By Erik Linask, Group Editorial Director
The 2017 edition of ITEXPO has come and gone and, from my perspective, it was easily one of the best I've seen since our first Ft. Lauderdale show back in 2006. It's clear the business communications and tech space is anything but stagnant. Rather, innovation and evolution continue to pace the market and open doors to new opportunities.
By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC
IoT managed network services provider talks about how it's expanding its staff, expanding its presence around the world, and has done several acquisitions. But the end goal of all this is to make life easier for organizations implementing IoT.
By Maurice Nagle, Web Editor
What the future will look like for the UC space was center stage during ITEXPO's first session of the day: "UC - Innovation Awaits." Moderated by TMC CEO Rich Tehrani, some illuminating points were raised by the panel comprised of 8x8's Matt McGinnis, RingCentral's Curtis Peterson and Broadsoft's Mark Straton.
By Alicia Young, Web Editor
Yesterday, ITEXPO kicked off at the Greater Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. There were a number of sessions and IT leaders present, but one of the most notable events occurred when Chris Drake, CTO at iconectiv, delivered his keynote speech.
By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC
FreshSurety was both the audience's and the judges' favorite this week at the IDEA Showcase. The showcase at ITEXPO in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., featured startups doing Shark Tank-style quick pitches of their business plans.
By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC
Cloud-based unified communications were the focus of this morning's general session at ITEXPO. The conversation ranged from everything from the Avaya Chapter 11 filing, to how Slack figures in to the UC picture, to where the industry is going and what players are best positioned to enable the workspace of the future.
By Alicia Young, Web Editor
Subsentio and Sonus announced the successful integration of Subsentio's newly-released Virtual Safe Harbor Intercept Mediator (SHIM) with the Sonus Session Border Controller Software Edition (SBC SWe) at ITEXPO.
By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC
We're seeing cloud-based business communications increasingly being offered on a global basis, based on open platforms, featuring team collaboration, and leveraging artificial intelligence. That's the word from Curtis Peterson, senior vice president of cloud operations at RingCentral, during his keynote address this morning at ITEXPO in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC
Jonathan Adelstein in his ITEXPO opening keynote address today talked about the importance of densification of networks, exponential expansion of backhaul, and the need for more spectrum to support 5G and the future of wireless connectivity. He is a former FCC commissioner and current president and CEO of the Wireless Infrastructure Association.
By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC
Following the IoT Evolution Expo keynote today by Fred Yentz, the Telit CEO welcomed Jason Hallstrom of Florida Atlantic University to the stage to share what FAU is doing to bring the Internet of Things to the university, to government, and to business. Telit partner FAU has made IoT, sensing, and smart systems a central part of its work.
By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, TMC
The Internet of Things is here today, and organizations are implementing it. And Telit has the know-how and tools to help them do that, and do it quickly and efficiently, said Telit CEO Fred Yentz in his IoT Evolution Expo keynote this morning.
By Maurice Nagle, Web Editor
With Atmos Plus, CallCabinet is bringing the power of on-premises to the cloud. The a la carte type offering allows Telecoms and Internet service providers (ITSPs) to cater to need by selecting features like agent screen capture, employee evaluation and training, employee and supervisor notes as well as compliance support. The low cost, pay as you grow model, allows telecoms and ITSPs to cut cost exponentially, while gaining a solution compliant with PCI, MiFID (II) /MIFR, HIPAA standards.
By Ken Briodagh, Editorial Director
At the IoT Evolution Expo in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the only show exclusively focused on strategic IoT education and execution for the enterprise, the editorial board of IoT Evolution evaluates each sponsor and exhibitor to find the most exemplary examples of technologies and implementations that serve to advance the IoT industry.
By Ken Briodagh, Editorial Director
The IoT Evolution Expo is in full swing and today opened with a top-tier slate of keynotes from expert industry implementers Alex Brisbourne of KORE, Maciej Kranz of Cisco, and Mary Beth Hall of Verizon.
By Alicia Young, Web Editor
beroNet and USA VoIP announced at ITEXPO that they are teaming up to bring beroNet's VoIP offerings to the Americas.
By Steve Anderson, Contributing Writer
Telinta hit the ITEXPO event in a big way with a list of new upgrades for its white-label hosted PBX option.
By Alicia Young, Web Editor
INNITEL introduced updates to its Atomic omnichannel contact center solution at ITEXPO.
By Stefania Viscusi, Assignment Desk, Content Management
Vertical Communications, a business communications solutions provider, announced its Wave IP version 6.0 during the opening session of ITEXPO today.