Skype Means Business
Skype is getting serious about business voice
I posted recently on Skype hiring Jonathan Rosenberg. Today, Skype announced that David Gurle has joined the team as GM and VP of Skype for Business.
Mr. Gurle was instrumental in laying the foundation for LCS/OCS at Microsoft, and more recently turned Thomson Reuters into a major collaboration player within the financial services market.
I don’t like making predictions, but is this the start of a 3 horse race in Enterprise UC? Or will Skype simply fill an important gap in the small and mid-market businesses where the major Enterprise UC players require too much investment and heavy-lifting?
If Skype starts with adoption at smaller companies and and grows up-market through continuous innovation, they will be well-positioned for success.
-John
John Lamb, Modality Systems