Cisco Unified Communications is #4 in Top 10 Unified Communications software

Cisco Unified Communications
With Cisco Unified Communications, your company can connect co-workers, partners, vendors, and customers with the information and expertise they need, access and share video on the desktop, on the road, and on-demand, as easily as making a phone call, facilitate better team interactions, dynamically bringing together individuals, virtual workgroups, and teams, make mobile devices extensions of the corporate network so mobile workers can be productive anywhere

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#4 in Top 10 Unified Communications software

Alternatives


The best alternatives to Cisco Unified Communications are: Microsoft Teams, Avaya, Amazon Chime



Latest news about Cisco Unified Communications


2014. Cisco-Jive and 5 other Unified Collaboration leaders



Large enterprise customers have grown increasingly impatient, seeking a single solution that offers collaboration, social interactions, and real-time communication without the need for extensive integration projects. To meet this demand, software vendors have coined the term "Unified Collaboration" and now market their solutions under this banner. However, not every IT giant is capable of building such a comprehensive system on their own. In some cases, collaboration becomes necessary. For instance, leading unified communications provider Cisco recently partnered with social networking provider Jive, announcing that they now offer the best solution in the market. Nevertheless, industry experts highlight that Cisco faces strong competition from five key rivals: Microsoft (Yammer + Lync), IBM (IBM Connections + IBM Sametime), Citrix (GoToMeeting + Podio), Siemens (Unify + Ansible), and Salesforce (Chatter + DimDim). However, it should be noted that the latter two vendors are currently considered potential competitors, as their Unified Communications (UC) solutions are not yet fully developed.




2014. Cisco and Google unite against Microsoft on the Unified Communications market



Cisco is a competitor to Microsoft's Lync in the unified communications market, while Google competes with Microsoft in the operating system market. Therefore, it makes sense for Cisco and Google to establish a partnership, and that's exactly what they did. Recently, the companies brought Cisco Unified Communications systems and Cisco Webex to Google Chromebooks. This development provides yet another incentive for large companies to consider upgrading their Windows XP licenses (which ended in April) to the free ChromeOS rather than the paid Windows 8. Furthermore, Google and Cisco have successfully integrated Cisco communication systems with the Google Apps suite. As a result, users can now schedule online Webex and Cisco UC meetings through Google Calendar and initiate voice and video calls directly from GMail and Google Contacts.