Industry Buzz

Read and hear about the latest and greatest in the UC world. Industry Buzz features vendor interviews, podcasts, and exciting industry news that goes beyond the headlines - to what the leading vendors are doing in the UC market. Industry Buzz helps you understand the new products, alliances, and technologies that vendors are announcing and introducing.



Unified Communications Best Practices

By Jim Burton August 25, 2010

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts offer their own UC best practices for enterprises developing their unified communications strategies.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, ucstrategies, UC_best_practices

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications - Part 2

By Jim Burton August 20, 2010

In the second of two Industry Buzz podcasts on the topic, the UCStrategies UC experts discuss Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, Gartner_Magic_Quadrant

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications - Part 1

By Jim Burton August 17, 2010

UC experts Jim Burton, Marty Parker, and Dave Michels discuss Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications in the first of two Industry Buzz podcasts on the topic.

 

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Unified_communication, cebp, communication_enabled_business_process, uc_information, ucstrategies, Gartner_Magic_Quadrant

UC Experts Discuss UC in Health Care

By Jim Burton August 10, 2010

 In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies UC experts discuss UC in the health care industry.

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Unified_communication, mobile_communication, uc_information

What is UC All About? Revisiting the Definition of Unified Communications

By Jim Burton August 3, 2010

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies experts debate the definition of unified communications, and the validity of trying to define the term.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, ucstrategies, UC_definition, Definition_of_UC

UCStrategies Experts Discuss ShoreTel

By Jim Burton July 30, 2010

Several of the UCStrategies UC experts attended ShoreTel's recent analyst briefing. Today's podcast focuses on ShoreTel and their recent announcements.

 

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ShoreTel

Future Prospects of Mobile UC

By Jim Burton July 20, 2010

The UCStrategies experts debate the future of mobile UC, the driving forces that shape the market, and handicap some of the key players. 

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Unified_communication, mobile_communication, communication_enabled_business_process, uc_information, ucstrategies

UCStrategies Experts Discuss Cisco Announcements and Cisco Cius

By Jim Burton July 13, 2010

In this podcast, the UCStrategies.com experts discuss Cisco's recent events and the announcement of the Cisco Cius business tablet.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, ucstrategies, Cisco_Cius

UCStrategies Experts Discuss Architecture Planning for UC

By Jim Burton June 29, 2010

The UCStrategies expert team discusses Marty Parker's article, Architecture Planning is Key for Enterprise UC.

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Unified_communication, uc_information

UCStrategies Experts Discuss Progress in Unified Communications - Successes in the Marketplace

By Jim Burton June 15, 2010

As unified communications moves past "definitional arguments" to actual adoption and implementation, in this podcast the UCStrategies Expert team reports on the types of successes seen in the marketplace. 

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Unified_communication, communication_enabled_business_process, uc_information, ucstrategies, uc_successes

UCStrategies.com Experts Discuss Video and UC

By Jim Burton June 8, 2010

In this podcast, the UCStrategies experts discuss video and unified communications. 

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Unified_communication, communication_enabled_business_process, uc_information, ucstrategies, Video

The Campus View of UC and SIP, Discussion with Professor Henning Schulzrinne, 2010 Update - Part 2

By Jay Brandstadter June 3, 2010

The discussion continues with Professor Henning Schulzrinne of Columbia on the status and direction of SIP and UC including SIP trunking, SIP standards, and cloud computing and its fit with SIP/UC.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, SIP

The Campus View of UC and SIP, Discussion with Professor Henning Schulzrinne, 2010 Update - Part 1

By Jay Brandstadter June 2, 2010

Professor Henning Schulzrinne, of Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, one of the originators of SIP, joins us again this year to discuss UC, SIP's role in it and other key topics with Jay Brandstadter, Michael Finneran and David Yedwab in a  two-part podcast.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, SIP

UCStrategies Experts Discuss the UCIF

By Jim Burton May 26, 2010

The Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCIF) is an open alliance of technology leaders working together to fully realize the potential of Unified Communications. In this podcast, the UCStrategies Expert team discusses the UCIF.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, ucstrategies, interoperability, UCIF

UCIF Kickoff Dinner - Video Highlights

By Jim Burton May 25, 2010

The Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCIF) is an open alliance of technology leaders working together to fully realize the potential of Unified Communications. UCStrategies' Jim Burton emceed the UCIF kickoff dinner in San Francisco on May 18.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, ucstrategies, interoperability, UCIF

UCStrategies Experts Discuss Interoperability

By Jim Burton May 18, 2010

In this podcast, the UCStrategies Experts rally around the need for interoperability in the unified communications industry.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, ucstrategies, interoperability

UCStrategies Experts Discuss Microsoft Effect on UC

By Jim Burton May 13, 2010

In their weekly podcast, the UCStrategies Expert team discusses Microsoft, and the company's effect on the unified communications industry.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, ucstrategies, Microsoft

UC Summit 2010 - Channel Role in a Cloud World

By Jim Burton May 7, 2010

UC Summit 2010 included a panel discussion moderated by Larry Lisser titled, "Channel Role in a Cloud Role."

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Unified_communication, uc_information, ucstrategies, cloud

UCStrategies Experts Discuss Successful UC Summit 2010

By Jim Burton May 4, 2010

In this podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss UC Summit 2010, held April 25-28.

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Unified_communication, uc_information, ucstrategies, UC_Summit

UC Summit 2010 - Most Profitable Areas for Dealers-Integrators

By Jim Burton April 29, 2010

UC Summit 2010 included a panel discussion moderated by UCStrategies expert Marty Parker titled, "What are the Most Profitable Areas Today for Dealers/Integrators? Where's the Money?" 

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Unified_communication, uc_information

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