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As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Highfive about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Video communication and collaboration is becoming more and more important in the enterprise world. Being able to see your colleagues, regardless of their location, and collaborate with them is a critical facet of any modern business. Highfive take video collaboration very seriously and their WebRTC based solutions aim to make meetings as simple and effective as possible. In this episode we find out how they do this and why it's so important.

It has certainly been a busy couple of months in the world of unified communications and collaboration. In this episode Rob and Patrick roundup and review all of the biggest stories for you. The guys cover all of the major acquisitions that have taken place recently including Vonage acquiring NewVoiceMedia and RingCentral adding Dimelo to their portfolio. As well as covering the acquisitions the team also review all of the major new stories that have emerged. Lastly the guys look head to the remaining weeks of 2019, previewing all of the events and some major upcoming changes at UC Today.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Fuze about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Fuze are one of the cloud-based unified communications companies that are growing most rapidly. Their holistic portfolio which includes voice, video and collaboration solutions has gained real traction with customers and has increased speculation about a potential IPO. Today we have a look back at 2018 from their perspective and also look ahead to the future.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee RingCentral about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. RingCentral are one of the world's leading providers of cloud-based communication and collaboration solutions. Their portfolio includes solutions across the UC landscape from the contact centre to the small office. Today they join me on the podcast to discuss their main highlights and news from the last year and then to look ahead to their main plans for 2019.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Dialpad about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. The cloud communications market is full of innovative businesses trying to maximise their proposition and enable customers to leverage the power of great communications. One of the most innovative and disruptive companies how share this aim, are Dialpad. Their pure-cloud communication platforms leverage the power of emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence, so they can add as much value as possible to their customers. Today on Out Loud we hear from them.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Spearline about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Ensuring great quality when it comes to communications systems is one of the most paramount concerns for all organisations. Spearline enable just that assurance, their testing services for toll and toll-free numbers enable their customers to provide the best possible quality of service. We hear from them to look back at very successful 2018 and take peek into their plans for the future.

September has been a challenging month in the Cisco collaboration division. There has been a major outage on the Webex Teams platform which has caused serious issues for customers and partners. In this episode we discuss the causes and ramifications for Cisco. There has also been more reshuffling within the management of collaboration division so we review the lasts movers and shakers. Cisco have, despite the apparent issues and changes, been busy releasing a host of new products and features for the various collaboration platforms and we cover off all the latest news on those.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Spearline about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Ribbon Communications are now one of the most recognisable brands within the industry after the merger of Sonus and Genband. Their extensive portfolio assists their service provider partners and enterprise customers with all aspects of their networks in terms of communication, security and collaboration. In today's episode they look back at their highlights from the last 12 months, since the merger and divulge some of their plans for 2019.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Oblong Industries about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Collaboration is becoming more and more important as working habits change and there are greater requirements for remote workers being able to perform together. Oblong with their solutions like the Mezzanine series enable fully content-rich collaboration within a local or sporadic environment. On Out Loud today they tell us about their plans for Mezzanine in the collaboration space.