We’re starting the new year strong with a true visionary in cloud communications--Mike Tessler, the co-founder and CEO of BroadSoft. We sat down with this pioneer in the unified communications space to talk about the state of the industry heading into 2022 and how to craft a strategy to go to market and scale your cloud comms business. He’s got some great insights into how service providers and resellers can bring a UCaaS solution to market and leverage the power of CPaaS to differentiate.

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It’s that time of year again! This month, we’re reviewing the biggest trends and topics in the world of cloud communications in 2021. We hit on the rise of Microsoft Teams, the growing importance of Customer Experience (CX), the continued importance of CPaaS, and more!

As promised, here’s the links to past episodes if you’d like to dive further into these topics:

Micah Singer interview about the Microsoft Teams integration

Karl Anderson (2600Hz CTO) interview about KAZOO 5.x

In this month’s episode, Alisa and Clint are back with a history lesson! With all the talk of CPaaS and the future of cloud communications, we wanted to take a step back to see how the industry got here. We’ll trace that history from the PSTN days all the way up to the present, giving you an insightful and fun look at the industry’s history and positioning CPaaS fully within its context.

Interested in CPaaS and what’s next in the cloud comms world? Head to our blog for recent posts that address these topic more fully than we were able to get into here. 

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In this month’s episode, Clint and Alisa are back to recap the Cloud Comms Summit US, an industry event organized by Cavell and the Cloud Communications Alliance. This conference brings together industry analysts and service providers to review big trends in the industry and forecast for the year ahead. Whether you were unable to attend the conference or want a refresher on some of the big takeaways, we’ve got you covered!

In this month's episode, Clint chats with Micah Singer, the founder and Managing Director of TeamMate Technology. We chat all about our strategic partnership, which brings a Microsoft Teams Direct Routing integration to KAZOO, and why now's a great time to start offering your customers a Teams integration!

If you’d like to learn more about our partnership with TeamMate Technology, including the dates for Beta and Production availability as well as how to sign up for beta testing, click here.

In this month’s episode, Clint sits down with our Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect to chat about all things in the world of KAZOO. We’ll talk about some of the new features and plumbing changes coming with the upcoming 5.x release, but—more importantly—address the “why” 2600Hz is making these plumbing changes to its platform. What do these plumbing changes mean for the future of 2600Hz?

For more on the architecture of KAZOO, visit our website here.

In this episode, 2600Hz’s Clint Mohs sits down with Bryan Paxton and Pablo Costas Sanchez, two organizers of the upcoming SpawnFest developer competition. Clint, Bryan, and Pablo discuss what SpawnFest is, who can participate, what’s up for grabs, and much more! For more information about the event and to register, check out the event’s website at https://spawnfest.org.

In this episode, 2600Hz's Alisa Bartash and Clint Mohs talk about customer churn and what you can do to help reduce it—or better yet—prevent it all together. We’ll share ways you can increase brand loyalty so your customers never think twice about jumping ship and going to a competitor, even if they’re presented with a really great deal.

In this episode, 2600Hz's Alisa Bartash and Clint Mohs tackle a topic that’s front of mind for many folks across nearly all industries--the hybrid workplace. While there are myriad things to be considered for the hybrid office to be successful, this episode focuses on the importance of equity when part of the workforce is working from home while the other is in office. If 2020 was all about WFH, 2021 is shaping up to be the year of RTO and the hybrid workforce. We also have a blog series on this topic! Check out part one, Hybrid Work Best Practices — Investing in Tech here. 

In this episode, 2600Hz's Alisa Bartash and Clint Mohs talk about phone numbers and why we're running out of them. We'll give you a hint: it has to do with...technology! There are many everyday devices that use phone numbers and tons of creative ways businesses are utilizing phone numbers that you would never know about! Clint and Alisa discuss some of the lesser known and newer examples in this informative episode. As mentioned in the discussion, Clint wrote a blog with additional examples that you can read here.