CVX Expo 2024 Reflections
CVX Expo in Scottsdale at Talking Stick Resort & Casino is in its third year. Registration was up from year 2. On the SD-WAN panel, while some panelists didn’t pay …
Telecom
Mitel Move to Zoom
November 2021: “RingCentral will pay Mitel $650 million to acquire intellectual property rights and patents covering network and call management, security, and infrastructure. Demonstrating its commitment and excitement about the …
A Tale of Private Equity
The MSP software industry has been dominated by private equity. ConnectWise, Datto, Kaseya, N-Able, Pax8 and so many more software companies that serve the MSP space have been acquired by …
What Does a Five Buck Seat Mean?
NICE just announced a UCaaS offering at $5 per seat. TalkDesk launched a phone in 2021. It was rumored to be $10, like Zoom Phone. What does all this mean …
Quarterly UCaaS Round-up May 2024
Looking at the latest quarterly results of the publicly traded cloud communications providers. OOMA: Total revenue was $61.7 million, up 9% year-over-year. Subscription and services revenue increased to $58.0 million …
The Softswitch Situation
Remember Taqua, Tekelek, and Coppercom? How about Cypress Communications that used Nortel for phone service in office buildings? Lucent 5ESS switches are housed in Central Offices and at one time were …