Top 20 Unified Communications Tech Companies - 2017

The digital world is facing a tremendous amount of convergence and consolidation of real-time collaboration tools to transform businesses. With millennials working and interacting globally in virtual environments, the need for more advanced tools that unlock the productivity, agility, and business process improvements has deepened. A comprehensive Unified Communications (UC) platform can extensively streamline operations, enhance user productivity, and empower business users while infusing transparency.

Whether it is a specific voice requirement service, visual communications, conferencing, or even messaging, a powerful UC strategy aligns communication and business needs with the appropriate collaboration tools. A UC system that matches the infrastructural requirements of enterprises potentially drives the productivity and yields increased revenue. In addition to the continued growth of cloud for UC over the years, today is the age of artificial intelligence and automation. CIOs are in pursuit of intelligent UC solutions to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication across the enterprise.

In the wake of these developments, there has been a surge in the competition between established companies and startups for offering cutting edge UC services to unify and redefine enterprise communication. To help CIOs, CTOs, and CEOs find the right UC solutions, a selection panel comprising CEOs, CIOs, VCs, analysts and the CIOReview editorial board evaluated hundreds of UC solution providers and selected the ones at the forefront of delivering innovative technologies.

In our selection, we looked at the vendor’s capability to fulfill the need for cost-effective and flexible solutions that add value to the complex UC landscape. We present to you CIOReview’s 20 Most Promising Unified Communications Solution Provider 2017.