Keynote: : State of the Collaboration & Conferencing Service Market
Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 9:15am - 10:00am
In the form of “Unified Communication” enterprise software providers (Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle) and telephony equipment providers (Avaya, Alcatel, Nortel, and Cisco) have squarely put their sights on the conferencing services market traditionally held by AT&T, VerizonBusiness (MCI), and Global Crossing. Will premise-based solutions overtake the network applications for voice, web, and video conferencing? Does “collaboration” mean convergence and integration with enterprise software and telephony? Collaboration and conferencing is rapidly going to IP and this means services, providers, and prospects change. Learn how these new market forces change what is a dynamic and growing market segment.
Marc Beattie, Partner & CSP Practice Manager, Wainhouse Research
Marc Beattie is the CSP (Collaboration Service Provider) Practice Manager and a Partner at Wainhouse Research. He consults to service providers on markets, product strategies, distribution structures, emerging technologies and industry applications. Marc is the author of the quarterly CSP SpotCheck, the annual three volumes Local CSP Markets (NA, EU, AP), and the annual Rich Media Conferencing, Volume 3 report on services. He is a featured speaker and moderator at industry conferences and private company events - specializing on the future impact of current technology developments. Marc is the conference director for WR’s CSP Summit, and co-director of the WR European Forum in Berlin. He is a member and Leader (top 5% of all advisors to institutional investors) of Gerson Lehrman Group's The Councils of Advisors and Vista Research's Society of Industry Leaders through which he advises worldwide financial clients on technology companies and trends. Prior to joining Wainhouse Research Marc was an early member of PictureTel and Polycom - holding positions in product management, business development and sales management - and spent 13 years working within the industry. He has been an independent analyst and consultant since 1998.
