Tag: Cisco

June 8, 2021

Ahead of a customer event today, Cisco revealed in a press release its latest bundled offering, new Webex features, and an all-in-one collaboration device. This news follows a separate announcement last week, that AT&T will leverage Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager […]

June 3, 2021

From removing the background sound of dogs barking to blurring out that in-progress home office renovation, AI-based cloud video features are as handy as they are revolutionary. But what if AI could play an even more active role, like suggesting […]

May 26, 2021

In Omdia’s “UC as a Service (UCaaS) Scorecard: North America,” RingCentral sits atop the UCaaS heap based on the latest ranking from Omdia analyst Diane Myers — and it’s no surprise. But the presence of Cisco, Microsoft, and Zoom in […]

May 24, 2021

Last week Cisco announced its quarterly results. I won’t rehash the numbers as Diana Goovaerts covered it in this post. Cisco did report a solid beat on the top and bottom lines, which I believe was its 10th consecutive quarter […]

May 14, 2021

This week we bring you news on a pair of headset launches, updates to a team collaboration platform, a partnership to implement STIR/SHAKEN call authentication into cloud contact services, and two industry acquisitions. Poly, Epos Release Headsets Poly this week […]

May 7, 2021

This week we share announcements around conversational AI, contact center, UCaaS subscriber growth, and secure access security edge (SASE). Google CCAI Update: Agent Assist for Chat In a blog post this week, Google Cloud announced Agent Assist for Chat, the […]

April 7, 2021

Cisco, as demonstrated last week at Cisco Live, has put its stake in the ground in a few areas — video meetings, hybrid work, platform integration/embedded communications, frontline communications, the desktop, and the contact center —that will define our industry […]

April 1, 2021

At Cisco Live this week, Cisco announced a slew of updates to its Webex product. As one might expect, some features improved usability, which helps Cisco towards its vision of making virtual meetings 10-times better. Additionally, several new features were […]

March 3, 2021

We’ve all had those meetings where we have a hard time understanding someone either because of poor audio quality or background noise like dogs barking or Amazon drop-offs. But what if the barrier to understanding someone and collaborating with them […]

February 25, 2021

KDDI America, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Japan’s KDDI, announced this week that it teamed up with Cisco Systems on a new managed SD-WAN service for the Americas region, based on the Cisco SD-WAN powered by Viptela infrastructure and offered by […]

February 19, 2021

This week we share announcements around an SD-WAN portfolio expansion, antimicrobial technology for phones, a videobar, new leadership appointments, and a voice communications acquisition. Verizon Business Expands Managed SD-WAN Portfolio Verizon Business this week said it has added three Cisco-based […]

February 18, 2021

Verizon Business is adding three new SD-WAN managed services offerings to its portfolio via its ongoing strategic partnership with Cisco Systems, Verizon and Cisco announced Thursday. The new solutions include two offerings associated with Viptela, the SD-WAN innovator that Cisco […]

February 8, 2021

Over in the UK, Pulsant says it is investing $8M in a new national edge computing network. They have tapped Zayo for fiber connectivity to connect 10 of their data centers together into a new high-capacity network with sub-5ms latency […]

December 7, 2020

Cisco will acquire cloud communications software and service company IMImobile for approximately $730 million, a move that will allow Cisco to provide its business customers with an end-to-end customer interaction management solution. IMImobile’s software and services allow enterprises and organizations […]

December 3, 2020

The battle for SD-WAN supremacy remains fierce among vendors with VMware, Cisco and Fortinet holding down the top-three spots in Q3 market share. At various times this year, Cisco and VMware have both claimed to be the top SD-WAN vendor. […]

December 1, 2020

While Cisco has long dabbled in white box deployments as part of its network disaggregation efforts, it’s not quite ready to jump in with both feet. Speaking at Monday’s Credit Suisse 24th Annual Technology Conference, Cisco’s Jonathan Davidson, senior vice […]

November 20, 2020

This week we bring you news on Zoom security and meetings updates, enhancements to Avaya’s team collaboration platform, a new video service from Ooma, a cloud acquisition by Cisco, and a SD-WAN solution from EKINOPS for remote workers. Zoom Releases […]

November 5, 2020

Because the law won’t stop for COVID-19, Cisco took it upon itself to develop two Webex offerings that will help courtrooms and legislatures around the world modernize their processes and allow for remote hearings during the pandemic… and beyond. Cisco […]

November 2, 2020

At the digital version of its annual Partner Summit this week, Cisco announced a veritable cornucopia of new features and enhancements to its Webex product, the most significant of which is Webex Legislate and Cisco Connected Justice. The former, Legislate, […]

October 6, 2020

Acknowledging that Zoom has “taught [them] a thing or two about the end-user experiences,” Cisco today unveiled a revamped Webex meeting experience, which includes more virtual backgrounds and a range of added capabilities, Javed Khan, GM and SVP of Cisco […]