Rich Costello

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Rich Costello

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

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Mitel Is Going Private

Apr 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS43764418

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

The acquisition of multiple companies (and brands) over the past several years has enabled Mitel to significantly increase its revenue (almost threefold since 2013) to over $1 billion annually, providing it with new technology opportunities...
Cisco Collaboration Summit 2018: Rising Collaboration

Apr 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS43766818

By: Wayne KurtzmanResearch Director, 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...
Plantronics and Polycom: Stronger Together

Apr 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS43727118

By: Rich CostelloSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C), Michael Vorisek, Melissa FremeijerSenior Research Analyst, European Telecommunications and Networking

IDC agrees that the deal will result in a robust unified communications (UC) endpoint portfolio vendor and helps create a stronger, more resilient business and business partner. The expected $75 million in annual run-rate cost synergies wil...

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IDC Innovators: Video and Voice Collaboration, 2018

Sep 2018 | IDC Innovators | Doc # US44253718

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

IDC Innovators are emerging vendors with revenue <$100 million that have demonstrated either a groundbreaking business model or an innovative new technology — or both. This IDC Innovators study profiles four emerging vendors in video and...
Microsoft Announces Skype for Business Server 2019 — Public Preview

Sep 2018 | IDC Perspective | Doc # US44261418

By: Rich CostelloSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C)

This IDC Perspective examines the recent Microsoft announcement regarding the availability of public preview versions of Exchange Server 2019 and Skype for Business Server 2019, which enable customers to test and discuss the (noncommercial)...
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing 2018 Vendor Assessment

Jul 2018 | IDC MarketScape | Doc # US44070317

By: Rich CostelloSenior Research Analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C)

This IDC study uses the IDC MarketScape model to provide an assessment of 12 providers in the worldwide enterprise videoconferencing market. The IDC MarketScape is an evaluation based on a comprehensive framework and a set of parameters tha...

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Rich Costello

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Mitel Is Going Private

Cisco Collaboration Summit 2018: Rising Collaboration

Plantronics and Polycom: Stronger Together

IDC Innovators: Video and Voice Collaboration, 2018

Microsoft Announces Skype for Business Server 2019 — Public Preview

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing 2018 Vendor Assessment

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