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The Certified Advantage: How Barco and Logitech Are Redefining Microsoft Teams Rooms
In this UC Today interview, Marcus Law speaks with Gauthier Renard, Group Product Manager for Barco ClickShare, and Neil Fluester, Senior Product Marketing at Logitech for Business, about the certified Barco and Logitech Microsoft Teams Rooms bundle. They discuss what hybrid-ready rooms need to deliver in 2026, why user experience should drive room design, how Microsoft certification supports reliability and security, and why IT leaders need more than a collection of separate devices. The con...
Sep 3
23 min
Close the experience gap: Mitel's State of Workforce Communication Report Unpacked
A new global survey of 2,000 IT leaders and employees by Mitel and Vanson Bourne reveals a striking disconnect – 93 percent of IT leaders consider communication tools critical to daily operations, yet only 34 percent of workers say those tools are highly effective. In this video, UC Today's Christopher Carey sits down with Eric Hanson, CMO at Mitel, to unpack the findings of the State of Workforce Communication report – exploring why tool overload is driving shadow IT and shadow AI, why voice...
Aug 19
20 min
The 365-Day Stadium: How Crestron Powers Matchday at Espai Barça
What does it take to deliver a seamless hospitality experience when thousands of fans arrive for a major match? In this UC Today interview, Antonio Ortega, Regional Sales Director at Crestron Electronics, explains how Crestron is supporting the Espai Barça project with an IP-based AV and control environment. Ortega discusses how video, audio, lighting, and virtualised control help the club deliver consistent experiences across VIP areas including the Beach Club and Main Hub, why scal...
Aug 12
4 min
The Truth About AI Hiring: What 1.7 Million Job Applications Reveal
In this episode of UC Today, host Kristian McCann sits down with Sam Wright, Head of Career Strategy at Huntr, to separate fact from fiction when it comes to AI in hiring, from both sides of the equation. Drawing on analysis of 1.7 million job applications, 1 million job postings, and 243,000 résumés, plus hundreds of conversations with job seekers and recruiters, Wright offers a rare data-driven look at how hiring actually works in 2026. The discussion explores the growing tens...
Aug 10
14 min
Executive Hiring in the AI Era: Why the Wrong Hire Can Cost Millions
In this episode of UC Today, host Kristian McCann is joined by Nada Usina, CEO of NU Advisory Partners, to explore how AI is fundamentally changing executive hiring. As technology rapidly changes the skills workforces need, organizations can no longer rely solely on traditional hiring signals like prestigious résumés, familiar career paths, or industry tenure. Instead, companies are being forced to rethink how they identify leaders capable of navigating constant technological disruption.&nbsp...
Aug 10
14 min
Is IT Evolving Fast Enough? Service Management, Connectivity & the AI Shift
As organisations modernise their digital workplaces, service management and connectivity are no longer separate disciplines – they're converging into a single experience layer that shapes how people work, sell, and serve customers. In this UC Today roundtable, Christopher Carey is joined by Irwin Lazar, President and Principal Analyst at Metrigy; Chethan Visweswar, Chief Product Officer at Movius; John Finch, Global VP at RingCentral; and Mark Bunnell, Chief Operating Officer at Nuwave. Tog...
Aug 4
34 min
Q-SYS + Microsoft: Why Your Teams Rooms Investment Is Only Half the Story
The next phase of workplace transformation starts beyond the meeting room. Most enterprises have deployed Microsoft Teams Rooms and the core meeting experience is working. But beyond the meeting room sits a much larger opportunity, lobbies, huddle spaces, event venues, open collaboration areas, and most organisations are managing those with a disconnected patchwork of point solutions that wasn't designed to scale. In this video, Marcus Law sits down with Vic Bhagat, Senior Director of...
Aug 4
20 min
Beyond Transcription: The Next Layer of AI in UC
In this interview, UC Today's Marcus Law speaks with Carmit DiAndrea, Director of Value Realization Services at NiCE, about what the next chapter of AI in unified communications actually looks like for enterprises. The conversation moves beyond transcription and meeting summaries to explore supervisor copilots, business intelligence tools, agentic AI, and how organisations should be measuring outcomes rather than activity. Carmit also addresses the surveillance line, accountability in agenti...
Aug 4
17 min
Otter.ai CEO Sam Liang on Conversational AI, Privacy, and Why Lawsuits "Are Part of Doing Business"
In this interview, UC Today's Christopher Carey sits down with Sam Liang, CEO and Co-founder of Otter.ai, to discuss the company's newly launched Conversational Knowledge Engine and what it means for enterprise productivity. Sam explains how Otter is moving beyond siloed meeting notes to build a longitudinal knowledge graph connecting thousands of meetings, people, topics, and projects — arguing that conversational data has been the missing piece of enterprise infrastructure for over 100 yea...
Aug 4
15 min
The Security & Compliance Show: Securing the Enterprise in the Age of AI Agents
In this UC Today roundtable, host Kristian McCann brings together leading security experts to confront the escalating risks of agentic AI—autonomous systems that make decisions, take actions, and roam across enterprise tech stacks often without human oversight. You’ll hear from Irina Tsukerman, President at Scarab Rising; Shlomi Beer, Co-Founder & CEO at ImpersonAlly; and Roey Eliyahu, Co-Founder & CEO at Salt Security. Together, they reveal how rapid adoption in customer support, sal...
Aug 4
48 min
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