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'Meet' Google's new videoconferencing service for the enterprise
Google appears to have accidentally revealed its new group videoconferencing service for businesses on Tuesday, a week before a big user conference.
Software development genetics, part 2: Microservices, containers and the DevOps connection
Two other software development methodologies—microservices and containers—are bringing genetics-like changes to software development environments.
Software development genetics, part 1: DevOps, lean, agile
Software development techniques, such as DevOps, lean and agile, are changing how applications are created and the economics that drive the software industries.
Amazon Chime goes after WebEx, Skype for Business and others
On Monday, AWS announced the launch of Amazon Chime, a new service that’s designed to compete with the likes of WebEx, Skype for Business and GoToMeeting. It’s a powerful swing at some very entrenched enterprise software players by...
Amazon Chime goes after WebEx, Skype for Business and more
On Monday, AWS announced the launch of Amazon Chime, a new service that’s designed to compete with the likes of WebEx, Skype for Business and GoToMeeting. It’s a powerful swing at some very entrenched enterprise software players by...
Avaya’s Chapter 11 filing sends waves of disruption
Avaya employees, partners and customers already feel the effects of the company’s decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
CRM and contact center are on a collision course
CRM and contact center—two industries that have, for the most part, co-existed on the desktop of the contact center agent—are headed for a mashup.
Almost there: Skype for Business inches forward
A convoluted user interface and crippled mobile features limit the conferencing tools' utility, but there's now enough to get started
Recombinant communications: The new 'genetics' of enterprise communications
The emerging API economy and 'as-a-service' industries hold promise to revolutionize the 'genetics' of enterprise communications.
Clickbait and the Avaya feeding frenzy
Based on comments by unnamed sources, an article about Avaya weighing bankruptcy has triggered a waterfall of speculation. But there are two sides to every story.
Video pays off in the enterprise
As costs come down and the technology improves, video is finally spurring easy and effective collaboration. (Plus -- 5 tips for building video culture in your organization.)
Dialpad appoints Marc Andreessen to its board
The man who famously suggested that “software is eating the world” joins a company that lives and breathes a software model.
The real unified communications
Communications may be unified, but not in the way the term suggests. Ask Salesforce or SAP.
Cisco and the circle of corporate life
Business history, including those of IBM and Lucent, has taught us many lessons. Scenarios seem to repeat and could impact Cisco.
Dialpad offers communications within Salesforce Lightning
It's Dreamforce week, which means that Salesforce-related news is coming thick and fast.
Unified Communications: Communications, yeah. Unified? That's questionable
The term unified communications might have been a prediction of where the market would trend, but we never quite got there and are farther away than ever today.
HipChat beats Slack to the punch with group video calling
It just became easier for HipChat customers to get some face time with each another whenever they want it. The company launched new group video calling functionality on Thursday that lets up to 10 other people share a virtual...
HipChat beats Slack to the punch with group video calling
It just became easier for HipChat customers to get some face time with each other whenever they want it.
The Netflix Effect and the API Effect: Parallel paths to disruption?
Will the API Effect be as disruptive as the Netflix Effect and fundamentally change how enterprise organizations obtain and use communications applications?
