Unified Communications

Mobility

Plantronics enhances office products portfolio with four new devices

February 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plantronics enhances office products portfolio with four new devices
A key theme with these releases is the adapation of superior noise cancelling technology, which was originally deployed in the consumer space, for enterprise products.

Cloud

PanTerra Networks adds Business Analytics to unified communications offering

December 17, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on PanTerra Networks adds Business Analytics to unified communications offering
Business analytics joins unified communications, collaboration, and file-sharing among PanTerra’s service offerings.

Unified Communications

Avaya repositions collaboration offerings with Avaya Engagement Solutions portfolio

December 10, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya repositions collaboration offerings with Avaya Engagement Solutions portfolio
Avaya rebrands and reorganizes its collaboration solutions to focus on engagement, and announces some significant new and enhanced solutions, including a beefed-up version of IP Office.

Unified Communications

Unify brings Project Ansible to market as Circuit SaaS collaboration tool

October 28, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unify brings Project Ansible to market as Circuit SaaS collaboration tool
Circuit brings together voice, video, screen sharing, messaging, and file sharing within a single interface, with extreme simplicity of use.

Data Centre

Plantronics unveils new family of headsets for contact centre market

October 1, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plantronics unveils new family of headsets for contact centre market
Plantronics says their new family of lightweight headsets with noise cancelling technology are designed to change what headsets provide to an organization.

Cloud

Avaya, HP take huge step forward in partnership

August 26, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya, HP take huge step forward in partnership
The big gain for Avaya is that HP ES will greatly amplify the reach of Avaya Private Cloud Services, and they say the channel will have a significant role to play.

Communications

ShoreTel Mobility 8 adds video, Communicator integration

August 14, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on ShoreTel Mobility 8 adds video, Communicator integration
ShoreTel says the new virtualized router will let their VARs be more aggressive in small 5-15 unit mobile deployments, because eliminating the router cost for a 10 unit deployment cuts the initial investment in getting 10 users live by two thirds.

Erna Arnesen, vice president of channel and field marketing, Plantronics
Unified Communications

Plantronics beefs up partner support for UC push

July 4, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plantronics beefs up partner support for UC push
Revised partner program from Plantronics includes formalized channel education and a new rewards program.

A Cisco unified communications system
Featured Post

Cisco goes for broke in video-for-all strategy

March 12, 2014 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Cisco goes for broke in video-for-all strategy
Cisco wants to take high-quality video collaboration capabilities beyond the CEO suite and disperse it among the working masses.

Miles Davis, Avaya Canada channel chief
Featured Post

Avaya adds contact center to IPOffice

February 4, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avaya adds contact center to IPOffice
The latest version of IPOffice continues Avaya’s move back to the SMB market, introducing contact center capabilities to a wider array of Avaya partners.