Brian Riggs

Bill Hurley, formerly CMO @UnifyCo, now CMO @CenturyLink ir.centurylink.com/file.aspx?IID=…

Dean Douglas, formerly CEO @UnifyCo, now president of sales and marketing @CenturyLink ir.centurylink.com/file.aspx?IID=…

New Google Glass model presented as business-focused, tho the new camera-on light addresses mainly consumer concerns arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/1…

Google introducing a new Glass model arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/1… New model has a front-facing light that turns green when the camera is on

.@shoretel acquires hosted PBX provider @Corvisa shoretel.com/news/shoretel-… The move will make Shoretel a provider of SIP trunking services

Microsoft buys mobile team collab app Talko, plans to integrate tech into @SkypeBusiness blogs.microsoft.com/firehose/2015/…

.@Cisco acquires video conferencing interoperability specialist @AcanoCo for $700m cash. reuters.com/article/2015/1… #ucoms

.@UnifyCo introduces freemium pricing plans for Circuit prnewswire.com/news-releases/… Pricing tiers are now free, $3.95, $6.95 & $14.95/user/month

.@thinkingphones buying @fuze follows its acquisition of @WhalebackMSP and @Contactive thinkingphones.com/resource-post/… thinkingphones.com/resource-post/…

.@thinkingphones acquires online video conferencing provider @fuze for undisclosed sum businesswire.com/news/home/2015… #ucoms

.@optusbusiness signed up Australian Dept of Immigration to its HCS-based #ucoms service. 15k end points, $115m deal arnnet.com.au/article/588281…

Jeff Ma appointed acting CEO, replaces Michel Emelianoff at ALE, search for permanent CEO underway enterprise.alcatel-lucent.com/?communication…

With @UnifyCo @Atos plans to enhance social collab w/realtime comms. twst.com/update/siemens… Maybe a sign Unify to be combined w/ @BlueKiwi

With @UnifyCo @Atos plans “to create a unique integrated proposition” for #ucoms twst.com/update/siemens…

.@Atos apparently has a hosted #ucoms service based on Cisco HCS, at least according to this site uk.atos.net/en-uk/home/we-…

.@Atos, which just acquired @UnifyCo, has a cloud-based Microsoft service (A3C) that includes managed Lync/SFB canopy-cloud.com/business-solut…

.@Atos partners w/ @Cisco & @Microsoft. Buying @UnifyCo will put Atos into direct competition with them, at least in the #ucoms space

.@Atos presenting itself as a vendor-neutral provider #ucoms services (uk.atos.net/en-uk/home/we-…) will be more difficult after the Unify acq

.@Atos, which just bought @UnifyCo, has a €4.5bn managed services business, as well as a €3.1bn consulting practice. atos.net/content/dam/gl…

.@Siemens currently owns 49% of @UnifyCo and 12% of @Atos. So with the Atos acquisition Unify remains in the Siemens fold.