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I attended Enterprise Connect again this year; this was my fourth time attending and probably the busiest ever. I had the opportunity to meet with many vendors including Poly (formerly Polycom/Plantronics), Dolby Labs, PGi, LogMeIn, Voiceimplant, Ribbon Communications, Bandwidth, Twilio, Google Cloud, RingCentral, Cisco ... too many to list here. In the past I have been critical of the event which in many ways reflects its near 30-year legacy rather than looking at the future. However EC has experienced a major turnaround in the last 2-3 years; it also continues to be an important event for education and technical training. Check out the excerpt below from my EC '19 report. The full report was made publicly available by 451 Research at:  http://go.451research.com/mi-enterprise-connect-2019-aws-google-cisco.html Enterprise Connect is one of the largest events for business communications and enterprise networking, gathering 6,500 attendees and more than 200 exhibitors this yea

451 Research has announced the Q1 2019 451 Firestarters award recipients. 451 Firestarters  is an analyst-led program that recognizes exceptional innovation in the technology industry. Any company or technology that we believe could substantially disrupt an existing market – or even create a new market category – has the potential to become a 451 Firestarter. I'm happy to share that my nomination for Q1 2019 is included with the award recipients. To read more about how Vonage has positioned itself as a leading cloud communications provider for the enterprise, follow the link below. Q1 2019 451 Firestarters: Vonage Technologies – Contextual Experience .  Cloud communications provider that has redefined unified communications as an open platform built on APIs that enable organizations to customize their own applications. BigID – Universal Risk. BigID works to change how companies can protect and manage the privacy of personal data in the face of new breaches and new regul

Foldable phones and the promise of 5G dominated the headlines at MWC this year. 5G is not a new topic; it has been a headliner at MWC for the last two years. What's different this time is that network equipment vendors – including Nokia, Ericsson and Huawei – are in the process of rolling out their first 5G deployments. In addition, device manufacturers such as Samsung, Huawei and LG are bringing to market 5G devices that will be made commercially available later this year. In this report, we look at MWC 2019 announcements that highlight the imminent arrival of 5G; we also look at the impact we expect this will have on workforce productivity in the near term. Check out the full report at  http://go.451research.com/2019-mi-5g-and-promise-workforce-productivity.html .