http://www.ucstrategies.com/rss/podcasts.aspxUnified Communications Strategies - An industry resource for enterprises, vendors, and system integrators. http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-impact-of-free-cisco-jabber.aspx The UCStrategies Experts discuss the announcement by Cisco making the Jabber client for IM free if you have Cisco Unified Communications Manager. The discussion is moderated by Phil Edholm. The podcast also includes Kevin Kieller, Don Van Doren, and Art Rosenberg. Thu, 03 May 2012 14:50:00 GMT Phil Edholm http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-impact-of-free-cisco-jabber.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-and-ip-telephony-cloud-and-channel-opportunities.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast moderated by Steve Leaden, the UCStrategies Experts discuss the Cloud from a VAR and channel perspective. The podcast also includes Phil Edholm, Art Rosenberg, Russell Bennett, Don Van Doren, Kevin Kieller, and Jon Arnold. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:30:00 GMT Stephen Leaden http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-and-ip-telephony-cloud-and-channel-opportunities.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/plantronics-smarter-working.aspx Joe Burton of Plantronics gives a tour of Plantronics’ flexible working environment, which makes it easier for smarter working. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:50:00 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/plantronics-smarter-working.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-summit-2012-value-prop.aspx The UCStrategies Experts discuss the upcoming UC Summit 2012, presented by UCStrategies. The annual event brings together unified communications solutions integrators (systems integrators, VARs, resellers), consultants and vendors May 6-9 in La Jolla, CA. This Industry Buzz podcast moderated by Marty Parker. The podcast includes Michael Finneran, Blair Pleasant, Art Rosenberg, Orrin Broberg, Phil Edholm, Don Van Doren, and Steve Leaden. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:15:00 GMT Marty Parker http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/uc-summit-2012-value-prop.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/in-the-spotlight/alcatel-lucent-enterprise-discusses-opentouch-conversations-and-organizational-changes.aspx At Enterprise Connect 2012 in Orlando, Eric Penisson, General Manager, Enterprise Communications, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, discusses ALU’s new OpenTouch Conversation client, and some of the recent changes at ALU. Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:45:33 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/in-the-spotlight/alcatel-lucent-enterprise-discusses-opentouch-conversations-and-organizational-changes.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/enterprise-connect-2012.aspx Several UCStrategies Experts attended and participated in Enterprise Connect 2012. In this Industry Buzz podcast moderated by Michael Finneran, the experts touch on the highlights. The podcast includes Marty Parker, Blair Pleasant, Orrin Broberg, Art Rosenberg, Don Van Doren, and Kevin Kieller. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:15:00 GMT Michael Finneran http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/enterprise-connect-2012.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/video-and-uc-trend-or-real-adoption.aspx The UCStrategies Experts examine the use cases for video in unified communications. This podcast is moderated by Blair Pleasant, and is joined by Marty Parker, Russell Bennett, Michael Finneran, Dave Michels, Don Van Doren, Kevin Kieller, Orrin Broberg, and Art Rosenberg. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:50:36 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/video-and-uc-trend-or-real-adoption.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/enterprise-connect-2012-why-you-need-to-be-there.aspx Enterprise Connect 2012 is March 26-29 in Orlando. The UCStrategies team has 10 UCStrategies Experts presenting or moderating 25 different sessions. In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies team discusses the value of the conference and their individual sessions. This podcast is moderated by Marty Parker. UCStrategies Experts in attendance include Blair Pleasant, Russell Bennett, Don Van Doren, Michael Finneran, Dave Michels, Kevin Kieller, Steve Leaden, Jon Arnold and Art Rosenberg. Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:00:00 GMT Marty Parker http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/enterprise-connect-2012-why-you-need-to-be-there.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/will-millennials-and-byod-change-the-role-of-it.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies experts debate the impact of millennials, or Generation Y, in the workplace. The discussion is moderated by Michael Finneran, who is joined by UCStrategies experts Blair Pleasant, Kevin Kieller, Marty Parker, Don Van Doren, Art Rosenberg, Steve Leaden, and Dave Michels. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:25:00 GMT Michael Finneran http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/will-millennials-and-byod-change-the-role-of-it.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/genesys-out-to-save-the-world-from-bad-customer-service.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast with UCStrategies' Blair Pleasant, Genesys’ Nicolas de Kouchkovsky and Tom Eggemeier discuss Genesys’ campaign to “Save the world from bad customer service,” as well as implications for Genesys channel partners. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/genesys-out-to-save-the-world-from-bad-customer-service.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/genesys-helps-upmc-health-plan-deliver-proactive-customer-service.aspx At Genesys' Analyst Conference, Blair Pleasant of UCStrategies speaks with Anne Palmerine of UPMC Health Plan about how Genesys solutions help the organization provide exceptional service to their members, enabling them to implement cost-effective solutions and innovative product offerings, while providing service excellence. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:22:39 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/genesys-helps-upmc-health-plan-deliver-proactive-customer-service.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-ciscos-microsoft-skype-challenge.aspx In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts address Cisco's challenge of the Microsoft-Skype merger in the European Union (EU). Dave Michels moderates the conversation, and is joined by UC Experts David Yedwab, Jon Arnold, Russell Bennett, Don Van Doren, Marty Parker, Jim Burton, Michael Finneran, Art Rosenberg, and Kevin Kieller. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:26:53 GMT Dave Michels http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-discuss-ciscos-microsoft-skype-challenge.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/hosted-uc-shoretel-and-m5-networks.aspx UCStrategies' Blair Pleasant moderates this Industry Buzz podcast. The topic is hosted unified communications, which has received recent attention after ShoreTel announced plans to acquire hosted provider M5 Networks. Blair is joined by UCStrategies experts Jon Arnold, Dave Michels, Marty Parker, Art Rosenberg, David Yedwab, and Steve Leaden. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:43:27 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/hosted-uc-shoretel-and-m5-networks.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/cloud-revenues-boost-interactive-intelligence-2011-results.aspx In this Executive Insights podcast, Jason Alley, Solutions Marketing, Interactive Intelligence, joins Jim Burton for a conversation about the Cloud market and the company's 2011 results. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:35:00 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/cloud-revenues-boost-interactive-intelligence-2011-results.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/joe-staples-discusses-interactive-intelligence-2011-performance.aspx Joe Staples, Chief Marketing Officer of Interactive Intelligence, joins Jim Burton of UCStrategies for a conversation about the company's 2011 performance, and an unusual promotion the company is currently undertaking. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:44:20 GMT Jim Burton http://www.ucstrategies.com/executive-insights-for-unified-communications/joe-staples-discusses-interactive-intelligence-2011-performance.aspx UCStrategies Executive Insights http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-debate-uc-and-social-in-the-enterprise-part-2-of-2.aspx In part 2 of this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies experts discuss a recent post on nojitter.com by UCStrategies' Blair Pleasant, titled "Will UC be subsumed by Social? Heck No!" Blair Pleasant moderates the conversation, and is joined by UC experts Kevin Kieller, Dave Michels, Steve Leaden, and Jason Andersson. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:00 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-debate-uc-and-social-in-the-enterprise-part-2-of-2.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-debate-social-and-uc-in-the-enterprise-part-1-of-2.aspx In part 1 of this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies experts discuss a recent post on nojitter by UCStrategies' Blair Pleasant, titled "Will UC be subsumed by Social? Heck No!" Blair Pleasant moderates the conversation, and is joined by UC experts Don Van Doren, Art Rosenberg, Samantha Kane, Russell Bennett, and Michael Finneran. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:20:00 GMT Blair Pleasant http://www.ucstrategies.com/industry-buzz/ucstrategies-experts-debate-social-and-uc-in-the-enterprise-part-1-of-2.aspx UCStrategies Industry Buzz 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/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/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/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