The unified communications landscape is being shaken up as vendors scramble to become cloud-oriented so they can meet the market’s demand for cloud-based UC solutions.
“The UC world as we know it is changing faster than some are even aware of,” said Joe Rittenhouse, president of business development and managing partner at Crystal Lake, Ill.-based solution provider Converged Technology Professionals, which partners with Microsoft and ShoreTel. “Anyone who has paid attention to the trends in the UC industry knows that there is a major interest for a lot of companies to pursue consolidation – Polycom, Avaya, Mitel, ShoreTel, etc.”
