A New Business Model for IP Telephony Drives Consolidation and Attrition

Zeus Kerravala, Yankee Group SVP and I review the enterprise IP telephony market and discuss the latest industry changes including the ShoreTel IPO, Inter-Tel & Mitel merger, Avaya going private, Nortels implosion, Siemens reasserting, Microsofts overhang and Ciscos strong position. It is becoming very clear that the enterprise IP telephony business model is in play as it shifts to a software and services industry forcing consolidation and attrition. We get to the heart of the matter and provide the insight you expect from a Lippis Report podcast. We squeezed a little time in for Cisco’s major Data Center 3.0 announcement too. The audio quality is not as good as we normally deliver, but the content is great!! Enjoy.