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As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Yeastar about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Yeastar have had a particularly busy year during 2018 they have launched their first cloud product. This marks a dramatic shift in their strategy and opens a huge section of the market for them to attack with their new solutions. We hear about the product itself and their plans for it and the business as whole in the future.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee StarLeaf about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. The video conferencing industry has been developing rapidly. The rise in importance of video communication methods in the consumer world have transferred into the professional landscape. StarLeaf specialise in both messaging and video conferencing solutions and manufacture a wide range of video endpoints for meeting rooms, desktops and within the mobile space. In this episode we hear from them about the industry and their plans for the future. 

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee GCI about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. GCI are a leading converged IT and communications supplier who have been well established within the UK for over 20 years. They are also one of the fastest growing managed service providers within the UK with a suite of possible support and maintenance options for all manner of businesses. In this episode their CEO, Adrian Thirkill, was available to give us all the information on their position within the industry and plans for the future. 

The accelerating of growth in the use of unified communications and collaboration platforms increases the ability for enterprise organisations to connect internally, and with one and other. But to enable this sort of functionality the connectivity provided is even more vital. What do you do if the connectivity just isn't suitable? Kollective has the answers. Their cloud-based, smart peering distribution platform leverages existing network infrastructure to deliver content faster, more reliably and with less bandwidth. The Kollective platform scales existing IT infrastructure to accelerate content delivery to the edge of the enterprise while minimising network congestion and we hear how in this episode of Out Loud. 

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Natterbox about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Natterbox provide cloud communications solutions that embed in the Salesforce platform. During 2018 they have experienced some remarkable growth and their Sales Director Ian Moyse is on hand to take us through all of the news. 

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Crestron about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. It has been an incredibly busy time for Crestron and not without its challenges. Robin explains that the European market has transformed dramatically so the away Crestron work has also changed. Industry demands from customers are shifting hugely with the greater onset of cloud technologies and the rise in popularity of collaboration platforms. 

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee ZaiLab about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Asonele Kotu, Head of PR and Events for ZaiLab, is Patrick's guest on the podcast to discuss an incredibly busy year in one of the world's most innovative and disruptive companies. ZaiLab launched their 100% cloud-cased, pay-as-you-go contact centre platform earlier this year so expanding their footprint and raising brand awareness has been their main focus. ZaiLab have ambitious plans for the future so we hear what they have instore for 2019 and beyond.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Red Box about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Their CEO Richard Stevenson joins Patrick on the podcast. Richard gives us a brief history of Red Box and explains how they have transformed into one of the world's leading voice capture and analytics specialists. The use of voice data is changing and Red Box are at the forefront of the new frontier in terms of analytics and insights.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Tollring about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Tony Martino who is the CEO of Tollring joins Patrick on the podcast to take us through all of the latest Tollring news as well as discussing the increasing importance of security and compliance across industry. Shifting work patterns are also impacting the requirements for organisations to be able to monitor and analyse data. 

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominee Zoom Video Communications about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. Daniel Creigh, Head of the UK and Ireland for Zoom, joins Patrick on the podcast to take use through some of the huge growth that Zoom have been experiencing around the globe as well as discussing the additional functions and features that they are constantly adding to the platform.