RingCentral Rise Helps Service Providers Bring Co-Branded UCaaS Offers to Market

G. Willsky

Summary Bullets:

• RingCentral Rise represents a significant investment in the company’s relationship with service provider partners.
• Rise is innovative in the way it combines technology, managed services, and a channel program to create co-branded UCaaS offers.

RingCentral has solidified its position in the cloud-based collaboration market.  This has been largely driven by the expansion of its portfolio beyond its flagship chat service (Glip) to include conferencing, team collaboration, voice, and contact center capabilities.  A separate but equally significant component has been the inking of partnerships with vendors ALE, Atos, Avaya, and Mitel and service providers such as AT&T, Telus, and Verizon.  The recent introduction of RingCentral Rise represents a new branch of RingCentral’s go-to-market strategy and signals a renewed commitment to the company’s network of service provider partners.

Equinix Innovates with Partners to Boost Data Center Sustainability, but a Roadmap Is Needed

C. Drake

Summary Bullets:

• Equinix announced its first Co-Innovation Facility, where it will work with partners to trial and develop data center sustainability technologies.
• As a follow-up, Equinix should aim to provide its customers with a deployment roadmap to help them advance their own sustainability plans.

Equinix recently opened its first Co-Innovation Facility (CIF) near Washington, D.C., where it will work with several partners – notably Bloom Energy, ZutaCore, Virtual Power Systems (VPS), and Natron Energy – to trial and develop technologies that enable environmentally sustainable data centers.