Blair Pleasant
Blair Pleasant is President & Principal Analyst of COMMfusion LLC and a co-founder of ucstrategies.com, an industry resource on the growing UC arena. She provides consulting and market research analysis on voice/data convergence markets, applications, and technologies, aimed at helping end-user and vendor clients both strategically and tactically. Prior to COMMfusion, Ms. Pleasant was Director of Communications Analysis for The PELORUS Group, a market research and consulting firm, and President of Lower Falls Consulting.
With 20 years experience, her primary areas of focus are convergence applications, including Unified Communications, Unified Messaging, the contact center, computer telephony integration (CTI), and voice processing. Blair has authored many highly acclaimed multi-client market studies and white papers, as well as custom research reports, and provides market research analysis and consulting services to both end user and vendor clients.
Blair’s blogs and articles can be found on ucstrategies.com and www.commfusion.com. She also tweets on Twitter as blairplez, and you can find her on Facebook and LinkedIn.
She can be contacted at bpleasant@commfusion.com.
Articles by Blair Pleasant
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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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Genesys – Moments Connected - December 11, 2017
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2017 Year in Review in Business Communications - December 8, 2017
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Cisco AI Emerges - November 22, 2017
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Broadsoft CMO on Connections Conference, Cisco, Channel and Cloud - November 15, 2017
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Dreamforce – Preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution - November 14, 2017
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RingCentral Rings In Analyst Day - November 6, 2017
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Cisco Acquires BroadSoft - November 1, 2017
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Five9 on Moving Your Contact Center to the Cloud - November 2, 2017
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BC Summit 2017: Times Are a-Changin' - October 26, 2017
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BC Summit - October 13, 2017
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Voicemail Becomes Contextual - September 26, 2017
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Webinar Replay: Real-Time Resolution for the Modern Contact Center - September 12, 2017
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Real-Time Resolution for the Modern Contact Center - September 12, 2017
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Avaya Clears Another Hurdle - August 11, 2017
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AVST Answers the Call for Microsoft Exchange UM - July 31, 2017
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A Discussion with GENBAND’s “Kandy Man” Sacha Gera - July 20, 2017
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Recent Vendor Briefings Roundup - July 7, 2017
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Helping Public Safety Responders Get a Touchdown - July 5, 2017
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Inference CEO on the Evolution and Future of IVR - July 10, 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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Reviewing Mitel and the Elite Experience - June 9, 2017
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Powering Connections with Mitel - June 7, 2017
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HealthEast Turns to Mitel for Epic Results - May 26, 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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Ryan Nichols on Zendesk’s Integration with AWS Connect - April 10, 2017
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Enterprise Connect 2017 Review - April 10, 2017
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Dimension Data Perspectives 2017 - April 5, 2017
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Real-Time Resolution for the Modern Contact Center - March 24, 2017
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The Future of Collaboration - March 17, 2017
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Why Cloud Architecture Matters for Multi-location Businesses - March 6, 2017
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CaféX Chimes In - February 28, 2017
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Avaya’s Mo Nezarati on Zang - February 24, 2017
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NEC – Going Beyond UC to the Smart Enterprise - February 27, 2017
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Connex17 – Connecting with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise - February 14, 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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Spark Continues to Evolve - January 27, 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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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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Morag Lucey, Avaya CMO, on Investments and Innovation - December 15, 2016
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Nidal Abou-Itaif, President of Avaya International on Global Innovation - December 15, 2016
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Avaya Engage Dubai - Experience is Everything in the Age of Intelligence - December 15, 2016
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UCStrategies Reports on NextCon16 and BroadSoft Connections - November 30, 2016
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Nextiva’s NextCon – And What’s Next - November 30, 2016
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Digital Disruption & Transformation - November 23, 2016
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Mitel Analyst Conference – Transforming for Digital Transformation - November 21, 2016
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Reviewing the Latest (and Greatest) BC Summit - November 15, 2016
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Peter Quinlan of Tata Communications - November 7, 2016
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Vonage’s Jeff Savage Discusses Migrating to the Cloud - November 7, 2016
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Zane Long - RingCentral's VP of Channel Sales - October 28, 2016
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Metropolis – Providing an Alternative to the Contact Center - October 21, 2016
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Hub One Helps the Mobile Enterprise Take Off - October 19, 2016
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What Tools & Technologies Do WE Use? - October 14, 2016
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G-Force 2016 – The Calm Before the Storm - October 10, 2016
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Contact Center Industry Consolidation, Disruption, and the Future - September 30, 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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There’s More to the User Experience Than Meets the Ear - August 3, 2016
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Cisco and IBM Bring the Power of Watson to “Intelligent Collaboration” - July 22, 2016
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Verint’s Ryan Hollenbeck on “Actionable Intelligence,” “Customer Engagement Optimization,” and more - July 15, 2016
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UCStrategies Reviews INTERACTIONS 2016 - July 6, 2016
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UCStrategies Reacts to Microsoft Purchase of LinkedIn - June 23, 2016
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Interactive Intelligence INTERACTIONS 2016 – ReImagine - June 20, 2016
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Change Happens – The Evolving Role of BCOM - June 7, 2016
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The Collaborative Contact Center - June 6, 2016
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Can We Solve the Tower of Babel That is Text? - June 2, 2016
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Metaswitch’s SVP Marketing on Helping Network Operators Succeed in UCC - May 27, 2016
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The New World of Video is Here - May 19, 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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Huawei Global Analyst Summit – Building a Better Connected World - April 27, 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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Nextiva CEO Discusses Customer Experience and Nextiva Differentiation - April 1, 2016
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The Role of Customer Engagement in the Contact Center - March 25, 2016
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Jon Rauschenberger of Clarity Discusses New Integration with Facebook Messenger - March 29, 2016
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Enterprise Connect 2016 – To Cloud or Not to Cloud - March 15, 2016
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AT&T Helps Drive User Adoption for UCC - March 15, 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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Interview with Unify’s New CEO, Jon Pritchard - February 18, 2016
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Vertical – Workflow, Workflow, Workflow - February 16, 2016
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Avaya Executive Partner Forum 2016 – Growth and Engagement - February 8, 2016
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Learning to Love the Private Cloud for Higher Ed - February 1, 2016
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Reflections on the Unify Global Analyst Conference - January 29, 2016
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T-Mobile Netherlands Turns to Mitel for New FMC Cloud Service - January 28, 2016
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Unify Analyst Conference Round Up - January 26, 2016
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UCStrategies Predictions for 2016 - January 8, 2016
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Business Communications Trends and Highlights of 2015 - December 23, 2015
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Cisco Sparks it Up at the Collaboration Summit - December 18, 2015
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Experts Review BC Summit 2015 - December 2, 2015
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A Chat With Some of the New BC Summit Participants - December 1, 2015
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Mitel - Mobile First, Cloud Enabled, Millennial Focused - November 24, 2015
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BroadSoft Connections – Defining the Future - November 5, 2015
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SalusCare Improves Patient Care With Skype and Mitel Enabled Contact Center Solution - November 3, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Preview UC Summit 2015 - October 28, 2015
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Hôtel Château de Bonmont Gets a Hole-In-One With Mitel’s Mobility Solutions - October 27, 2015
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Broadsoft Unveils Project Tempo for UCStrategies - October 26, 2015
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Red Funnel Ferries Moves to Multimedia Contact Center to Improve Customer Service - October 21, 2015
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Discussing Intelligent Assistants for Enterprises and Contact Centers - October 16, 2015
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inContact and the “Post-Cloud World” - October 6, 2015
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Why Remote Workers are the Smart Choice for Choice Logistics - September 28, 2015
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Predictions We Got Wrong - September 18, 2015
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Mobile Considerations in Enterprise Communications - September 4, 2015
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ShoreTel Connect is Here - August 27, 2015
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10-Step Health Check to Avoid Toll Fraud - August 27, 2015
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Verint Acquires Telligent – Adds Communities - August 17, 2015
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Update on Industry News – Summer Edition - August 17, 2015
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Experts Discuss UC Security - August 14, 2015
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Metaswitch Customers Discuss the Cloud - August 11, 2015
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Getting Schooled on the Cloud - West Aurora School District 129 - August 10, 2015
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Is There Really a Market for UC in the SMB Space? - August 7, 2015
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What is Doomed, End of Life, Kaput (or Should Be)? - July 30, 2015
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Is UCaaS a Blip or a Trend? - July 9, 2015
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Leading Healthcare Administrator Embraces Cloud UC and Contact Center Solutions - July 6, 2015
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New Whitepaper on Embedding Communications Into Your Enterprise Applications - June 26, 2015
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T-Mobile and Mitel Introduce ‘Cloud & Clear’ - Provides a Bridge Between Enterprise and Mobile Capabilities - June 26, 2015
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Reflecting on Interactions - June 19, 2015
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Jeff Platón of Interactive Intelligence Discusses C3 – Collaboration, Communication, Customer Engagement - June 17, 2015
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Interactive Intelligence Re-Inspires - June 15, 2015
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Dimension Data Perspectives – Allez Allez Allez - June 8, 2015
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UCStrategies on Microsoft Ignite - May 21, 2015
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Embedding Communications in Applications - May 11, 2015
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UCStrategies Reviews ShoreTel One Partner Conference - May 7, 2015
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ShoreTel Says it’s as Simple as 1-2-3 - May 4, 2015
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Dimension Data Benchmarking Study - April 30, 2015
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What's Happening in the Mid-Market? - April 17, 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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Key Themes From Enterprise Connect 2015 - March 23, 2015
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Kellogg’s – Driving Innovation with Software Defined Networking Infrastructure - March 23, 2015
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Avoiding Day Two Regret and Ensuring End-User Adoption - March 12, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Preview Enterprise Connect 2015 - March 10, 2015
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Stan Corporeau of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise on “Outcomes” for Customers and Partners - March 9, 2015
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Getting Engaged in Cancun - February 3, 2015
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Aspect Discusses the Cloud in Sunny Cancun - February 2, 2015
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Kenny Heitner of Consolidated Technologies, Inc. on Avaya, the Cloud, and More - January 28, 2015
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UCC Still Needs Interoperability, Integration, and Federation - January 28, 2015
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Aspect's CMO on the Cloud and Other Changes at Aspect - January 26, 2015
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8x8 Patently Celebrates its Patents - January 15, 2015
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2015 Forecast from UCStrategies - January 15, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Discuss “Most Significant“ of 2014 - January 9, 2015
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Avaya Engages the Analysts - January 5, 2015
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Change – The Only Thing That’s Constant - December 8, 2014
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UCStrategies Reviews the Cisco Collaboration Summit - December 3, 2014
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Cisco’s Project Squared – Get A Room - November 24, 2014
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Mitel Talks Frankly About the “Elephants in the Room” - November 17, 2014
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Lynda Smith Discusses Twilio and its Services - November 11, 2014
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UCStrategies Catches Up With Huawei - October 29, 2014
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Introducing Switch Communications - October 15, 2014
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The New Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise - October 14, 2014
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Social Customer Service in the Enterprise - September 18, 2014
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Revisiting Social Customer Care - August 26, 2014
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Is UC Succeeding or Failing? - August 6, 2014
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Q&A with Sonus’ David Tipping on Mobile First, Cloud First - July 28, 2014
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Moving UC Forward: Tools, Resources, and UC University - July 23, 2014
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Taking the Fear Out of Developing a UC Strategy - July 21, 2014
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Q&A with Enghouse Interactive from Microsoft WPC 2014 - July 14, 2014
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The Via Group on CityNext, Lync, and Sonus - July 9, 2014
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Time to Consider Web Chat - July 8, 2014
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Tracking IT Spending Changes - July 1, 2014
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Interactive Intelligence Interactions in Indy - June 5, 2014
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UCStrategies and Ram Menghani, on the NEC Advantage - June 3, 2014
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UC Summit 2014 Keynote Presentations: Key Takeaways - May 6, 2014
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8x8's CEO on Cloud Adoption - April 17, 2014
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Genesys CMO on the Customer Experience - April 10, 2014
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UCStrategies Views: The Cloud - April 8, 2014
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Bruce Marler Demonstrates CafeX and the Power of WebRTC - April 7, 2014
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Discussing the Cloud Ecosystem with Interactive Intelligence - April 3, 2014
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Bill Hurley Provides an Update on Unify - April 2, 2014
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Zeacom’s Metamorphosis - April 1, 2014
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Using Analytics to Get Closer to the Customer - March 31, 2014
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Cisco's Vishakha Radia on the Internet of Everything - March 31, 2014
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Enterprise Connect 2014 - UCStrategies Views - March 31, 2014
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View from the Solution Integrator: House of Lync and Sonus - March 27, 2014
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The Enterprise Connect 2014 Whirlwind - March 24, 2014
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Unify2 at the Microsoft Lync Conference - March 21, 2014
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A Lync Consultant’s View - Alex Lewis on Microsoft Lync - March 21, 2014
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A Look at the Next Level of SMART Room System for Microsoft Lync - March 20, 2014
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Voice of the Customer: HP on Lync Implementation - March 14, 2014
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SBCs – Key Part of the UC Ecosystem - March 10, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Preview Enterprise Connect 2014 - March 10, 2014
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A Lync With the Ecosystem - March 3, 2014
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Why We Need True MultiChannel Contact Centers - February 24, 2014
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Omni-Channel Capabilities in the Contact Center - February 28, 2014
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Thinking Big with AudioCodes - February 10, 2014
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What UC Trends Will Fizzle in 2014? - January 27, 2014
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RingCentral’s Enterprise Move - January 27, 2014
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Jim Freeze on Aspect’s Big Changes - January 27, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Look Ahead to 2014 - January 21, 2014
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Questioning The Answers – Aspect’s Analyst Conference - January 16, 2014
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A Look Back at UC in 2013 - January 10, 2014
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Understanding the User Experience - December 10, 2013
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NewVoiceMedia at Dreamforce - December 2, 2013
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Bistri at WebRTC Conference & Expo - November 27, 2013
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Changes to Avaya Connect - November 25, 2013
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Avaya Cloud Strategy - November 20, 2013
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Avaya's View of the UC Market - November 20, 2013
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UCStrategies Reviews the Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony - November 12, 2013
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UCStrategies Reaction to Microsoft Lync's Reported Growth - November 6, 2013
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Verint Acquisition of Victrio - November 1, 2013
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Customer Collaboration Update from Cisco - October 29, 2013
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Cisco Collaboration and the Mid-Market - October 29, 2013
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A Delightful Experience in Boca - October 28, 2013
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NextPlane Powers Markit Collaboration Services - October 16, 2013
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UC on the Go - October 15, 2013
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Contact Center for SMB - October 7, 2013
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A Giant ShoreTel Fan - October 4, 2013
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HP Launches SDN Developer Kit and App Store - September 30, 2013
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Software-Defined Networking and UC - September 30, 2013
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Upcoming Webinar – Putting UC to Work for SMBs - September 23, 2013
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An Update on Hosted VoIP and UC Services - September 20, 2013
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Innovation at ITExpo - Five9 - September 9, 2013
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Innovation at ITExpo - Fonality - September 5, 2013
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Innovation at ITExpo - Polkast - September 6, 2013
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Innovation at ITExpo - Bolder Thinking - September 4, 2013
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Social Media Session at IT Expo - September 4, 2013
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Social Customer Service Webinar Hosts Answer Questions - August 22, 2013
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New ESBRs for SMEs from Patton - August 19, 2013
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Delivering Social Customer Service – Focus on the Basics - August 19, 2013
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Social Media and Optimized Communications - August 16, 2013
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UCaaS Panel Discussion - August 12, 2013
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UC Pitfalls and Opportunities - August 1, 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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Mitel Reinvigorated - July 1, 2013
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Introducing Optimized Communications - June 25, 2013
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Chris Hummel Discusses Project Ansible - June 24, 2013
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Busy Week in UC and Contact Center - June 13, 2013
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Interactions 2013 – We Have Liftoff - May 17, 2013
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Mobile Customer Interaction Technologies for Supervisors - May 13, 2013
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UC Summit 2013 Takeaways - May 9, 2013
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The Cloud as the Great Equalizer for Small Contact Centers - May 8, 2013
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Cisco Customer Collaboration and The Internet of Everything - May 6, 2013
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Transformation at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise - April 17, 2013
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What’s Smart about SMART Technologies - April 9, 2013
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Announcing the UCStrategies Unified Communications Channel Study - March 28, 2013
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Plivo - at Enterprise Connect 2013 - March 27, 2013
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Enterprise Connect 2013 Shout Outs - March 27, 2013
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Unified Office - February 14, 2013
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IBM Connections - February 13, 2013
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IBM Social Business Cloud - February 12, 2013
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Genesys Connect for Salesforce Service Cloud at IT Expo - February 15, 2013