Rich Costello

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Rich Costello

Senior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C)

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Cisco Webex Gets Seriously Focused on Collaboration

Feb 2019 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44887419

By: Wayne KurtzmanResearch Director, Social and Collaboration, Rich CostelloSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C), Melissa FremeijerSenior Research Analyst, European Telecommunications and Networking

After spending a few days with the Cisco Collaboration leadership team led by Amy Chang, it is clear that the team is focused on the pillars of collaboration that leverage the Cisco security and with new features that help people work bette...
Oracle Reinforces Real-Time Communications Portfolio with Talari SD-WAN Buy

Nov 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44458618

By: Rajesh GhaiResearch Director, Carrier Network Infrastructure, Brad CasemoreResearch Vice President, Datacenter Networks, Rich CostelloSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C), Brandon ButlerSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Networks, Rohit MehraVice President, Network Infrastructure

Oracle's purchase of Talari is driven by the vision that cloud-hosted real-time communications (RTC) application sessions need not just the security and management provided by session border controllers but also the predictability, availabi...
Cisco Collaboration Summit 2018: Rising Collaboration

Apr 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS43766818

By: Wayne KurtzmanResearch Director, Social and Collaboration, Rich CostelloSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C), Amy LindResearch Manager, Broadband, Enterprise Voice & IP Communications Services, and Unified Communications

The Cisco Collaboration Summit was held April 18–20, 2018, in Phoenix, Arizona. Announcements included convergence of the Cisco Webex brand and strategy (now with a lowercase "e" in Webex) to unify the brand experience across calls, meeting...

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Avaya Engage 2019: Experiences That Matter

Mar 2019 | Market Note | Doc # US44893318

By: Chris BarnardVice President, European Infrastructure and Communications, Rich CostelloSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C)

This IDC Market Note discusses the Avaya Engage 2019 event for clients, partners, and industry analysts held January 20–23 in Austin, Texas. It summarizes IDC's opinion on Engage 2019 and discusses some important next steps for the company....
ALE Connex19: Journey into Its Next Century

Mar 2019 | Market Note | Doc # EMEA44886719

By: Oru MohiuddinResearch Manager, Amy LindResearch Manager, Broadband, Enterprise Voice & IP Communications Services, and Unified Communications, Rich CostelloSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C)

This IDC Market Note discusses Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise's 2019 Analyst Conference, held in February 2019 in conjunction with its partner event, Connex19. It summarizes IDC's opinion on information discussed during the event and lays out th...
IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Networking Predictions, 2019

Feb 2019 | Market Perspective | Doc # US44873419

By: Brandon ButlerSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Networks, Brad CasemoreResearch Vice President, Datacenter Networks, Rich CostelloSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C), Rohit MehraVice President, Network Infrastructure

This IDC Market Perspective provides predictions for the top 10 trends impacting the enterprise networking and communications market in 2019."The rise and mainstream adoption of 3rd Platform technologies — including cloud computing, ubiquit...

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Rich Costello

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Cisco Webex Gets Seriously Focused on Collaboration

Oracle Reinforces Real-Time Communications Portfolio with Talari SD-WAN Buy

Cisco Collaboration Summit 2018: Rising Collaboration

Avaya Engage 2019: Experiences That Matter

ALE Connex19: Journey into Its Next Century

IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Networking Predictions, 2019

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