The PBX Market Can't Stand Against UC Sales - Unified Communications

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Featured Articles » Why 2014 is (Finally!) THE Year for Desktops As A Service (DAAS) » Market Growth Favors the Hosted Softswitch » Apple Brings In-browser, Native Calling to Macs, Safari » As PBX Market Hits Some Hurdles, Unified Communications Flourish Sponsored By: WEBRTC CONFERENCE & EXPO IV - June 17-19, 2014 Cobb Galleria - Atlanta, Georgia Attend WebRTC Conference and Expo IV The Longest Running Global WebRTC Ecosystem Event WebRTC allows your company to implement real time solutions across a multitude of applications - choose the right platform & application at WebRTC Conference & Expo IV! Successful WebRTC implementation and enhancement begins with the right knowledge & products that coincide with your company goals. Get the most up to date, technically sound advice and view the latest platforms & applications that will show you how to harness the power of this protocol. Make Plans To Attend / Exhibit & Sponsor | June 17 – 19, 2014 | Cobb Galleria | Atlanta, Georgia www.webrtcexpo.com   Top Stories » Aryaka Solves VoIP Issues for EchoFirst » 4PSA's VoipNow Celebrates its Ascendance » Loffler to Offer ShoreTel Sky Hosted Phone System » 'First for Cloud' Offers Access to the World's Best Cloud Services   From The Expert Corner June 03, 2014 By Steve Anderson Contributing TMCnet Writer Technology has a way of replacing itself. When the automobile started coming out, it replaced the horse-drawn carriage for many. The microwave oven also replaced regular stove tops for more than a few people. Hundreds of examples of new technology displacing old technology are abound throughout our history, and now, there's one more. A new report from Infonetics Research shows us that sales of unified communications (UC) systems are utterly ruining the market for private branch exchange (PBX (News - Alert)) goods. The Infonetics Research report noted two critical points: The UC sales market had a pretty impressive first quarter of 2014, seeing a 27 percent jump in sales as compared to the same time just last year and the market for PBX—which includes items ranging from UC applications and IP phones to time-division multiplexer (TDM) systems--had a bit of a collapse, dropping eight percent compared not only to the same time in 2013, but also eight percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2013. Perhaps unexpectedly, the UC market has a clear leader whose growth stands out from its competitors, even in a market that's actively growing: Microsoft (News - Alert). Microsoft was the only vendor to post growth in a year-over-year comparison in the entirety of the UC market as of the first calendar quarter of 2014. The takeaway from this, meanwhile, was starkly clear to Diane Myers, Infonetics Research (News - Alert) principal analyst, who noted that the market's move to UC was quite clear as expressed by the numbers. Myers elaborated by saying, “The enterprise telephony market continues to struggle as businesses hold off new PBX purchases and invest instead in unified communications...Read More Read more about Cable, Satellite, Information Technology   Featured Video ITEXPO Miami 2014 Interview with Unified Office   TMCnet Free Premium Content » Optum Gains Visibility and Efficiency in the Back Office » Replacing an Aging PBX Infrastructure: The Competitive Advantage and Cost Savings of a Cloud Phone System » Solving the top 5 SMB Challenges with Video Conferencing Appliances » Overcoming 5 Key Business Challenges for SMBs   Featured Channels » VoIP Switch » Hosted Softswitch » Enterprise Mobile Solutions » Enterprise Communications   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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