of Asterisk, at AstriCon 2011 (Asterisk User Conference and Expo), held Oct. 25-27 in Denver, CO. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:05:00 GMT Dave Michels http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/dave-michels-and-the-voice-of-asterisk.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-sbcs.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss session border controllers (SBCs). The discussion is moderated by Russell Bennett, and includes Marty Parker, Jon Arnold, Steve Leaden, Samantha Kane, Dave Michels, and Art Rosenberg. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:25:00 GMT Russell Bennett http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-sbcs.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-and-the-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-corporate-telephony.aspx The topic of this week's Industry Buzz podcast is the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony. The discussion is moderated by Marty Parker, and the UC Expert panel includes David Yedwab, Don Van Doren, Art Rosenberg, Nancy Jamison, and Dave Michels. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:30:00 GMT Marty Parker http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-and-the-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-corporate-telephony.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/tim-passios-on-social-media-in-the-contact-center.aspx Jim Burton of UCStrategies is joined by Tim Passios, Senior Director of Solutions Marketing at Interactive Intelligence, for a discussion about Social Media in the contact center. Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:20:54 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/tim-passios-on-social-media-in-the-contact-center.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/the-role-of-the-channel-in-uc.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss the Channel's role in unified communications, what is changing now and why, and skills for future success. UCStrategies Experts include Dave Michels, Jim Burton, Art Rosenberg, Marty Parker, Steve Leaden, Russell Bennett, Jason Andersson, David Yedwab. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:42:23 GMT Dave Michels http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/the-role-of-the-channel-in-uc.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/ron-wellard-discusses-latest-release-of-mitel-unified-communicator-uc-advanced.aspx Ron Wellard, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Mitel Communications Solutions, joins UCStrategies' Jim Burton for a discussion about the latest release of its Unified Communicator Advanced Mobile offerings. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:15:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/ron-wellard-discusses-latest-release-of-mitel-unified-communicator-uc-advanced.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-e911-enterprise-compliance.aspx In this UCStrategies podcast moderated by UCStrategies' Samantha Kane, the team discusses E911 enterprise compliance. The UC expert team includes Marty Parker, Art Rosenberg, Blair Pleasant and Don Van Doren. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:48:19 GMT Samantha Kane http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-e911-enterprise-compliance.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-and-disaster-recovery.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss how companies need to consider UC as part of their business continuity strategy to help remain productive during emergencies. Moderated by Blair Pleasant, the UC expert panel includes Marty Parker, Nancy Jamison, Russell Bennett, Jason Andersson, Don Van Doren, Art Rosenberg, and Dave Michels. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:32:03 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-and-disaster-recovery.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-review-the-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-uc.aspx The UCStrategies team examines Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for 2011. The discussion is moderated by Marty Parker, and the UC Expert panel includes David Yedwab, Russell Bennett, Don Van Doren, Art Rosenberg, Dave Michels, Michael Finneran, Jon Arnold, Jason Andersson, and Steve Leaden. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:20:00 GMT Marty Parker http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-review-the-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-uc.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-the-future-of-the-pstn.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss the future of the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The podcast is moderate by Michael Finneran, and the UC Expert panel includes Marty Parker, Jon Arnold, Don Van Doren, and Art Rosenberg. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:45:00 GMT Michael Finneran http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-the-future-of-the-pstn.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/ryan-hollenbeck-and-dave-capuano-discuss-the-recent-combination-of-verint-and-vovici.aspx In this Executive Insights podcast, Ryan Hollenbeck, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, Verint Systems, and Dave Capuano, Vice President of Marketing, Vovici, join UCStrategies’ Jim Burton to discuss Verint’s recent acquisition of leading online survey management and enterprise feedback solutions provider Vovici. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:00:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/ryan-hollenbeck-and-dave-capuano-discuss-the-recent-combination-of-verint-and-vovici.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-googles-acquisition-of-motorola-mobility.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies experts present their take on Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The UCStrategies panel includes Dave Michels, David Yedwab, Marty Parker and Art Rosenberg. Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:42:46 GMT Michael Finneran http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-googles-acquisition-of-motorola-mobility.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/where-to-invest-in-uc-now-and-in-2012.aspx In this Industy Buzz podcast, moderator Marty Parker leads the UCStrategies experts in a conversation about where to invest in UC the rest of this year and in 2012. The UC Expert panel includes Don Van Doren, Russell Bennett, Art Rosenberg, Dave Michels, Jim Burton, and Blair Pleasant. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:05:00 GMT Marty Parker http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/where-to-invest-in-uc-now-and-in-2012.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-shoretel-analyst-conference.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, several UCStrategies Experts who attended the recent ShoreTel analyst conference provide their thoughts on the conference and the company's strategy. The Expert team includes Jim Burton, Blair Pleasant, Dave Michels, Jon Arnold and Marty Parker. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:35:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-shoretel-analyst-conference.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-uc-clients.aspx In this Industry Buzz Podcast hosted by UCStrategies' Marty Parker, the UCStrategies experts discuss UC clients. The UC Expert panel includes Dave Michels, Michael Finneran, Blair Pleasant, Jim Burton, Nancy Jamison, and Don Van Doren. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:37:48 GMT Marty Parker http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-uc-clients.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-where-to-start.aspx UCStrategies Experts discuss ways an organization can get started in unified communications, in this Industry Buzz podcast moderated by Blair Pleasant. The UC Expert panel also includes Marty Parker, Don Van Doren, Art Rosenberg, and Stephen Leaden. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:43:07 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-where-to-start.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-availability-of-microsoft-office-365.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast hosted by Marty Parker, the unified communications experts of UCStrategies discuss Microsoft's announcement regarding the availability of Microsoft Office 365. The UC Expert panel also includes David Yedwab, Don Van Doren, Michael Finneran and Art Rosenberg. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:38:41 GMT Marty Parker http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-availability-of-microsoft-office-365.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/mitel-cto-jim-davies-at-mitels-partner-conference.aspx Jim Davies, Mitel CTO, speaks with Blair Pleasant at the Mitel Partner Conference in Hollywood, FL. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:25:00 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/mitel-cto-jim-davies-at-mitels-partner-conference.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-debate-new-modes-of-work-and-the-role-of-uc.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss new modes of work, and the role UC will be playing in them. Michael Finneran moderates this week's discussion. The UC Expert panel also includes Marty Parker, Don Van Doren, John Bartlett, Art Rosenberg, Russell Bennett, and Dave Michels. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:50:31 GMT Michael Finneran http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-debate-new-modes-of-work-and-the-role-of-uc.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/davide-petramale-of-esnatech-on-uc-offerings-and-the-cloud.aspx Davide Petramala, VP of Esnatech, discusses the cloud and Esna's UC offerings. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:50:28 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/davide-petramale-of-esnatech-on-uc-offerings-and-the-cloud.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/mitels-tim-kostyniu-on-mitel-product-announcements.aspx Tim Kostyniuk, Vice President of Product Management and Solutions Marketing, Mitel, talks with UCStrategies' Blair Pleasant about Mitel's new product announcements. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:45:01 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/mitels-tim-kostyniu-on-mitel-product-announcements.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/wilco-van-schaik-discusses-sphericall-contact-center-8.aspx In this Executive Insights podcast, UCStrategies' Dave Michels talks with Wilco van Schaik, Business Manager UC&C, NEC Unified Solutions, about Sphericall Contact Center 8. Thu, 26 May 2011 14:30:00 GMT Dave Michels http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/wilco-van-schaik-discusses-sphericall-contact-center-8.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/ryan-hollenbeck-on-verints-industry-first-5th-generation-enterprise-workforce-optimization-solution.aspx Ryan Hollenbeck, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, Verint Systems, joins UCStrategies’ Jim Burton in this Executive Insights podcast to discuss Verint’s recent unveiling of the latest version of its Impact 360® Workforce Optimization™ (WFO) software, the market’s first “5th-Generation” enterprise WFO suite, and its new Voice of the Customer Analytics platform. Fri, 13 May 2011 16:20:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/ryan-hollenbeck-on-verints-industry-first-5th-generation-enterprise-workforce-optimization-solution.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/jeff-bridge-on-siemens-winning-the-ip-telephony-rfp-competition-at-enterprise-connect.aspx UCStrategies' Jim Burton is joined by Jeff Bridge, Director, Solutions Engineering and Development for Siemens Enterprise Communications, to discuss Siemens' winning entry in the IP Telephony RFP competition at Enterprise Connect. Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:11:51 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/jeff-bridge-on-siemens-winning-the-ip-telephony-rfp-competition-at-enterprise-connect.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/joe-staples-talks-about-the-cloud.aspx In this Executive Insights podcast, Jim Burton of UCStrategies is joined by Joe Staples, Chief Marketing Officer of Interactive Intelligence to talk about the growth of cloud based communications at the company. trueJim Burton Welcome to UCStrategies Executive Insights. This is Jim Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:05:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/joe-staples-talks-about-the-cloud.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/siemens-enterprise-communications-announces-openscape-uc-suite-2011.aspx In this Executive Insights podcast, UCStrategies founder Jim Burton is joined by Kathy Heilmann, Director of Unified Communications and Cloud for Siemens Enterprise Communications to discuss OpenScape UC Suite 2011 Edition. Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:00:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/siemens-enterprise-communications-announces-openscape-uc-suite-2011.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/Talbot-Harty-Introduces-UX2000-NET-high-performance-mediation-platform.aspx NET’s Chief Development Officer, Talbot Harty, introduces the UX2000 next generation high performance mediation platform. Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:00:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/Talbot-Harty-Introduces-UX2000-NET-high-performance-mediation-platform.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/uc-vendors-present-options-for-nortel-customers-and-channel-partners.aspx In this Executive Insights podcast, Jim Burton, Blair Pleasant, Steve Leaden, and Marty Parker introduce the "Options for Nortel Customers and Channel Partners" series of presentations. Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:00:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/uc-vendors-present-options-for-nortel-customers-and-channel-partners.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/steve-williams-talks-about-desktop-and-process-analytics-for-the-enterprise.aspx Steve Williams, Vice President of Sales for Desktop and Process Analytics, Verint Systems, joins Jim Burton in this Executive Insights podcast to discuss desktop and process analytics. Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:50:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/steve-williams-talks-about-desktop-and-process-analytics-for-the-enterprise.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/BT-Polycom-Microsoft-Partnership.aspx In this podcast, Jim Burton is joined by Randy Schrock of BT Global Services and Bernie Klein of Polycom to discuss the partnership between BT Global Services, Polycom, and Microsoft. Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:10:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/BT-Polycom-Microsoft-Partnership.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-microsoft-lync.aspx Microsoft announced the new name for the next generation of its real time communications products. In this podcast, UCStrategies UC Experts discuss Microsoft "Lync," formerly known as Office Communications Server (OCS). Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-microsoft-lync.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/kevin-gavin-discusses-brilliantly-simple-shoretel.aspx Kevin Gavin, VP of Marketing, ShoreTel, joins Blair Pleasant in this podcast to discuss ShoreTel’s successful quarter, new branding, new announcements, and new opportunities. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:24:04 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/kevin-gavin-discusses-brilliantly-simple-shoretel.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/caleb-barlow-on-ibms-uc-in-a-box-for-smbs.aspx Blair Pleasant of UCStrategies is joined by Caleb Barlow, Director Small Business Solutions, IBM Software Group, to talk about IBM Foundations and how IBM is working with ShoreTel and others to provide “UC in a box” for SMBs. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:25:00 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/caleb-barlow-on-ibms-uc-in-a-box-for-smbs.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/bernard-aboba-and-jeff-rodman-introduce-unified-communications-interoperability-forum-ucif.aspx Jim Burton is joined by Bernard Aboba, a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Office Communications Server team, and Jeffrey Rodman, co-founder and CTO of Polycom, for an introduction to the Unified Communications Interoperability Forum. The UCIF is an open alliance of technology leaders working together to fully realize the potential of Unified Communications. Wed, 19 May 2010 08:30:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/bernard-aboba-and-jeff-rodman-introduce-unified-communications-interoperability-forum-ucif.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/siemens-paul-mcmillan-discusses-virtualization-in-unified-communications.aspx Paul McMillan, Director of UC Technical Vision and Strategy at Siemens Enterprise Communications, joins Jim Burton for a conversation about how Siemens is using the virtual applicance concept. Wed, 12 May 2010 17:20:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/siemens-paul-mcmillan-discusses-virtualization-in-unified-communications.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/barry-margerum-discusses-the-importance-of-the-uc-end-user-experience.aspx Barry Margerum, Chief Marketing Officer of Plantronics, joins Jim Burton for a conversation about Plantronics and the importance of the end-user experience for successful UC deployments. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:06:07 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/barry-margerum-discusses-the-importance-of-the-uc-end-user-experience.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/talbot-harty-discusses-net-uc-strategy-smart-sip-and-partnerships.aspx Talbot Harty, Chief Development Officer and Chief Information Officer for NET, joins Jim Burton for a conversation about recent acquisitions, partnerships, and how NET is adding value to facilitate the migration to unified communications. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:11:17 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights/talbot-harty-discusses-net-uc-strategy-smart-sip-and-partnerships.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights