Jon Arnold

Author's details

Name: Jon Arnold
Date registered: April 19, 2011

Biography

Jon Arnold is an independent telecom analyst primarily focused on IP communications and disruptive technologies, such as VoIP, mobile broadband, contact centers, telepresence, unified communications, social media and Web 2.0. He has been consulting about these technologies since 2001, and can be followed on his widely-read Analyst 2.0 Blog. Jon also contributes to other publishers, such as UCStrategies and Focus.com, speaks regularly at industry events, and is frequently cited in both the trade press and mainstream business press.

Latest posts

  1. Reasons for Choosing a Non-Traditional Vendor for UC, Part 3 — May 17, 2013
  2. Reasons for Choosing a Non-Traditional Vendor for UC, Part 2 — May 8, 2013
  3. Reasons for Choosing a Non-Traditional Vendor for UC — April 24, 2013
  4. Three Things to Look for in a UC Vendor — April 18, 2013
  5. Cloud or Premise for UC – Who Can You Trust? — April 11, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. You Know UC is Working When… — 3 comments
  2. What if Unified Communications Were a Car? — 2 comments
  3. Owning Your Community with UC – Can Rewards Work? — 2 comments
  4. What Message Should IT Send About IT for UC? — 2 comments
  5. UC – U Ain’t C’n Nuthin’ Yet — 1 comment

Author's posts listings

May
17
2013

Reasons for Choosing a Non-Traditional Vendor for UC, Part 3

This is the last in my series about looking at non-traditional vendors for Unified Communications, and each post has focused on a different driver. My first post addressed the relative sameness of mainstream UC offerings, and the difficulty facing buyers to make a truly informed decision. Following that, the next post focused on a different …

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Permanent link to this article: http://blog.adtran.com/reasons-for-choosing-a-nontraditional-vendor-for-uc-part-3/

May
08
2013

Reasons for Choosing a Non-Traditional Vendor for UC, Part 2

 My last post was written to help you challenge the status quo, and the theme continues here. The main idea was to consider vendors beyond the usual suspects, a group that can be defined a couple of different ways. At first glance, the usual suspects are the legacy telecom vendors who you may well have …

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Permanent link to this article: http://blog.adtran.com/reasons-for-choosing-a-nontraditional-vendor-for-uc-part-2/

Apr
24
2013

Reasons for Choosing a Non-Traditional Vendor for UC

There were a few themes from my last post that warrant further exploration, and this is one of them. When considering Unified Communications, your current telecom vendor may well be your first choice, and failing that, the circle probably extends to their peer group of comparable competitors. Surely, there should be enough to choose from …

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Permanent link to this article: http://blog.adtran.com/reasons-for-choosing-a-nontraditional-vendor-for-uc/

Apr
18
2013

Three Things to Look for in a UC Vendor

I wanted to pick up on a couple of themes from my last post related to the UC vendor landscape, as the task of making choices is getting harder, not easier. First is the notion that telecom vendors are on shaky ground these days, and in broad strokes, you need to keep this top of …

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Permanent link to this article: http://blog.adtran.com/three-things-to-look-for-in-a-uc-vendor/

Apr
11
2013

Cloud or Premise for UC – Who Can You Trust?

Over my last three posts I’ve provided different points ofview in terms of considering cloud and premise-based options for Unified Communications. I began with vendors, using ADTRAN’s recent NetVanta enhancement as a frame of reference for offering choice to their customers. Following that I examined why businesses would choose either option or even a blended …

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