UC Today

UC Today's guest host Blair Pleasant speaks to Alison Hastings, Senior Director of Channel - UK&I, Avaya, Lorissa Horton, SVP/ GM Collaboration, Webex, & Charanya Kannan, Chief Customer, Product & Engineering, Talkdesk.

In this session, we discuss the following:

• What were some challenges that had to be overcome, and how were they achieved?
• What could have helped make things easier during their respective careers?
• Did they have a mentor or someone to help, and if so, what’s the best way to go about finding a mentor?
• Do they feel that we’ve progressed enough or is there still disparity for women in tech?

In this episode of BIG UC News hosts Rob Scott and David Dungay welcome some of the industry's top analysts to talk about the latest news in the industry.

The panellists discuss a variety of hot topics in the UCaaS space, including:

• Avaya enters Chapter 11 – what does this really mean?
• Zoho enters the UC space – Are CRM vendors the new competition?
• Webex sees a decline in collaboration revenues (-10%) - are we really seeing a reduction in online meetings and collaboration as Cisco's CFO suggests?

Our panel features the following UC experts:

• Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst, ZK Research
• Blair Pleasant, Principal Analyst, COMMfusion
• Melissa Swartz, Founder, Swartz Consulting
• Craig Durr, Senior Analyst, Wainhouse
• Evan Kirstel, Social Media Strategist, BCStrategies
• Jon Arnold, Principal Analyst, J Arnold & Associates

Rob Scott from UC Today is joined by data protection expert Dr. Scott Allendevaux, who takes us through why UC service providers need a data protection program.

In this session, we discuss:

• What exactly is a data protection program, and why is it vital?
• What's the cost of not getting data protection right?
• How do UC providers get started with a data protection program?
• Dr. Scott Allendevaux shares his top tips for the year ahead

Rob Scott from UC Today is joined by Mark Bunnell, COO, Nuwave and Colby Nish, Head of Zoom Phone and Contact Center Sales at Zoom, and TODAY they are announcing a new strategic partnership.

UC Today explores what this partnership means for Zoom's partner community.

UC Today's David Dungay hosts Maribel Ojeda, Region Lead EMEA, Spectralink.

In this session, we discuss the following:

• How Spectralink can help enterprises in the manufacturing sector
• How long the shift to this integration normally takes
• Did Arca Etichette need to switch to new devices or systems?
• How Spectralink works with its partners

UC Today's Tom Wright hosts David Liu, CEO at Deltapath.

In this session, we discuss the following:

• Why demand for business SMS is increasing
• Who can benefit from it
• Deltapath's plans for its new business SMS service

UC Today host Rob Scott is joined by Microsoft Teams Expert and co-founder of Empowering.Cloud, Tom Arbuthnot.

Together they talk through the most popular Teams news headlines, plus, after the news, they dive into some open Teams Q&A with a panel of special guests including:

• Randy Chapman, Solutions Engineer, Video Collaboration, Logitech
• Mark Vale, Chief Product Office, Callroute
• Ryan Herbst, Vice President & Chief Device Strategist, UnifiedCommunications.com
• Scott Riley, Founder, Cloud Nexus
• Graham Walks, Product Specialist / Strategic Alliances EMEA, Neat

XR Today's Rory Greener hosts Rama Oruganti, Chief Product Officer of Realwear.

In this session, we discuss the following:

• The new Navigator 520 and its improvements over previous versions 
• Why Hyperdisplay is important
• The benefits of 520's innovation for frontline customers
• How the device promotes remote communications between dispersed workers
•  How the 520 device reflects Realwear's general success in 2022

Diana Florea, Director Technical Solutions, Pure IP and Adam Gent, Program Manager, Webex Calling are interviewed by Jonny Wills, Senior Editor at UC Today about their the new Cloud Connect PSTN Connectivity Program, Cloud Connect for Webex Calling, from Pure IP and Webex Calling.

In this session, we discuss:

• An overview of Webex Calling and Cloud Connect
• What does being a Cloud Connect Partner mean for Pure IP?
• What can customers expect with Webex Calling?
• What does the process for moving to Webex Calling with Pure IP look like?

In this episode of Big UC News hosts David Dungay and Rob Scott welcome some of the industry's top analysts to talk about the latest news in the industry.

The panel discuss a variety of hot topics in the UCaaS space, including:

• ChatGPT and the impact of integrating such tools into services like Microsoft Teams
• Industry layoffs/downturn
• What is next for Avaya?
• Market consolidation - Atos & Mitel, 8x8 and RingCentral

Our panel features the following UC experts:

• Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst, ZK Research
• Irwin Lazar, President, Metrigy
• Daniel Root, Senior Analyst, Wainhouse
• Craig Durr, Senior Analyst, Wainhouse
• Evan Kirstel, Social Media Strategist, BCStrategies