My Latest on BCStrategies - Google, Microsoft and Slack - 3 Visions for Collaboration

It’s been a busy week, and it’s only Tuesday. Sometimes my public-facing work comes in bunches, and this is one of those times. Most of it turns up here on my blog, but for a more up-to-the-minute account, it’s best to follow my social feeds on Linked in and Twitter (@arnoldjon).

Got a new post to share here - this one running now on BCStrategies, where I’ve been a regular contributor for about 10 years. Today’s post is about an idea that’s been percolating for a while, then within a short few weeks, three leading collaboration players announced updates, as if staking out their territory and putting certain competitors on notice.

Each has a different vision, and that’s what makes this so interesting for me. Just when you thought UC was getting commodified - and it is, to some degree - one brings a messaging-centric vision, then another comes out being video-centric, and yet another is anchoring their UCaaS around email.

What’s an IT decision-maker to do?

I’d sure love to do a research project polling that community to find out, but until that happens, you’ll just have to settle for my take, and it’s here now on the BCStrategies portal. While you’re there, you should check out other posts from my colleagues, and our semi-regular podcasts. After that, I’d love to hear your thoughts, and as always, sharing is encouraged.

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MoNage Conference - Quick Post

MoNage Conference - Quick Post

Am just here for two days at Jeff Pulver's new event, MoNage. This is about messaging - Messaging on the Net, and the 2016 world Jeff is trying to get a fix on. Learning lots here about how this space is evolving and what it means for, well, just about everything. It's really a startup event, but as first takes go, it's pretty good.

Jeff has done a great job bringing a lot of the band back together from the VON era, along with people half our age we don't know, but are clearly at the cutting edge of messaging. It's a cool mashup, and everyone is meeting new people and learning new things. I'll have more to say in a future post, but I need to get back to the sessions. 

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