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What to expect from Cisco’s competitors in 2017

Cisco is in a strong position for 2017, but the company’s competitors won’t simply allow it to take market share

Microsoft and LinkedIn aim for ‘logical’ integrations

Microsoft and LinkedIn are now officially one company with a common vision for the future of work and social collaboration. Analysts say early integration plans reveal priorities across both platforms.

Microsoft’s chatbot is reborn as Zo

Hopefully they fixed this one so it can't be turned into a misanthrope

10 most useful Slack bots

Video pays off in the enterprise

As costs come down and the technology improves, video is finally spurring easy and effective collaboration. (Plus -- 5 tips for building video culture in your organization.)

BroadSoft: The most important UC vendor you probably haven’t heard of

The unified communications company hopes to elevate its name recognition with its BroadSoft Business suite and its Powered by BroadSoft branding initiative

Vendors push the ‘private instance on a public cloud’ proposition

Customers want private cloud offerings, and Alfresco with its content management system on AWS is doing what they ask

ICQ, the original instant messenger, turns 20

It could have gone on to greatness. Instead, AOL bought it.

Freshly-funded Message.io buddies up with Microsoft on chatbots

Seed funding could pave way for more chatbots to work on Cisco Spark, Salesforce Chatter messaging platforms

Cisco sales tick up, CEO Robbins bullish on data center, security, collaboration

Revenue up 1%, net income down 4%