April 24, 2020
Author: Jim Lundy
April 16, 2020
Verizon Buys BlueJeans to Leverage Video Conferencing
by Jim Lundy On April 16th, Verizon announced its purchase of enterprise web and video conferencing provider BlueJeans. The $400 million deal comes at a time of dramatic growth and opportunity for the web and video conf
April 3, 2020
RingCentral Challenges Zoom With New RingCentral Video
By Jim Lundy They used to be partners, but now it is increasingly about competing for the same customers. I'm talking about Zoom and RingCentral. When Zoom was just getting started, many forget that RingCentral CEO Vlad
March 31, 2020
Alfresco Adds New Solutions With TSG Acquisition
By Jim Lundy Alfresco, under the leadership of new CEO Jay Bhatt, has wasted no time adding more solutions horsepower to the Alfresco portfolio by scooping up Chicago-based Technology Services Group (TSG), a provider of
Staying Connected During the Coronavirus: Use a Work Buddy Approach
By Jim Lundy While so many people are talking about remote meetings, few are talking about how to cope during this period of extended remote work. There is often a feeling of being disconnected from everything. This blo
March 24, 2020
The List of Free Offers to Get Work Done During Coronavirus
Last updated June 11th, 2020. by Jim Lundy A few weeks ago, we posted a list of free offers for web and video conferencing tools—since that post, there has been a slew of new offers, and we have received lots of ca
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