Phil Edholm
Phil Edholm is the President and Founder of PKE Consulting. PKE consults to end users and vendors in the communications and networking markets. PKE works with our clients to deliver the value of the integration of information and interaction. Whether with Unified Communications or integration of communications and business processes, PKE has the experience and knowledge to transform your organization.
Phil Edholm has over 30 years experience in creating innovation and transformation in networking and communications. Prior to founding PKE , he was Vice President of Technology Strategy and Innovation for Avaya. In this role, he was responsible for defining vision and strategic technology and the integration of the Nortel product portfolio into Avaya. He was responsible for portfolio architecture, standards activities, and User Experience. Prior to Avaya, he was CTO/CSO for the Nortel Enterprise business for 9 years. At Nortel, he led the development of VoIP solutions and multimedia communications as well as IP transport technology. His background includes extensive LAN and data communications experience, including 13 years with Silicon Valley start-ups.
Phil is recognized as an industry leader and visionary. In 2007, he was recognized by Frost and Sullivan with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Growth, Innovation and Leadership in Telecommunications. Phil is a widely sought speaker and has been in the VoiceCon/Enterprise Connect Great Debate three times. He has been recognized by the IEEE as the originator of “Edholm’s Law of Bandwidth” as published in July 2004 IEEE Spectrum magazine and as one of the “Top 100 Voices of IP Communications" by Internet Telephony magazine. Phil was a member of the IEEE 802.3 standards committee, developed the first multi-protocol network interfaces, and was a founder of the Frame Relay Forum. Phil has 13 patents and holds a BSME/EE from Kettering University.
Articles by Phil Edholm
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Mergers and Acquisitions in BC: Reflections and Predictions for 2018 - January 12, 2018
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BCStrategies Forecasts for 2018 - December 27, 2017
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Is Net Neutrality Good or Bad from an Enterprise Perspective? - December 21, 2017
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Net Neutrality...Dead? - December 14, 2017
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2017 Year in Review in Business Communications - December 8, 2017
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Cisco Acquires BroadSoft - November 1, 2017
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BC Summit 2017: Times Are a-Changin' - October 26, 2017
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Cisco and BroadSoft – Does it Make Sense? - October 24, 2017
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Experts Weigh in on the Gartner MQ for UCaaS 2017 - October 13, 2017
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Cisco Sparks a Slew of News - August 24, 2017
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Experts Discuss the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UC - August 21, 2017
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Aryaka Networks - Delivering SD-WAN Globally - August 14, 2017
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Avaya Clears Another Hurdle - August 11, 2017
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UCStrategies on the Mitel-ShoreTel News - August 3, 2017
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ThousandEyes Active Network Monitoring - July 27, 2017
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Teleworking Changes: New Trend or an Overreaction? - June 15, 2017
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Reviewing Mitel and the Elite Experience - June 9, 2017
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CPaaS Perspectives - May 19, 2017
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Mitel to Acquire Toshiba Communications Assets - May 12, 2017
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Movers and Shakers - May 5, 2017
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The Role of AI in UC&C - May 2, 2017
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Enterprise Connect 2017 Review - April 10, 2017
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TATA Communications Focuses on APIs for Operations and CPaaS - March 30, 2017
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Toshiba Exits North American Telecom Market - March 25, 2017
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The Future of Collaboration - March 17, 2017
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Engaging the UCStrategies Experts - February 24, 2017
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Avaya – What is the Path Forward Through Bankruptcy? - February 21, 2017
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UCC – It’s a Business Thing - February 21, 2017
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UCaaS vs. CPaaS - February 10, 2017
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Logitech Brio – Do You Need a 4K Web Cam? - February 8, 2017
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WebRTC Edges Ahead - February 3, 2017
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Cisco Sparks a Conversation Among the UCStrategies Experts - February 1, 2017
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Vidyo Announces CPaaS 2.0 Cloud Embedded Video - January 25, 2017
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UCStrategies' Reaction to Avaya Chapter 11 Announcement - January 23, 2017
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Thoughts on Recent News & Announcements - January 19, 2017
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Avaya Bankruptcy – A New Dawn or the Beginning of the End - January 19, 2017
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Future Collaboration - How the Executive Suite has Become the Change Agent for UC Deployments - January 17, 2017
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UCStrategies' Predictions, Expectations and Hopes for 2017 - January 17, 2017
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Revolabs Showcases Audio Quality - January 5, 2017
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2016 Year in Review - January 6, 2017
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UC Management - Why It Is So Important - December 27, 2016
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CPaaS 2.0 and The Next Generation - November 30, 2016
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Mitel Industry Event Update - November 21, 2016
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Speaking of Disruption...Introducing Workplace by Facebook - October 28, 2016
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Disruption: It’s not Just an election thing! - October 19, 2016
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Avaya Strikes Back With Three New Offers - October 18, 2016
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What Tools & Technologies Do WE Use? - October 14, 2016
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Real Time Web Solutions China 2016 - October 6, 2016
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Contact Center Industry Consolidation, Disruption, and the Future - September 30, 2016
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Hopes and Aspirations for 2016 - September 23, 2016
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Genesys and Interactive Intelligence – The First Domino - September 6, 2016
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Industry Consolidation Podcast - August 12, 2016
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Our Evolving Industry: Shaping the Agenda for BC Summit 2016 - August 8, 2016
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UCStrategies' Take on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UC - August 3, 2016
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2016 Midyear Review - July 11, 2016
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UCStrategies Reviews INTERACTIONS 2016 - July 6, 2016
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AVNET – Helping UC Vendors Transform the UC Delivery Market - June 28, 2016
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Can We Solve the Tower of Babel That is Text? - June 2, 2016
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Outsourcing Support and Services for UC Vendors - May 31, 2016
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NEC's IT Advantage - May 26, 2016
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The New Role of APIs, Integrations, and CPaaS For Business Communications - May 13, 2016
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AT&T Federation Services Transform UC - April 29, 2016
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Mitel's Acquisition of Polycom: UCStrategies' Reaction - April 22, 2016
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Enterprise Connect Update: BCOM Helps Drive Successful UC Deployments - April 28, 2016
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Vidyo Enhances WebRTC Functionality - April 14, 2016
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The Role of Customer Engagement in the Contact Center - March 25, 2016
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Polycom Integration with Skype for Business is Changing the Value of the Ecosystem - March 15, 2016
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BCOM Update at Enterprise Connect 16 - March 4, 2016
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Interoperability: A Dream or Reality? - March 3, 2016
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Hopes, Dreams, and Fears: UCStrategies Previews Enterprise Connect 2016 - February 19, 2016
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Will the Cloud Change the Price of Business Communications? - February 16, 2016
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UCStrategies Debate: Is Presence Dead? - February 5, 2016
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Reflections on the Unify Global Analyst Conference - January 29, 2016
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Unify – An Outlook - January 25, 2016
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UCStrategies Predictions for 2016 - January 8, 2016
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Audio Quality in UC – All Ears Matter - January 8, 2016
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Learning From the Cloud – Delivering a Premise Solution with Cloud Values - December 30, 2015
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CDK Global-Voss Solutions Business Communications Operations Management (BCOM) Case Study - December 11, 2015
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Experts Review BC Summit 2015 - December 2, 2015
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Time to Update the Audio Device in Your Huddle Rooms - November 23, 2015
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Tuesday, Nov 10 Kicks Off Real Time Web Solutions China - November 6, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Preview UC Summit 2015 - October 28, 2015
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Phil Edholm Interview With Tony Zhao - October 27, 2015
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Broadsoft Unveils Project Tempo for UCStrategies - October 26, 2015
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UCStrategies Reviews Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS 2015 - October 16, 2015
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Damaka Announces UCC Platform Source Code Licensing - October 7, 2015
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Avoiding UC Failure - September 29, 2015
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Predictions We Got Wrong - September 18, 2015
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Masergy Introduces WebRTC-Based Visual IVR and Web Calling - September 21, 2015
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WebRTC World Announces Real Time on the Web China 2015 in November - September 17, 2015
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Lifesize Introduces WebRTC-Based Conferencing on Cloud Video - September 17, 2015
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Mobile Considerations in Enterprise Communications - September 4, 2015
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Apple and Cisco Partner for Enterprise Mobility - September 1, 2015
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RingCentral and the Elephant in the Room - August 25, 2015
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Experts Discuss UC Security - August 14, 2015
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Is There Really a Market for UC in the SMB Space? - August 7, 2015
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Microsoft: Continuing to Change UC - July 24, 2015
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And Now for Something New – A UC Application Contest - July 30, 2015
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Is UCaaS a Blip or a Trend? - July 9, 2015
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Kurmi Software – BCOM for the Core and an Extensive Service Brokerage Platform - July 8, 2015
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Damaka Enables CEBP With Endpoint SDK for Cisco, Microsoft, and IBM - July 7, 2015
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UC Experts Engage on Avaya - July 3, 2015
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A Framework for Defining the Business Communications and Collaboration Future - June 12, 2015
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Unimax – Truly Multi-Vendor - June 4, 2015
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Messaging-First Conferencing Solutions - June 4, 2015
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UCStrategies Reflects on NEC Advantage 2015 - June 2, 2015
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UCStrategies on Microsoft Ignite - May 21, 2015
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VOSS Solutions - Delivering BCOM Automation - May 20, 2015
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Is the Velocity of Change Impacting Your Business Communications - UC Solution? - May 7, 2015
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Windows Phone - Is Anyone Calling? - May 1, 2015
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Is WebRTC in Your Facebook Future? - April 28, 2015
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Last Chance to Register for WebRTC World Conference and Expo Miami, May 12-14, 2015 - April 24, 2015
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What's Happening in the Mid-Market? - April 17, 2015
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VoIPmageddon White Paper Available - April 14, 2015
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Living in a Multi-Vendor World – Is BCOM a Key to Success? - April 1, 2015
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UCStrategies Reviews Enterprise Connect 2015 - March 30, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Preview Enterprise Connect 2015 - March 10, 2015
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VoIPmageddon at Enterprise Connect - March 4, 2015
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Mitel Acquisition of Mavenir Indicates New Directions - March 2, 2015
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UCStrategies Gives Free Advice - February 26, 2015
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RingCentral New Connect Platform API Moves into CEBP…and more? - February 25, 2015
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Is 3CX the New Alternative for SMB? - February 24, 2015
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An Open Request to the FCC: Can We Just Reserve 10% for Real Time? - February 11, 2015
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Voice Quality: Heading in the Right Direction? - February 12, 2015
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Skype for Business – a Name That is Too Long? - January 30, 2015
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2015 Forecast from UCStrategies - January 15, 2015
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CES 2015, a UC View - January 13, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Discuss “Most Significant“ of 2014 - January 9, 2015
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Avaya Engages, New Strategy or ? - December 16, 2014
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Comprehensive WebRTC Ecosystem Report Available - December 15, 2014
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Comparing the Plantronics Savi W740 and the Jabra Motion Office - November 14, 2014
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UCStrategies Catches Up With Huawei - October 29, 2014
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Connecting the Circuit - October 28, 2014
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Dimension Data Unified Communications Services: An End-to-End Journey - October 24, 2014
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Highfive – Simple Video, No Remotes - October 13, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Discuss Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS - October 2, 2014
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The Cloud and the Future of Customer Engagement - September 30, 2014
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Getting Social in San Francisco - September 22, 2014
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Social Customer Service in the Enterprise - September 18, 2014
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications - UCStrategies Views - August 28, 2014
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HP and Avaya – Moving Forward With Small Steps - August 28, 2014
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Is UC Succeeding or Failing? - August 6, 2014
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Video for Smaller Rooms – Tely Labs HD Pro - August 6, 2014
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What’s Next after AIM PIC Federation is Gone? - July 29, 2014
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Moving UC Forward: Tools, Resources, and UC University - July 23, 2014
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UCStrategies Reaction: Apple - IBM Partnership - July 22, 2014
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UC – Supporting Initiatives in the Public Sector - July 15, 2014
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UC Implications of Mary Meeker's “Internet Trends 2014” Presentation - July 8, 2014
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Tracking IT Spending Changes - July 1, 2014
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WebRTC and Webification Driving Feedback in the Contact Center - June 25, 2014
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UCStrategies on Interactions 2014 - June 16, 2014
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Open Source WebRTC Plugin for Microsoft Internet Explorer Released by Priologic - June 11, 2014
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UCStrategies and Ram Menghani, on the NEC Advantage - June 3, 2014
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Voxbone Offers Global WebRTC - June 3, 2014
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A View to Our Future – Mobile Devices, WebRTC, HTML5, and the Webification of Communications - May 30, 2014
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Is an SBC the Essential Umbrella in a Cloud UCaaS Deployment? - May 22, 2014
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Reflections on UC Summit 2014 - May 21, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Interpret InformationWeek's State of UC Survey Results - May 20, 2014
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UCStrategies Views: The Cloud - April 8, 2014
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Discussing the Cloud Ecosystem with Interactive Intelligence - April 3, 2014
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Enterprise Connect 2014 - UCStrategies Views - March 31, 2014
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Interactive Intelligence Cloud Observations - March 23, 2014
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New OVCC Forrester Study on Market State of B2B Video Communication - March 21, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Preview Enterprise Connect 2014 - March 10, 2014
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Lync Conference 2014 and Universal Communications - March 5, 2014
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WebRTC World Releases WebRTC Outlook 2014 Report - March 3, 2014
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Vidyo Announces VidyoH2O™ for Google+ Hangouts - February 10, 2014
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BYOD: Where is it Going from Here? - February 11, 2014
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Meeting with Spoken CEO Howard Lee - February 6, 2014
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How Can VARs Succeed? - February 5, 2014
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What UC Trends Will Fizzle in 2014? - January 27, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Look Ahead to 2014 - January 21, 2014
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Will Net Neutrality Ruling Impact UC Services? - January 14, 2014
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Market Research Forecasts Total Over 6.2B WebRTC Enabled Devices in 2018 - January 13, 2014
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A Look Back at UC in 2013 - January 10, 2014
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Is Federation Exposing Your UC Servers to Denial of Service Attacks? - January 7, 2014
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UCStrategies Releases New UC Benefits and ROI Tool for VARs and Resellers - December 18, 2013
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WebRTC World Conference and Expo is NEXT Week - November 13, 2013
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UCStrategies Reaction to Microsoft Lync's Reported Growth - November 6, 2013
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Will the Rockstar Lawsuits Impact WebRTC? - November 1, 2013
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UCStrategies on SBCs - October 24, 2013
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UCStrategies Discussions: PBX Augmentation or Replacement, and Premise vs. Cloud (or Hybrid) - October 9, 2013
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Sonus Goes Virtual, with a Twist of Cloud - October 9, 2013
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Tely Labs - Board Room Video for the Rest of Us? - October 7, 2013
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UCStrategies on Telework - October 3, 2013
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Software-Defined Networking and UC - September 30, 2013
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Oracle Open World - A Unified Communications View - September 27, 2013
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Upcoming WebRTC Webinar: WebRTC, Is It a Game Changer? - September 24, 2013
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A Look at UC Trends and Recent News - September 17, 2013
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Discussion on Conferencing and Video Interoperability with Scott Wharton of Vidtel - September 10, 2013
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UCStrategies Experts on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UC - 2013 - August 27, 2013
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HP's UC Reference Architectures - August 28, 2013
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UC ROI - August 19, 2013
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The Gartner Magic Quadrant for UC 2013 - Is this a Mature Industry Profile? - August 13, 2013
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UC Pitfalls and Opportunities - August 1, 2013
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Zoom - Welcome to the New World of Video - July 31, 2013
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Where Will Mobility Take Us? - July 26, 2013
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On-Site WebRTC Training in Las Vegas with Industry Leaders Dan Burnett and Alan Johnston - July 22, 2013
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Chrome 29 Brings WebRTC to Android - July 22, 2013
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Project Ansible - July 18, 2013
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Optimizing Unified Communications - July 12, 2013
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UCStrategies Reviews June Events: Avaya, Mitel, Siemens and WebRTC Conference and Expo - July 9, 2013
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WebRTC Conference and Expo 2013 Atlanta Report - July 3, 2013
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UCStrategies Discount Code for the WebRTC Conference and Expo - June 14, 2013
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WebRTC – Who is your “Peer?” - May 21, 2013
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Exciting Offer for WebRTC Conference and Expo - May 15, 2013
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WebRTC Deliveries are Starting in the Enterprise - May 14, 2013
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Lync versus Jabber - How do you decide? - March 26, 2013
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Remote Workers - Is Yahoo on Track? - March 7, 2013
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VEBP - Visual Enabled Business Processes - February 27, 2013
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Executive Overview: Impact of Device Size on Quality of Business Video Conferencing - February 19, 2013
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Acronym Soup: WebRTC, VoLTE, and RCS – New Technologies to Pay Attention To - February 6, 2013