Dave Michels
Dave is an independent industry analyst and consultant focusing on IP PBX UC strategies and solutions; particularly around emerging trends such as cloud telephony, endpoints, mobility, and channel strategies. Dave has a background in enterprise IT and networks, and a passion for IP Telephony. He is an active blogger on telecom and related topics at www.TalkingPointz.com.
Dave’s background combines years of IT operational experience at Fortune 500 companies such as Coors and GE as well as mid size organizations in travel and manufacturing. He has strong experience with channel development, from manufacturer, distributor, and dealer perspectives. Some of that experience came from forming a dealership focused on IT and telephony; one of several startups.
Dave holds a Master’s degree in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado. He also completed advanced certifications in Information Systems from Harvard. His undergraduate in business is from Humboldt State University in California. Dave tends to take a critical eye to technology and its role, often resulting with unique perspectives. Ha has taught graduate classes in telecommunications at the University of Colorado.
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Articles by Dave Michels
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Spark Doesn’t Melt - January 9, 2018
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BCStrategies Forecasts for 2018 - December 27, 2017
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Experts Weigh in on the Gartner MQ for UCaaS 2017 - October 13, 2017
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Konftel Ego - September 11, 2017
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Cisco Sparks a Slew of News - August 24, 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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Who Should Have Bought ShoreTel? - August 2, 2017
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Alexa, What's Amazon Up To? - June 23, 2017
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Teleworking Changes: New Trend or an Overreaction? - June 15, 2017
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Solving the Desktop Audio Conundrum - June 12, 2017
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Reviewing Mitel and the Elite Experience - June 9, 2017
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NEC Advantage 2017 - May 11, 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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UCaaS vs. CPaaS - February 10, 2017
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Cisco Sparks a Conversation Among the UCStrategies Experts - February 1, 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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UCStrategies' Predictions, Expectations and Hopes for 2017 - January 17, 2017
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IoT Calling - January 5, 2017
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2016 Year in Review - January 6, 2017
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RBC Rolls Out Video Banking in Canada - December 13, 2016
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UCStrategies Reports on NextCon16 and BroadSoft Connections - November 30, 2016
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Reviewing the Latest (and Greatest) BC Summit - November 15, 2016
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Collaboration Boardom - October 31, 2016
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Speaking of Disruption...Introducing Workplace by Facebook - October 28, 2016
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The Network is Ripe For Disruption - September 26, 2016
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Hopes and Aspirations for 2016 - September 23, 2016
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Industry Consolidation Podcast - August 12, 2016
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Vonage Calls on Integration - August 10, 2016
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UCStrategies' Take on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UC - August 3, 2016
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What’s In a Name? - August 1, 2016
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Cisco and IBM Bring the Power of Watson to “Intelligent Collaboration” - July 22, 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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Wrestling Google for Seamless UC - June 29, 2016
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UCStrategies Reacts to Microsoft Purchase of LinkedIn - June 23, 2016
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Can We Solve the Tower of Babel That is Text? - June 2, 2016
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NEC's IT Advantage - May 26, 2016
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UCaaS and CPaaS Merging - May 23, 2016
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The New Role of APIs, Integrations, and CPaaS For Business Communications - May 13, 2016
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Workstream Messaging and UC - May 5, 2016
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Mitel's Acquisition of Polycom: UCStrategies' Reaction - April 22, 2016
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Vidyo’s Clowd - March 14, 2016
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Hopes, Dreams, and Fears: UCStrategies Previews Enterprise Connect 2016 - February 19, 2016
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A Stand-out for GROUP Communications - February 8, 2016
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Reflections on the Unify Global Analyst Conference - January 29, 2016
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Avaya Plays Sports - January 28, 2016
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The Big Picture on Video - December 3, 2015
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NEC Announces UNIVERGE Blue - November 17, 2015
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UCStrategies Reacts to Atos Acquisition of Unify - November 11, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Preview UC Summit 2015 - October 28, 2015
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UCStrategies Reviews Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS 2015 - October 16, 2015
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8x8 Attracting Enterprise Customers - October 7, 2015
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Time for Channel Specialization - September 28, 2015
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Mobile Considerations in Enterprise Communications - September 4, 2015
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Experts Discuss UC Security - August 14, 2015
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SIP Trunks to Reduce the Cost of Cellular - August 11, 2015
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Is There Really a Market for UC in the SMB Space? - August 7, 2015
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Time to Drop the Anchor - July 30, 2015
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What is Doomed, End of Life, Kaput (or Should Be)? - July 30, 2015
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Microsoft: Continuing to Change UC - July 24, 2015
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Is UCaaS a Blip or a Trend? - July 9, 2015
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UC Experts Engage on Avaya - July 3, 2015
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Reflecting on Inflection - June 30, 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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UCStrategies Reviews Gartner Magic Quadrant for Midsize Enterprises - May 15, 2015
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The Smartphone Becomes a SMARTphone - May 14, 2015
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UCStrategies Reviews ShoreTel One Partner Conference - May 7, 2015
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What's Happening in the Mid-Market? - April 17, 2015
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Oh, Say Can You Hear - April 16, 2015
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UCStrategies Reviews Enterprise Connect 2015 - March 30, 2015
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NEC Launches Smart Enterprise, Globally - March 16, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Preview Enterprise Connect 2015 - March 10, 2015
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Interesting Times - February 27, 2015
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UCStrategies Gives Free Advice - February 26, 2015
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UCStrategies Yes or No Game - January 22, 2015
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2015 Forecast from UCStrategies - January 15, 2015
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Smiling About Video - January 14, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Discuss “Most Significant“ of 2014 - January 9, 2015
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Goodbye Lync - December 22, 2014
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UCStrategies Reviews the Cisco Collaboration Summit - December 3, 2014
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Connecting the Circuit - October 28, 2014
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VaaS-ing with LifeSize Cloud - October 22, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Discuss Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS - October 2, 2014
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Enjoy the Status Quo While it Lasts - September 29, 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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UCStrategies Experts Debate Windows Phone - August 8, 2014
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UCStrategies Reaction: Apple - IBM Partnership - July 22, 2014
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Will UC Dealers Exist in a Cloudy World? - July 21, 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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Improving Your Hand - June 27, 2014
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UCStrategies on Interactions 2014 - June 16, 2014
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UCStrategies and Ram Menghani, on the NEC Advantage - June 3, 2014
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Spatial Audio: What You Don’t Hear - May 12, 2014
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Buying Matters More Than Selling - April 14, 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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Microsoft Partners With Nectar on UC SDN - March 24, 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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Schedule this PainPoint - March 4, 2014
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Omni-Channel Capabilities in the Contact Center - February 28, 2014
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ArrowS3 Focused on Services - February 12, 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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2013 was a Reboot Year - January 7, 2014
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A World of Technology at NEC iExpo - December 4, 2013
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UCStrategies Experts Discuss Recent Industry Consolidation - November 27, 2013
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UCStrategies Reviews the Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony - November 12, 2013
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Reclaiming the Title “Smartphone” - November 12, 2013
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UCStrategies Reaction to Microsoft Lync's Reported Growth - November 6, 2013
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Sonus Evolving the SBC - November 6, 2013
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New Collaborative Solutions from Avaya - October 15, 2013
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UC on the Go - October 15, 2013
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VideoConferencing with a Director - October 8, 2013
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Software-Defined Networking and UC - September 30, 2013
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The Federation Opportunity - October 4, 2013
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Blue Jeans Raises $50 Million - September 19, 2013
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Extreme Networks Amplifies Its Team - September 13, 2013
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Discussion on Conferencing and Video Interoperability with Scott Wharton of Vidtel - September 10, 2013
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No Such Thing as a Mobile User - September 5, 2013
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Avaya the Disruptor - August 27, 2013
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UCStrategies Experts on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UC - 2013 - August 27, 2013
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Acano Goes GA - August 28, 2013
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HP Targeting the Growing UC Opportunity - August 22, 2013
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UC ROI - August 19, 2013
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Photo Messaging: What Will They Think of Next? - August 19, 2013
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Attitudes on Video Need to Change - August 14, 2013
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UC Pitfalls and Opportunities - August 1, 2013
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Consumerization of Business Travel - July 31, 2013
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Productive Audio Conferencing - July 29, 2013
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Where Will Mobility Take Us? - July 26, 2013
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Andy Miller Ousted as CEO of Polycom - July 24, 2013
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OpenStack Turned 3 - July 23, 2013
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Declining Revenue, So What? - July 18, 2013
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So, You Think You Are a UC Expert? - July 18, 2013
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Project Ansible - July 18, 2013
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What is Privacy? - July 15, 2013
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Managing Recurring Revenue from Wi-Fi - July 15, 2013
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Coopetition: Microsoft and Cisco - July 11, 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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The Mobile Revolution is Over - July 8, 2013
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Shift Happens for ALU-E - July 5, 2013
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Take My Phone, Really - July 3, 2013
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Betting on XMPP - July 1, 2013
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Key Trends in UC - June 28, 2013
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Mitel and Vidyo Promote the Conversation - June 26, 2013
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Fingerprints on the Cookie Jar - June 25, 2013
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Battling For Productivity - June 24, 2013
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Tips on the Remote Office - June 21, 2013
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DIY Room Systems - June 19, 2013
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Mitel Snags prairieFyre - June 18, 2013
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Partnering in Pencil - June 17, 2013
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Avaya Targeting ShoreTel - June 12, 2013
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What is the WebRTC Opportunity for the Channel? - June 14, 2013
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Avaya and HP Partner - June 11, 2013
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What Is Collaboration? - June 10, 2013
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CheapPhonesHere.Com - June 6, 2013
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The Risk of Equating Revenue to Sales - June 5, 2013
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What? - June 4, 2013
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The Future of IT - May 31, 2013
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Transparency - May 30, 2013
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Multi-Organizational UC - May 30, 2013
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A Distributor’s Disruptive Journey - May 29, 2013
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Agentless Contact Center Solutions - May 23, 2013
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Do MCUs Make Sense? - May 22, 2013
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Mean People Rule - May 21, 2013
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Restarting the Conversation - May 20, 2013
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Google Voice: Asleep at the Switch - May 16, 2013
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Software: The Softer Side of Sears - May 15, 2013
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Context Reversing Televolution - May 15, 2013
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TPN Expands to Europe - May 13, 2013
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Blackmore to Retire from ShoreTel - May 10, 2013
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Westcon Wholesales BYOD Security - May 8, 2013
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Looking at Video - May 7, 2013
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ShoreTel First to Dock - May 6, 2013
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UC Summit 2013 Day Three - May 2, 2013
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UC Summit 2013 Day Two - April 30, 2013
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UC Summit 2013 Day One - April 29, 2013
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The Next Big Cloud: Internet2 - April 25, 2013
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The Googrilla in the Midst - April 24, 2013
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Fried on Why Work Doesn’t Happen at the Office - April 22, 2013
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Top of CIOs Mind - April 19, 2013
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UC Innovation - April 18, 2013
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Is WebRTC a Threat to Skype? - April 18, 2013
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The Contact Center in the Sky - April 15, 2013
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Don’t Save Money with Cloud - April 12, 2013
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Confused about Servers - April 10, 2013
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Who Killed the Press Release? - April 9, 2013
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Countdown to UC Summit 2013 - April 8, 2013
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Endpoints - April 8, 2013
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UCaaS Channel Building - April 4, 2013
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UC versus UC&C - April 3, 2013
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Avaya Expands Cloud Portfolio - March 20, 2013
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New Collaborative Endpoint from Cisco - March 20, 2013
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First Video Infrastructure Now Endpoints Drop - March 19, 2013
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AVST Introduces Atom - March 18, 2013
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Switchvox Now in the Cloud - March 15, 2013
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Vidyo Rising - March 15, 2013
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Enterprise Connect Disappointments - March 13, 2013
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Where Did Joe Go? - March 11, 2013
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B2X is BS - March 8, 2013
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nUCaaS is Here - March 6, 2013
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A Sea of UC - March 4, 2013
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UCI AVC & SVC A-OK - March 1, 2013
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Lync 2013 News and Responses - February 28, 2013
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Mitel Virtually Recognized - February 26, 2013
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Marissa Gets it Right - February 25, 2013
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Wanted: Mitel VP of Sales NA - February 22, 2013
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Virtually Collaborating - February 21, 2013
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Digium Announces Partner Awards - February 20, 2013
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Call Your Own Contact Center - February 19, 2013
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Tim Cook on Vertical Integration and Market Potential - February 14, 2013
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Making Video Native to UC - February 12, 2013
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RIM Out; BB10 In - February 8, 2013
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A Look at a Book: Sellecom - February 6, 2013