{"id":8377,"date":"2020-02-18T13:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T13:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=8377"},"modified":"2023-01-17T10:26:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T10:26:34","slug":"cloud-shapes-future-business-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/cloud-shapes-future-business-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"How cloud shapes the future of business collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucsummit.com\/register\/?BMID=UCSUMMITMASTER2020Q1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UC Summit 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been live for almost a month now, and has hosted thousands of visitors in its first weeks. That\u2019s no surprise \u2013 with the variety and quality of content available, it\u2019s a golden opportunity for businesses to learn about the present and future of communications technology. How we communicate is how we do business, therefore our methods impact directly on our bottom line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication in partnership is the theme of a talk given by Amritesh Chaudhuri, RingCentral\u2019s SVP of Product and Solutions Marketing, at the Gartner Symposium in November. It\u2019s a fitting keynote for UC Summit as it posits communication as the cornerstone of effective collaboration. Amrit invokes the industry-defining moment of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/blog\/ringcentral-avaya-a-winning-strategic-partnership\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral\u2019s partnership with Avaya<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to illustrate the concept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suzanne Simard, in her TED talk on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Un2yBgIAxYs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How trees talk to each other<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, explains that \u201ca forest is much more than what you see.\u201d Trees are the foundation of a forest, but much of the symbiotic dynamics are happening beyond what is immediately apparent. \u201cYou can take out one or two hub trees, but there\u2019s a tipping point,\u201d says Suzanne. \u201cYou take out one too many and the whole system collapses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suzanne found that trees were not competing but collaborating, sending nutrients and even distress signals throughout their network. She explains that trees share vital information about sunlight and water sources across their root system. This, together with the nutrients they share, contributes to the resilience of the forest ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8378\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amrit-1-640x360.png\" alt=\"Amrit\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amrit-1-640x360.png 640w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amrit-1-300x169.png 300w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amrit-1-768x432.png 768w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amrit-1-1536x864.png 1536w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amrit-1-250x140.png 250w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amrit-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses are no different, says Amritesh. Your business&#8217;s ability to connect, communicate and adapt over vast distances is critical for growth. This drives survival and makes a business thrive. How well you do this determines how well you do in the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How we communicate in our personal lives is changing how we communicate in our work lives. Amritesh argues that our modes of communication are completely different today from how they were only five years ago. The threads of multi-device, work from anywhere capability are coming together across the whole workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fringcentr.al%2F3bKjwdW&#038;text=How%20we%20communicate%20in%20our%20personal%20lives%20is%20changing%20how%20we%20communicate%20in%20our%20work%20lives.%20The%20threads%20of%20multi-device%2C%20work%20from%20anywhere%20capability%20are%20coming%20together%20across%20the%20whole%20workplace.&#038;via=RingCentralUK&#038;related=RingCentralUK' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How we communicate in our personal lives is changing how we communicate in our work lives. The threads of multi-device, work from anywhere capability are coming together across the whole workplace. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fringcentr.al%2F3bKjwdW&#038;text=How%20we%20communicate%20in%20our%20personal%20lives%20is%20changing%20how%20we%20communicate%20in%20our%20work%20lives.%20The%20threads%20of%20multi-device%2C%20work%20from%20anywhere%20capability%20are%20coming%20together%20across%20the%20whole%20workplace.&#038;via=RingCentralUK&#038;related=RingCentralUK' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same trend is manifest in external communication. Our customers are no longer just calling us \u2013 they also use social media and other channels to get in contact. Customers expect their interactions with product or service providers to be effortless across every channel \u2013 not just chat and email. In B2B interactions, says Amritesh, the way we talk to our vendors is completely different now from five years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This increase in mobility is also reflected in our infrastructure. Investment in premises-based UC infrastructure is waning because future cloud UC offerings will be far ahead in terms of features, functions, portals, analytics and dashboards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scales have tipped: Cloud is enabling constant innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transition to the cloud is being driven by the need for agility and faster innovation. While on-premises fixed systems take time and effort to adapt, cloud gives businesses that infinite scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One effect of the digital shift is that CIOs have to constantly change to meet employee and customer expectations. For the CIO, it\u2019s no longer just about managing software and hardware and being the broker for the business. It&#8217;s much more than that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8384\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gartner-keynote-the-scales-have-tipped-v10-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"Gartner Keynote The scales have tipped\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gartner-keynote-the-scales-have-tipped-v10-640x360.jpg 640w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gartner-keynote-the-scales-have-tipped-v10-300x169.jpg 300w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gartner-keynote-the-scales-have-tipped-v10-250x140.jpg 250w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gartner-keynote-the-scales-have-tipped-v10.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner predicts that by 2021 CIOs will be as responsible as HR for workplace culture. Through the implementation and management of technology, information and \u2018nutrients\u2019 can be shared throughout an organisation. Business communication is becoming much more about human connection. It\u2019s not just about video meetings; it\u2019s about driving business outcomes. Implementing customer service tools isn\u2019t just about adding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/contact-centre\/overview.html\">contact centre<\/a>; it\u2019s about making sure your customers are being heard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out how this can be achieved successfully and sustainably: visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ucsummit.com\/keynote-theatre\/?BMID=UCSUMMITMASTER2020Q1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UC Summit 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to watch Amritesh\u2019s presentation in full. There are many more excellent talks from a variety of technology providers available at UC Summit 2020 \u2013 simply register for free to get access to all that quality content.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UC Summit 2020 has been live for almost a month now, and has hosted thousands of visitors in its first weeks. 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