Another great advance was the huge number of UC customer success stories. Every supplier was sure to mention customer successes in their keynotes and/or in their booths. And the success case studies were really solid UC stories, highlighting high-return examples of "communications integrated to optimize business processes."
And convergence is highly visible at VoiceCon 2008. Where else can you have an Avaya keynote followed by a Microsoft keynote, or an IBM keynote followed by a Cisco keynote? That's what we saw on Tuesday and will see on Wednesday at VoiceCon Orlando 2008.
Finally, the Exhibit floor is the best ever, from my perspective. When I took a group of clients on a tour, every booth we visited, on "both sides of the aisle", was able to give us the 10-minute tour. And, that tour was really rich with content, demonstrations, and real examples. Avaya and Tandberg each won our top rating for, "best 10-minute UC tour!" I hope you're reading this from VoiceCon Orlando 2008 - the best UC convergence show ever.
