{"id":14538,"date":"2019-09-22T20:10:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T00:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=14538"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:27:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:27:47","slug":"windsteam-upgrades-officesuite-uc-adds-sd-wan-integration-scale-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/windsteam-upgrades-officesuite-uc-adds-sd-wan-integration-scale-and-more.html","title":{"rendered":"Windstream Upgrades OfficeSuite UC, Adds SD-WAN Integration, Scale and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Windstream Enterprise<\/a> announced a major upgrade <\/a>to the OfficeSuite UC platform, its award-winning UCaaS solution, to expand support to companies with up to 20,000 users. This is an increase from 2,500 and there is no extra cost for this functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To learn more, we had an exclusive interview with the Windstream team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“OfficeSuite UC has proven to be a game-changer for smaller enterprises who are realizing the advantages of a cloud-based communications system,” said Austin Herrington, vice president of product management at Windstream Enterprise. “With this major enhancement, we’ve scaled this award-winning solution so that much larger businesses also can cost-effectively simplify administration and create a uniform user experience.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You may recall this product came to Windstream via the Broadview acquisition <\/a>in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Windstream Enterprise provides SD-WAN Concierge, Cloud Connect and WiFi<\/a> services. It also offers a range of complementary network and communications solutions including Managed Network Security, Wavelength Services with Optical Encryption, Switched Ethernet and Fixed Wireless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Yelton said the company had over two-hundred thousand users in the less than one-thousand user range. Customers needed to scale, have better management, integrate, have service quality and control and compliance where necessary he told us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another interesting feature of the platform is the ability to add in different backgrounds like a virtual green screen. See the graphic at the top with the mountain background and this one above with a bridge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“We have a blade server architecture, it can spin up new instances and utilize geographic and high-availability for customers,” he exclaimed. “Admins and sub-admins are a new feature.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went on to explain they looked at UCaaS from a consumer perspective… Asking, how do people manage their 401Ks and IRAs? This reasoning led to being able to nickname accounts to make it easier to recognize and manage them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest competitive threat they see comes from Verizon he responded to a query we posed about the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Dematteo explained they are bringing their customers from other platforms to OfficeSuite as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Behind the scenes, the company has AI looking for where users get stuck, in order to improve the interface over time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They emphasized they will integrate into other collaboration platforms – as well as tying in SD-WAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet with Windstream Enterprise and come and learn about the latest in everything business tech\u2026 Collaboration, UCaaS, the Channel, IT, IoT, Edge<\/a>, Cybersecurity, AI, SD-WAN<\/a>, and the Future of Work<\/a> at the world\u2019s only SD-WAN Expo<\/a><\/strong>, part of the ITEXPO<\/a> <\/strong>#TechSuperShow, Feb 12-14, 2020 Fort Lauderdale, FL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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