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Cisco’s Alex Hadden-Boyd discusses WebEx Connect – Cisco’s new collaboration SaaS offering

Cisco released its new software-as-a-service offering for collaboration called WebEx Connect. Cisco’s Alex Hadden-Boyd sits down with Blair Pleasant to describe WebEx Connect, its features and capabilities, and how customers can use these new collaboration tools.  

Tom Burns, COO of Alcatel-Lucent's Enterprise Business Group discusses the

At the Alcatel Lucent Global Industry Analyst Conference in Orlando, Tom Burns sat down with Blair Pleasant and Vanessa Alvarez to talk about ALU's vision of the Dynamic Enterprise, the role of web 2.0 enterprise 2.0, and how

Alcatel-Lucent’s David Buckley discusses UC and IP Telephony

Alcatel Lucent’s David Buckley discusses UC and IP Telephony, and provides an update on ALU’s UC products. At the Alcatel Lucent Global Analyst Conference, David Buckley, Director of Product Line Management for the enterprise division, discussed how

Polycom’s Ben Guderian on Mobile UC in the WLAN

While everyone seems to agree that mobility will be one of the major benefits to be gained from unified communications, there are few who can provide any insight into the practical challenges involved in bringing that about.

Blake Baxter of Dimension Data Discusses their UC Development Model

Blake Baxter discusses Dimension Data’s UC Development Model (UCDM), a facilitated engagement the company performs with customers to help organizations better prioritize their investment in UC.

Don Smith on the First Anniversary of Mitel’s Acquisition of Inter-Tel and the First Unified Communications Ultra Thin Desktop

Don Smith, Mitel’s CEO, has a candid conversation with Jim Burton on why Mitel didn’t go public when it acquired Inter-Tel on August 17, 2007, the progress it has made as a combined company, an update on its unified communications initiatives, and Sun Microsystems and Mitel global partnership to provide an innovative and complete unified voice and ultra thin client desktop.

Genesys GETS It

 Jim Kraeutler of Genesys discusses Genesys Enterprise Telephony Software (GETS) and how enterprises are using it to benefit from UC capabilities.

Mark Straton of Siemens discusses the evolving unified communications industry

Mark Straton, Senior Vice president, Global Marketing, Siemens Enterprise Communications, has a conversation with Jim Burton about Siemens’ recent launch

Siemens Communications’ Mark Straton discusses Siemens’ open approach to communications

Siemens Communications’ Mark Straton discusses Siemens’ open approach to communications, as well as its OpenScape Unified Communications solution.

Michael Sawka Speaks on the Value of Consultants in the UC Market

Michael Sawka speaks on the major growth drivers for the consultant practice in the telecommunication industry when transitioning from traditional voice systems to converged voice data communications or UC. Mick_Sawka_Podcast