It’s the second week of February, and the month of love is well underway.
In the Unified Communications and Collaboration landscape, there’s plenty to swoon over, from the arrival of Microsoft WorkLab for insights into the Future of Work, to potential acquisitions.
Over the last seven days, we’ve brought you a host of fantastic stories from the UC space, featuring some of the biggest brands in the landscape, such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Sangoma.
If you didn’t have a chance to read everything this week, here are the posts you don’t want to miss.
Sangoma to Purchase Star2Star
Sangoma has announced plans to acquire Star2Star for an impressive price of around $437 million this week. According to Sangoma, the decision to purchase Star2Star comes from a desire to move into the “upper echelon” of the CaaS environment. Although the purchase hasn’t been fully approved by Sangoma’s shareholder’s yet, it’s already approved by the board.
Notably, CEO of Sangoma, Bill Wignall said that for years, the company has been pursuing a strategy to transform Sangoma from a product business to one of the leading SaaS companies in the communication industry. The new transaction will ensure that Sangoma can meet with any customer preference, whether for cloud solutions, or on-premises deployments.
Where is CPaaS Headed in 2021?
What’s next for the future of Communication Platforms as a Service? For many businesses, CPaaS represents a powerful step forward into a world of new opportunities. Through CPaaS, companies can add communication functionality to their existing infrastructure, and built comprehensive multi-channel environments for customer experience. As the demand for customisable communications grows, the need for CPaaS increases too.
In our latest Round Table, we look at where CPaaS is going in 2021, with insights from leaders like Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Sinch, and Kandy. The roundtable covers everything from emerging trends to opportunities on the landscape for CPaaS brands.
Microsoft Teams Expert Round Table Part 2
This week, we followed up on the first section of our Microsoft Teams for WFH expert round table with a new selection of insights. The second part of the roundtable contains insights from Tollring, VanillaIP, VoiceFlex, Soluno, Gamma, and Larato. We asked professional representatives from each of these companies to share their thoughts on Teams as a top solution for work from home collaboration.
Our experts offered valuable ideas on how the saturation of Teams has influenced the current communication and collaboration market. We also discussed the ways that Teams technology is helping companies from all backgrounds to empower employees no matter where they choose to work from. Make sure that you check out the latest part of the Round Table yourself.
Atos Gives Up on DXC Takeover
Atos has officially chosen to walk away from its proposed purchase of the DXC Technology company, only a month after approaching the business initially. The French tech service provider said that the board had unanimously made the decision to stop pursuing a transaction with DXC technology. The choice comes after an underwhelming initial offer at the start of the year that experts predict went above $10 billion.
DXC technology said that the offer wasn’t enough to correspond with the value that the company believes it has. It seems that even after seeing DXC’s reasons for its high valuations, Atos wasn’t tempted to go any further with its offer. It remains to be seen whether another company will swoop in to grab the DXC Technologies brand now that Atos’ offer is off the table.
Check Out Microsoft WorkLab
Microsoft isn’t just responsible for one of the most popular collaboration tools on the market today. The company is also actively striving to deliver useful insights to businesses on what the future of work might look like. The new Microsoft WorkLab publication is an environment where anyone can explore the science of work, and the trends taking place in how we collaborate.
Although there’s only a handful of reports and articles available to access on WorkLab right now, Microsoft is keen to continue furnishing the website with more information useful to modern companies. Already, the remote work trends report offers over 60 pages of statistics and research for anyone who wants to learn more about where work might be heading.
What were your favourite stories from the last 7 days?
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