Stay up-to-date on the Unified Communications industry with this weekly recap. We cover Cisco's plans to investment in India, as well as new studies highlighting trends and concerns among UC practitioners.

1. Top 5
Unified Communications
Stories of the Week
3rd week in March, 2016

2. 1. New global study offers glimpse into
the current state of enterprise mobility
The third annual Global State of Enterprise Mobility report,
published recently by Enterprise Mobility Exchange, sheds
some light on the trends of organizations in the industry.

3. 1. Global enterprise
mobility report
(continued)
According to the study’s survey
of 300 senior mobile
practitioners throughout the
world, enterprise mobility
organizations have invested
heavily into mobile app
development.

4. 1. Global
enterprise mobility
report (continued)
More than 60% of respondents
stated that app development
was their main investment
focus.

5. 1. Global
enterprise mobility
report (continued)
Integration with legacy systems
was the biggest challenge
reported

6. 1. Global
enterprise mobility
study (continued)
Read more in Gary Eastwood’s
article for Unified
Communications Insights

7. 2. Cisco to invest $100 million in India
over next two years
Based on its upcoming investments, Cisco Systems sees a
bright future for the booming startup environment in India.
Cisco announced on March 18 that it will spend $100
million in India over the next 18 to 24 months.

8. 2. Cisco investing
in India
(continued)
The $100 million will include
$40 million allocated to help
fund new startups and train
about 250,000 students over the
next four years.

9. 2. Cisco investing
in India
(continued)
The rest of the investment will
be used to open six new
innovation labs, three
expertise centers, as well as to
invest in certain university
programs.

10. 2. Cisco investing
in India
(continued)
The Economic Times reported
that Cisco expects to see a lot
of development in India’s IP-
driven technology software
companies.

11. 3. Ingram Micro acquires NetXUSA and
enhances portfolio of IP
communications products
2. India to see $100 million in
investment from Cisco over next two
years
Ingram Micro announced on March 17 that it will
purchase NetXUSA, a unified communications and
collaboration distributor.

12. 3. Ingram Micro
acquires NetXUSA
(continued)
As reported by Jimmy Sheridan
in CRN, the move puts Ingram
in a position to improve its
collection of IP
communications products and
UC&C business.

13. 3. Ingram Micro
acquires NetXUSA
(continued)
The deal is part of Ingram’s
strategy of developing its
telecom and VoIP portfolio.
The financial details of the
acquisition were not released;
however, NetXUSA will retain
its name and work as an
Ingram Micro company.

14. 4. Avaya rolls out new Zang
communications platform
UC vendor Avaya recently announced the creation of a new
subsidiary, Zang, which will offer a cloud-enabled platform.

15. 4. Avaya rolls out
Zang
(continued)
Zang will come with pre-built
applications and provide a
cloud communications
platform as a service. Potential
users can expect to be able to
deploy customized
communications-enabled apps
as standalone or embedded
features.

16. 4. Avaya rolls out
Zang
(continued)
Zang is composed of 3 parts:
• communications platform as
a service
• communications applications
• cloud access

17. 5. The UC community reacts to recent
survey highlighting UC challenges
It’s no secret that the individuals who run UC networks
have a difficult job. When issues pop up, locating the cause
and finding a solution isn’t always a simple task.

18. 5. UC challenges
(Continued)
In a March 18 article
for NoJitter, Oracle
Communications’ Carl Blume
discussed UC operations and a
recent survey that highlighted
the challenges surrounding the
industry.

19. 5. UC challenges
(Continued)
The report, which was based
on a survey of 288
professionals who attended a
NoJitter webinar, showed that
inoperability was cited as the
most-encountered challenge.

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