UC EXPO: Cloud collaboration driving digital transformation, say IT leaders
Cloud-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) now form the bedrock of enterprise digital transformation, claimed IT thought leaders at UC EXPO in London. Cisco’s Donald McLaughlin,...
View ArticleWhy the lowest common denominator dictates the success or failure of UC
UC&C technologies should be thought of as a ‘total experience’ that satisfies business needs, rather than as point solutions to technology problems. However, people’s real-world experience of using...
View ArticleThe UK’s Huddle celebrates one million users. But should we?
UK-founded Cloud collaboration vendor Huddle has announced that it has exceeded one million business and government users worldwide – its core market. “We are really beginning to saturate our key...
View ArticleHow to manage the culture change and customer experience sides of UC to make...
The success of enterprise UC&C is as much to do with a cultural change within the organisation as it has to do with technology, and the focus should be on business need, not IT. That’s the belief...
View ArticleFTC approves Mitel / Polycom deal
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has effectively approved Mitel’s $1.96 billion bid for UC systems vendor Polycom, by striking out the normal waiting period mandated by antitrust regulations. The...
View ArticleRecord results for Box, so why are analysts seeing failure?
Collaboration tools vendor Box posted better than expected first-quarter results, but its shares tumbled yesterday as subscription sales and renewals – aka billings – were lower than analyst...
View ArticleWake up! ‘The cloud’ doesn’t exist. We explain why…
It’s time to stop talking about ‘the cloud’ and wake up to sovereign realities, says Chris Middleton. What does this mean for UC&C in ‘the cloud’? Some people still think of the cloud as a benign...
View ArticleGovernment’s surveillance review “a stitch up”, says MP
The UK government has been slammed by an MP over its dogmatic attitude to the revised Investigatory Powers Bill, which incorporates the so-called Snooper’s Charter. The legislation is passing through...
View ArticleMicrosoft to acquire LinkedIn in $26bn megadeal: analysis
Microsoft has announced its intention to acquire social business platform, LinkedIn, for $26 billion. The huge cash deal – a bubble in its own right – values LinkedIn at $196 a share, or $60 per user....
View ArticleBrexit: the UK’s IT skills, innovation, and investment challenge starts now!
OPINION Britain has already started looking to the future – and rightly so. Whether leaving the EU is a bad decision, as many economists, trade organisations, and financial institutions believe – and...
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