Unified Communications as a Service

6 Best UCaaS Providers of 2024

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Corry Cummings

Learn about the best UCaaS providers for new or small businesses, remote teams, traditional offices, global enterprises, and everything in between. Continue reading 6 Best UCaaS Providers of 2024→

Verizon’s BlueJeans acquisition is about more than the work-from-home trend

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Ron Miller

It would be easy to assume that Verizon’s purchase last week of video-conferencing tool BlueJeans was an opportunistic move to capitalize on the sudden shift to remote work, but the ball began rolling last June and has implications far beyond current work-from-home requirements. The video-chat darling of the moment is Zoom, but BlueJeans is considered […] Continue reading Verizon’s BlueJeans acquisition is about more than the work-from-home trend→

Mitel to buy ShoreTel for $430 million to create unified communications powerhouse

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Ron Miller

Streaks of colored lights race beneath the clouds and over an urban scene in a metaphor for cloud computing and communications technology. Sometimes combining two companies that compete in the same market provides a quick way to leapfrog your market share. That was likely the thinking behind Mitel’s decision to buy ShoreTel this morning for $430 million. Combining the two companies catapults Mitel to number two in the Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) market, according to the company. As for ShoreTel, while it… Read More Continue reading Mitel to buy ShoreTel for $430 million to create unified communications powerhouse→