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- December 11, 2015
11 Dec'15
Polycom phone portfolio supports Microsoft Cloud PBX
Polycom's line-of-business phones now offer support for Microsoft's telephony service, while the conferencing services market is seeing a shift toward video.
- December 10, 2015
10 Dec'15
Cisco, Microsoft UC battle to benefit tech buyers
Tech buyers can take advantage of the fight between Cisco and Microsoft for UC customers -- a battle that intensified this week with Cisco's overhaul of Spark.
- December 10, 2015
10 Dec'15
Mitel, Vidyo bolster partnership, video collaboration tools
Mitel has strengthened its partnership with Vidyo in order to boost video collaboration tools within its unified communications services.
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- December 08, 2015
08 Dec'15
Cisco reinforces Spark as cloud-based PBX, UC service
About a week after a similar announcement from Microsoft, Cisco has reinvented Spark as a UCaaS offering, targeting small and medium-sized businesses and featuring cloud-based telephony.
- December 03, 2015
03 Dec'15
Microsoft's new Office 365 Enterprise E5 heats up SMB market
Microsoft's new Office 365 Enterprise E5 is expected to heat up the competition with Cisco and other telephony vendors in the SMB market.
- November 30, 2015
30 Nov'15
UC briefs: Unify updates team collaboration app pricing for SMBs
Unify has updated the pricing of its Circuit team collaboration app to appeal to SMBs, while Genband and SAP partnered to provide real-time collaboration for customer engagement.
- November 24, 2015
24 Nov'15
Cisco to connect video conferencing technology with Acano
Cisco acquisition of video conferencing technology specialist Acano would provide a bridge between Cisco UC software and Microsoft Skype for Business.
- November 24, 2015
24 Nov'15
UC is dead, long live UC?
Unified communications will soon reach its "use by" date, and the next evolution of enterprise communications is around the corner, analysts say. But what exactly is coming next? UC has reached ...
- November 24, 2015
24 Nov'15
ThinkingPhones acquires Fuze to bolster video conferencing service
UCaaS provider ThinkingPhones is taking a mobile-first approach to enhancing its video and Web collaboration capabilities by acquiring cloud video provider Fuze.
- November 19, 2015
19 Nov'15
Growing demand for video conferencing in huddle rooms
The popularity of office huddle rooms is behind a growing demand for low-cost video conferencing in the small meeting spaces.
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- November 17, 2015
17 Nov'15
Atos-Unify deal leaves customer questions open for now
With Atos set to acquire Unify, UC customers are in limbo about the future of their Unify services and platforms until deal closes in early 2016.
- November 13, 2015
13 Nov'15
Blue Jeans revamps user interface for video meetings
Video collaboration services provider Blue Jeans has launched a new interface, video integrations and analytics capabilities. The new look, considered overdue, should boost usability.
- November 12, 2015
12 Nov'15
Microsoft updates Lync video conferencing technology
Microsoft updates Lync Room System, giving the video conferencing technology the same user interface as Skype for Business.
- November 10, 2015
10 Nov'15
UC briefs: RingCentral debuts Glip team collaboration app
RingCentral's Glip collaboration app is now available for RingCentral Office customers, while Masergy launches a virtual meeting room conferencing service.
- November 09, 2015
09 Nov'15
Embedded apps a hot UC trend
More businesses want UC software with third-party embedded apps that range from social media updates to notifications when networks go down.