Stephen Leaden
Stephen Leaden is President of Leaden Associates, Inc., an independent Telecommunications and IT consulting firm in business 19 years, providing specialized support in telecommunications technologies and ROI strategies. Enterprises in the health care, education, manufacturing, financial services, publishing and government market segments have relied on Leaden Associates for Voice over IP/Unified Communications consulting and telecommunications expense management/telecom auditing. Clients are both national and internationally based. Stephen Leaden has been in the Telecommunications field for more than 25 years.
Leaden Associates focuses as an extension of IT staff to facilitate the design, procurement, project implementation, and outsourcing for converged voice and data solutions. During their engagement, Leaden Associates proactively adds value via ROI strategies integrated into the projects they serve on.
Leaden Associates has focused on Voice over IP and Unified Communications and key market trends in these areas – the firm has performed Strategic Planning, Needs Assessments, Procurements, and Project Management of national and international VoIP/UC projects, which has included converged Wide Area Networks carrying IP voice, video, and data. Leaden Associates has employed best practices for VoIP/UC deployments including Quality of Service/QoS, voice and video prioritization, change control, network management tools, and a depth of knowledge of all touch points affecting VoIP.
Mr. Leaden has spoken at national and International conferences on VoIP and is a frequent speaker for VoiceCon, Information Week, the Voice Report, and other conferences. Mr. Leaden has written papers on VoIP and UC strategies, troubleshooting and security, and has been quoted in national industry publications including BCR Magazine, NoJitter, Computer World, Information Week, VoIP News, and the Washington Post among others. Mr. Leaden is a principal with TelecomUCTraining.com, a successor to BCR Training which provides expert independent Telecom training – he teaches courses on Cost Control of Wired and Wireless Networks, Best Practices and Optimizing Enterprise Networks. He is past president and member of the Society of Telecommunications Consultants, a national telecommunications association that requires objectivity and professionalism as a prerequisite for membership.
Articles by Stephen Leaden
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Mergers and Acquisitions in BC: Reflections and Predictions for 2018 - January 12, 2018
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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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Calling All Centrex Users: Your Cloud Solution Is Dead! (Part 3) - October 9, 2017
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Calling All Centrex Users: Your Cloud Solution Is Dead! (Part 2) - September 12, 2017
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Calling All Centrex Users: Your Cloud Solution Is Dead! (Part 1) - August 28, 2017
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Experts Discuss the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UC - August 21, 2017
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Avaya Clears Another Hurdle - August 11, 2017
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Microsoft Discontinues Third-Party PBX Integration – What It Could Mean For You - August 3, 2017
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Will 'Hard' End Points Ever Go Away? - June 30, 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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The Role of AI in UC&C - May 2, 2017
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Amazon’s AWS Connect Contact Center – A Possible Industry Disruptor - April 17, 2017
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Enterprise Connect 2017 Review - April 10, 2017
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The Future of Collaboration - March 17, 2017
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QoS – Really? - February 28, 2017
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Engaging the UCStrategies Experts - February 24, 2017
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UCaaS vs. CPaaS - February 10, 2017
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UCStrategies' Reaction to Avaya Chapter 11 Announcement - January 23, 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 Growth, SD-WAN, Video Over SIP, and More For 2017 - December 30, 2016
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UC Management - Why It Is So Important - December 27, 2016
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Video Is Going Viral, Part Deux and Financial Services - December 6, 2016
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Digital Disruption & Transformation - November 23, 2016
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Reviewing the Latest (and Greatest) BC Summit - November 15, 2016
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POTS are Going Away...Really, and Quickly - November 1, 2016
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What Tools & Technologies Do WE Use? - October 14, 2016
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Video Is Going Viral, Especially In Healthcare! - October 7, 2016
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Contact Center Industry Consolidation, Disruption, and the Future - September 30, 2016
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When is the Right Time to Move Collaboration to the Cloud? - September 21, 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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Vonage Update: CEO and VP Sit-Down - August 5, 2016
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UCStrategies' Take on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UC - August 3, 2016
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Latest Significant Trends in SIP Trunking - July 26, 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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Communications End Of Support Can Impact Your Organization - July 5, 2016
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UCStrategies Reacts to Microsoft Purchase of LinkedIn - June 23, 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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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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The Role of Customer Engagement in the Contact Center - March 25, 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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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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UCStrategies Predictions for 2016 - January 8, 2016
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Experts Review BC Summit 2015 - December 2, 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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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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Discussing Intelligent Assistants for Enterprises and Contact Centers - October 16, 2015
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Mobile Considerations in Enterprise Communications - September 4, 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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Messaging-First Conferencing Solutions - June 4, 2015
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UCStrategies Reflects on NEC Advantage 2015 - June 2, 2015
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NEC – Expanding Their UC Vision - June 1, 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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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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UCStrategies Gives Free Advice - February 26, 2015
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Voice Quality: Heading in the Right Direction? - February 12, 2015
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A Great UC Experience Requires Networking Best Practices and Strong UC Management Tools - February 6, 2015
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Why UC Will Go Mainstream In 2015 - February 2, 2015
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UC in Telemedicine - January 29, 2015
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UCStrategies Yes or No Game - January 22, 2015
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UCStrategies Experts Discuss “Most Significant“ of 2014 - January 9, 2015
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Planning for the Best UC Experience? Follow the Millennials - December 5, 2014
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UCStrategies Reviews the Cisco Collaboration Summit - December 3, 2014
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SIP Trunking and E-SBCs For All Forms of UC – It’s Not Just Voice Any Longer - November 6, 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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New SLAs and Traffic Rules for UC - October 1, 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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Social Customer Service in the Enterprise - September 18, 2014
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How To Be Really “Cool” With UC - September 2, 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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Is UC Succeeding or Failing? - August 6, 2014
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UCC: We Are At The Strategic Inflection Point - July 31, 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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Is it Getting Harder to Differentiate? - June 30, 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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The uCaaS Cloud: It’s Definitely Getting Cloudier - June 2, 2014
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Reflections on UC Summit 2014 - May 21, 2014
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XMPP Gateways - Are They Relevant in Today’s Fast Paced & Demanding UC Collaboration Environments? - May 20, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Interpret InformationWeek's State of UC Survey Results - May 20, 2014
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Leveraging End Points to Promote UC - May 2, 2014
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UCStrategies Views: The Cloud - April 8, 2014
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Enterprise Connect 2014 - UCStrategies Views - March 31, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Preview Enterprise Connect 2014 - March 10, 2014
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Has The Weather Disrupted Your Enterprise? No Problem – Time To Leverage UCC - March 3, 2014
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Omni-Channel Capabilities in the Contact Center - February 28, 2014
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BYOD: Where is it Going from Here? - February 11, 2014
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How Can VARs Succeed? - February 5, 2014
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Why PRIs Will Die In 2014 - February 2, 2014
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What UC Trends Will Fizzle in 2014? - January 27, 2014
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HP, Their UCC Strategy, and Leveraging VAR The Via Group for Microsoft Lync Delivery - January 27, 2014
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UCStrategies Experts Look Ahead to 2014 - January 21, 2014
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A Look Back at UC in 2013 - January 10, 2014
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Why 2014 Is the “Perfect Storm” For UCC Adoption - December 31, 2013
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Glimpses of the Next-Gen Contact Center - November 29, 2013
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UCStrategies Reaction to Microsoft Lync's Reported Growth - November 6, 2013
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UC – Is it Time for a Name Change to Collaboration? - October 31, 2013
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UCStrategies on SBCs - October 24, 2013
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UCStrategies on Telework - October 3, 2013
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WARNING: Without an ROI Your UCC Project May Never Get Approved - September 30, 2013
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Software-Defined Networking and UC - September 30, 2013
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A Look at UC Trends and Recent News - September 17, 2013
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The Right Channel Partner: The Other Side of the Gartner Magic Quadrant - August 31, 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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UC Pitfalls and Opportunities - August 1, 2013
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Five 9s Service for UCC – Really? - July 31, 2013
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Where Will Mobility Take Us? - July 26, 2013
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Project Ansible - July 18, 2013
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UCStrategies Reviews June Events: Avaya, Mitel, Siemens and WebRTC Conference and Expo - July 9, 2013
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Video IS Gaining Ground – And Avaya Appears Ready With Scopia - June 30, 2013
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UCC Is THE Only Term Going Forward… - May 31, 2013
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The Future of IT - May 31, 2013
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Siemens Unveils AmplifyTEAMS With Some “Out of The Box” Thinking and Strategy - April 11, 2013
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Why Cloud UC Is Gaining Ground and Esna Cloudlink 3.0 Is Up For the Task - February 28, 2013