Sep 26

Third generation UC

Unified Communication (UC) is Communications integrated to optimize business processes. We are now entering an exciting period where several forces seemingly unrelated at first are beco

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Third generation UC

ming pieces in a puzzle that together create a bigger picture and better user experience. If you ever have laid a puzzle trying to fit a number of pieces seemingly not part of the picture, and you suddenly see how it all fits together, it feels almost as the pieces are drawn into their correct places. That is the feeling I get when I view how the market and various technology pieces seemingly assist each other to form the better good.

This third generation UC, is coming about by the forces of UC, cloud and virtualization, mobility and social media. I would like to call this generation for “Social Collaboration.”

Read the whole article on UC Strategies here.

Aug 27

Self-service or full service – UC Strategies article

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Self-service or full service - IVR deployment strategies

Most of us have seen the signs at the gas station. Asking us, as customers, if we want the full service treatment or the self-service treatment, i.e. do it yourself. Service design is a model to define services that feel like full service, even if they are self-service systems.

IVR’s are no longer only about self-service but a tool to improve the full service experience. But they need to be developed correctly. They need to be developed with both your organizations benefits and your customers’ experience in mind.
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Jul 22

How to Build an Early Warning System – UC Strategies article

UC StrategiesTwo identical companies offering the same basic service in close proximity to each other is a daily experience in today’s competitive environment. In many instances, copying what someone else does well has replaced innovation. This has given rise to a new concept of service design that leads organizations to design and deliver service based on collaborative methods to beat seemingly identical competitors. Service design requires hard facts, data that gives decision makers the framework for strategic decisions. Customer interaction analytics, or “Voice of the Customer” (VoC) analytics as it is more commonly being referred to in an age where customer centricity is almost synonymous with viability, is the framework that provides real tangible facts about the customer experience. VoC analytics looks at the entire customer experience, an outside-in approach if you wish.

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Jul 22

Making the cloud mobile and manageable – UCStrategies article

Cloud and mobility are two symbiotic advances that allow access to tools that in the past required a well-equipped laptop; now all you need is access to the Internet, and you are ready to go.

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Jul 22

Strategy for presence – Article in TelekomIdag

When I work with customers I usually define three types of UC and based on those, I work with the customer to identify where they are and what challenges they face.

Check out my new article in TelekomIdag, the Swedish industry magazine.

Jun 24

Happy Midsummer

Circle it consulting wants to wish all customer, friends and colleagues a very happy Midsummer!

May 16

We need more UC vendors, not less – article on UC Strategies

Regarding Microsoft’s resent move to acquire Skype, I must say that the choir is astoundingly in agreement. The acquisition of Skype by Microsoft is a great move by Microsoft in many ways; it is a strategic move for its Office 365 offering, it is a great add-on to its Lync product line and it can introduce any number of Skype features into its other product lines, such as Xbox and Windows Mobile. And I agree. I am part of the same choir in that way. The communications market is in need of more consolidation, not because there are too many vendors providing enterprise voice solutions, but because the innovation is gone and new entrants provide the same basic functionality using other technologies, e.g. mobile networks and cloud solutions. But UC still needs more innovating vendors, not less.

Read my article here.UC Strategies

May 16

How to use presence in the enterprise – New article in TelekomIdag

Presence is probably the single most important feature to enable a more efficient communication within and between enterprises. Check out my new article in TelekomIdag, the Swedish industry magazine.

Check out my article about Presence in the enterpriseSwedish article talking about how to use presence in the enterprise.

Expert article in latest issue of TelekomIdag

 

Apr 19

Discussing Presence with IceWarp Executives

How to benefit from presence in business is a topic that concerns and interests many. Some of you who follow me on Twitter (JasonAndersson) know that there have been some tweets about this since my article was published on UCStrategies. I got the opportunity to speak with President of IceWarp Ladislav (Ladi) Goc and VP of National Accounts John O Cooper 5th about their solution and how they saw presence and IM in the company. We had a really interesting discussion about the IceWarp product as well as how they see presence and instant messaging fitting into the enterprise arena.

Read the full article on UC Strategies, click here

Mar 31

UC Article in TelekomIdag

UC needs a big picture: My UC article in Swedish magazine TelekomIdag (www.telekomidag.se)

Let me know what you think.

My article about UC in the TelekomIdag magazine

My article about UC in the TelekomIdag magazine

My article about UC in the TelekomIdag magazine

My article about UC in the TelekomIdag magazine

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