Staying connected is critical to success. Whether with customers, partners or employees, face-to-face connections can prove invaluable. In a TechAisle report, 75% of high-growth businesses use video-enabled collaboration. High video adopters grow two times faster than low or non-adopters.
SoCoMo platforms provide the software to integrate current business systems with new capabilities, all via a single cloud service. Vendors who choose to not invest in SoCoMo platforms risk being marginalized. On the other hand, companies that integrate their current UC offerings and new SoCoMo platforms will generate further value.
Businesses understand that not only do customers expect flawless connectivity, so do employees. Unified communications has taken hold, setting expectations for integrated services from telephony to messaging and mobility. Recently, Cisco commissioned Forrester Consulting to explore the deployment of UC technologies among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
KPCB’s Mary Meeker recently released her annual “2016 Internet Trends Report.” The seemingly endless facts and figures opened my eyes to both the good and the bad, to the disheartening and the hopeful. As a rising college senior and a proud member of the Millennial generation, I like to believe that I know everything -- or at least all the important bits. But as I dove into Meeker’s collection of charts and graphs, I learned much more than I thought I would.
