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Signs of changing times – Enterprise accelerating migration from Avaya and premise based solutions to UCaaS

26 Jan, 2017

Zane Long, VP of Channel Sales at RingCentral, discusses the recent announcement by Avaya filling for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with Don Witt of The Channel Daily News from Telecom Reseller.

What does it mean for the premise based customer?
What does it mean for the channel moving forward?
What does is say about technology?

Per Zane, UCaaS is the product of the century and large enterprise customers are now starting to demand UCaaS and are moving to the cloud at an accelerated rate. They are shifting from the capital asset purchase to the monthly fee and a more flexible and mobile solution. Listen in to hear more about the recently announced Avaya bankruptcy. RingCentral, Inc. is an award-winning global provider of cloud unified communications and collaboration solutions. More flexible and cost-effective than legacy on-premise systems, RingCentral solutions empower today’s mobile and distributed workforces to be connected anywhere and on any device through voice, video, team messaging, collaboration, SMS, conferencing, online meetings, contact center, and fax. RingCentral provides an open platform that integrates with today’s leading business apps while giving customers the flexibility to customize their own workflows. RingCentral has the confidence of over 350,000 organizations worldwide to provide them with innovative and secure ways to connect employees, boost workforce productivity, share knowledge, and strengthen customer relationships. RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information go to: https://www.ringcentral.com/ http://media.blubrry.com/telecomresellerpodcast/content.blubrry.com/telecomresellerpodcast/RingCentral_Edited_Jan_2017.mp3

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