Skype

Unified Communications

Jabra brings first wireless earbuds to commercial headset market with Evolve 65t

December 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Jabra brings first wireless earbuds to commercial headset market with Evolve 65t
Jabra resellers get access to a wireless earbud headset that has appeal to consumer product users, but at a much higher quality that is certified for Skype for Business, and which can spare them a long series of support issues compared to the kind of products in this form factor that have been available until now.

Cloud

SherWeb relaunches their Office 365 offer, announces new UCaaS offering

November 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on SherWeb relaunches their Office 365 offer, announces new UCaaS offering
SherWeb’s first RMM integration, with ConnectWise, is scheduled to go live in Q1 of next year, a major step for the Cloud Services Provider, who previously had no direct integration with ConnectWise.

Unified Communications

Jabra extends new Engage franchise to corded phones with Engage 50

November 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Jabra extends new Engage franchise to corded phones with Engage 50
Jabra’s first corded model in their next-gen Engage franchise is aimed at the more price-sensitive part of the market, but still contains some interesting technology innovations.

Networking

Ottawa’s Martello Technologies adds new capabilities with acquisition of Savision

October 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ottawa’s Martello Technologies adds new capabilities with acquisition of Savision
From a product perspective, Savision’s IT Operation solution that integrates and controls monitoring, cloud, and service management tools data in a single pane of glass will enable Martello’s UC/SD-WAN offering to have this same seamless capability. From a business point of view, it doubles Martello’s sales and marketing resources, strengthens their channel, and turns their European presence from minor into a real strength.

Hardware

Plantronics broadens headset use cases with three new series

October 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plantronics broadens headset use cases with three new series
The newly announced ones are the Voyager 4200 UC, aimed at the ‘corridor warrior,’ and the Savi 8200, which extends the range of the Plantronics line that supports deskphones, mobile phones and PCs. They also recently announced the Elara 60 series, which is a mobile phone station.

Hardware

IGEL refreshes workhorse UD3 series with second generation AMD Embedded G-Series SOC

June 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL refreshes workhorse UD3 series with second generation AMD Embedded G-Series SOC
While IGEL introduced a splashy higher-end AMD powered device earlier this year, which has been selling well since its inception, the less expensive UD3 is the bedrock of IGEL’s business, accounting for three-fifths of their sales.

Hardware

Lenovo expands Smart Office initiative with ThinkSmart Hub 700

June 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo expands Smart Office initiative with ThinkSmart Hub 700
Lenovo continues their strategy designed to make them a major Smart Office player, with the announcement of their second ThinkSmart offering for the Smart Office, following up their first, which just was released to General Availability.

Unified Communications

Sennheiser fills gap in unified collaboration headsets with high-end SDW 5000 Series

June 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sennheiser fills gap in unified collaboration headsets with high-end SDW 5000 Series
Sennheiser is looking to their first unified communication and collaboration headset to further stimulate their Canadian business, which has already been showing strong momentum.

Hardware

Lenovo reboots Smart Office message with ThinkSmart Hub 500 general availability

May 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo reboots Smart Office message with ThinkSmart Hub 500 general availability
Lenovo announces the GA of the Smart Office videoconferencing device, developed in partnership with Microsoft, that was announced last fall at Microsoft’s Ignite event. What they deem more important however, is their message to the market that this product is only the start of an initiative designed to make Lenovo a major player in the Smart Office space.

Managed Services

HP vet Ken Archer lays out vision and plans as new Nectar Chief Revenue Officer

January 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP vet Ken Archer lays out vision and plans as new Nectar Chief Revenue Officer
Nectar creates a new Chief Revenue Officer position to coordinate the company’s different channel routes to market.