March 24, 2020
Author: Jim Lundy
March 11, 2020
Using Team Collaboration for Remote Work
by Jim Lundy With all the focus on meetings for remote work, enterprises also need to look at secure team collaboration. I have managed global teams who were all working from home, and over the years, one of the best wa
Serenova Buys Lifesize: From Contact Center to UCC
by Jim Lundy Recently, contact center solutions provider Serenova announced its merger with Lifesize, a video conferencing vendor. The merger is backed by Marlin Equity Partners, a private equity firm. With the deal, Se
March 6, 2020
Why Did Contact Center Provider Five9 Acquire Virtual Observer?
by Jim Lundy In February 2020, Five9, Inc., a leader in the intelligent contact center (ICC) market, made a move to acquire Virtual Observer, a provider of workforce optimization (WFO) solutions. While the two companies
March 3, 2020
Cisco, Google, LogMeIn, and Zoom Enhance Free Meetings to Assist with Coronavirus
by Jim Lundy With the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) appearing like a more serious public health risk every day, more and more employers are choosing to cancel travel plans or have employees work from home. As a res
February 27, 2020
DocuSign Dives Into Content Analytics with Seal Software Acquisition
by Jim Lundy On the heels of its SpringCM acquisition, DocuSign announced on February 27th, 2020 it was buying content analytics provider Seal Software. The two companies already have a history; DocuSign partnered w
February 21, 2020
Will the Qumu and Synacor Merger Shake Up the Enterprise Video Market?
by Jim Lundy On February 11th, Synacor announced its new merger with Qumu. Synacor, a cloud-based company offering a variety of software services and enterprise technology solutions, is acquiring Qumu, a leader of enter
February 12, 2020
Poly Earnings Fallout: CEO Joe Burton is Out
by Jim Lundy Poly had a bad earnings report on February 4th. In fact, revenue was down $118 million on a year over year basis. As a result, last Wednesday, the stock price of enterprise headset manufacturer Poly fell to
February 10, 2020
Cisco Collaboration Doubles Down on Artificial Intelligence
by Jim Lundy Cisco just held its Cisco Live Event in Barcelona as well as its annual analyst meeting. While there have been many product updates in the the Webex product family over the last year, it is Cisco's strategi
February 6, 2020
Hyland Acquires Learning Machine, Dives into Blockchain
by Jim Lundy Hyland Software, developer of enterprise content management (ECM) suite OnBase, has just acquired Learning Machine, an innovative technology company advancing creative blockchain-based solutions to digital
February 5, 2020
Tech Decade in Review: Cloud and Mobile Win Big
by Jim Lundy As we say farewell to the second decade of the 2000s, it is worth looking at the technologies that had the biggest impact. In our opinion, cloud and mobile were the drivers of the last decade and there are
February 4, 2020
8 Things Human Resources Can Do To Prevent Coronavirus
by Jim Lundy When an infectious disease risk—whether that's coronavirus, measles, or the flu—becomes present in the workplace, employers can be liable for anyone who becomes infected, whether they are employees or n
January 29, 2020
Regalix Jumps Into Sales Enablement with New Nytro Offering
by Jim Lundy Regalix, which has been in the content services business for a long time, pivoted this week with its launch of the Regalix Nytro sales enablement offering. We got a briefing in advance of the launch and thi
January 28, 2020
Poly Adds Collaboration Veteran Carl Wiese to Its Ranks
by Jim Lundy Revenge is a dish best served cold. Poly CEO Joe Burton continues to add executives who formerly worked with him at Cisco. Last week he announced Cisco veteran Carl Wiese as executive vice president, chief
January 16, 2020
Cyberwar Flashback Part II: China and Huawei Behind Hacks of Apple, Google, and India
by Jim Lundy A pattern has clearly emerged in the cyberwars of the last 20 years that involve the country of China and one of its growing telecom firms, Huawei. In part I of our cyberwar blog on this topic, we looked at
December 17, 2019
3 Headsets That Make Ideal Holiday Tech Gifts
Aragon's fourth post in our 12 Technologies of Christmas blog series will have you adding 3 key headsets to your holiday wishlist! by Jim Lundy Busy professionals on the go know need to be on calls and/or planes all
December 13, 2019
Get a Security Key This Holiday Season to Protect Your Identity
It’s day two of Aragon’s 12 Technologies of Christmas! This blog series will give you our recommendations for the perfect gift for the tech savvy individuals in your life this holiday season. by Jim Lundy For the
December 10, 2019
Amazon Enhances SageMaker And Wants to be Your AI Provider
by Jim Lundy Amazon re:Invent just ended in Las Vegas last week and besides the flurry of announcements around AWS Cloud and all the new Compute Services (I/O and Database), this year's re:Invent was about Amazon wantin
December 6, 2019
Carl Icahn Is Driving the Xerox Merger with HP
by Jim Lundy The drama of Xerox's initial offer to buyout HP for $33 billion (a cash and stock offer) got more interesting this week after HP rejected the offer and Xerox sent a letter stating that it intends to get mor
November 19, 2019