What Does All This Mean?
I missed the announcement that West acquired PhoneTree. Some of these acquisition like Glip, PhoneTree, Fuze, etc. have been either acqui-hires or functionality fill-ins. In other words, buy it, don’t …
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VoIP M&A in 2018 Vol 1
Well, 5 days into 2018 and we have some M&A activity. First up, the newly merged entity called STARBLUE, which is the result of Star2Star merging with Ireland’s Blueface. Star2Star …
One Thing to Expect in 2018
Change is the one thing to expect, even embrace in 2018. The channel is aging. Some thought they would be retired by now. Unfortunately, circumstances have changed so retirement is …
2017 Was Quite the Year
2017 will be known by many as the year of Bitcoin and crazy politics but it was a year of massive M&A. “M&A across the media, information, marketing, software, and …
Twilio Will Take Your Customers
I do have to agree with some of this: “the imminent death of the PBX is the perfect forcing event to help you drive your customers away from on-prem PBX’s …
Creativity Needed for VoIP Sales
According to TechTarget, “Many on-premises systems are still out there, according to a Nemertes Research study on unified communications and collaboration. More than 700 companies participated in the study, and …