On November 8, Reuters reported that Plantronics was exploring options that included a potential sale of the company after attracting takeover interest. This was just four short months after Plantronics acquired Polycom for ~ US $2 billion. On November 23, Reuters reported (a rumor) that Logitech was in discussio...
This year’s BroadSoft Connections event was hosted in Miami, Florida – less than an hour away from the Recon Research office in Coral Springs. By my count, this was the 17th BroadSoft Connections event, but the first to take place after the Cisco acquisition. This was also my first time attending Connections....
As I sit in the airport nursing a beer and waiting for my plane to depart, I have mixed feelings about what I experienced at Zoomtopia 2018. To gain access to this content, please SIGN IN or SIGN UP. First the Basics This year’s event included 1,400 of my closest friends (you know wh...
Do we like this deal? Honestly, it's hard not to ... The deal that we’ve pondered, mentioned, and hinted at for quite some time is finally a reality. At least a pending reality. And unless we’re missing something … it makes perfect sense. To learn more about this merger, Recon Research ha...
To buy or "borrow" - that is the question ... Increased Demand for Video Conferencing Technology and market development advances have lead to dramatic shifts in the video conferencing industry. The price and performance of video gear have ridden the silicon curve to make solutions widely affordable ...
A not so new, but often overlooked approach to generating new business. Background In the video conferencing space, vendors have traditionally thought of their customer segments falling into four main groups: government, education, medical (with some overlap in the case of university hospitals, count...
Yes, you're right. We’ve been talking about this same issue for 10 - 20 years, yet the problem remains. Background At Recon Research, much of our time goes toward supporting large enterprise clients. Pharmaceuticals. Investment banks. Government agencies. Manufacturing comp...
The Plantronics acquisition isn't without risk, but we give it a thumbs-up overall. Early on March 28, the world learned that Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) and Polycom had entered into a definitive agreement under which Plantronics (the smaller of the two companies with annual revenue of ~ US $880 million)...
