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- December 28, 2015
28 Dec'15
Slack courts developers in team collaboration tools race
In an effort to be more competitive in the team collaboration tools space, Slack is offering $80 million to developers who build integrated applications.
- December 23, 2015
23 Dec'15
Talko acquisition caps year of UC services consolidation
This past year saw a surge of mergers and acquisitions among UC services, most recently with Microsoft buying startup Talko. Experts think this trend will continue in 2016.
- December 21, 2015
21 Dec'15
Keen UC insight the hallmark of 2015
In 2015, intriguing developments shaped the unified communications industry, highlighted in part by the emergence of Skype for Business, and the impact of WebRTC and VoIP technology.
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- December 17, 2015
17 Dec'15
RingCentral launches new Apple Watch application
In UC news, RingCentral launches its mobile app for the Apple Watch, while a report finds that employee video skills are increasingly important in the workplace.
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
- 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.