It goes without saying that we've been away for too long. Coffee with Craig and Kevin returns for its first episode of the new year.

The guys tell you more about the partner opportunity to go home with a first-ever Digi Award at the upcoming Channel Partners Conference & Expo--an homage of course to our own digital services robot mascot. We'll also offer up our first preview of some of the hottest attractions coming to CP Expo in Vegas in April.

We also welcome in Channel Partners/Channel Futures editor Edward Gately, who this week was live on the scene at Avaya's Engage event, where he caught up with Dino DiPalma, president, strategic partners and global accounts at the company. DiPalma talks about the biggest trends in unified communications and contact centers, sharing the goals he has for Avaya's partners this year.