CV_Winter_21

JANUARY - FEBRUARY, 2021 EMERGENT 8 Edge, IoT not so fast 8 COVID robots 10 No-code PLM 10 Smart building SaaS MOBILE & WIRELESS 12 Move to mobile edge 12 Verizon indoor 5G 12 Sharing spectrum surge 14 The Next G Mobility visionaries already turning the page By Bruce Christian 20 Broadvoice Launches Text Marketing Platform 22 How Messaging APIs Enhance MSP Offerings By Darach Beirne ZETTABYTES 24 Bandwidth Blip U.S. consumers might not yet be ready for multi-gig By Martin Vilaboy 30 APX Net Get Personal CORE COMMUNICATIONS 32 DECT enables mobile office 32 Global WAN worth $75B 33 C3 Geo-redundancy 34 Mixed Messaging Quantifying shifts within core business communications By Martin Vilaboy INTERNATIONAL AGENTS 38 PCCW Global, RingCentral partner up 38 COVID and international calling 38 Pax8 UK 40 Convergia’s Success Closely Tied to Its Channel Partners CHANNEL MANAGEMENT 42 Xposure Brings Needed Change to Channel By Gerald Baldino 44 Ways to Win More Business By Peter Radzinski 46 Channel Temperature Check IT channel partners optimistic for 2021 despite uncertainties By Bruce Christian CYBER PATROL 52 Reigning in End User Behavior By Gerald Baldino 54 TBI adds ThreatProtector 54 Granite unveils ‘Guardian’ 55 SMEs rethink security 56 CyberSecurity Q&A Barracuda explores 2021 threat landscape AT YOUR SERVICE: XAAS 60 NetFortris Strengthens UCaaS, SD-WAN Offerings 62 Brightlink Sees Bright Future for CPaaS 6 Editor’s Letter 64 ICYMI 66 Ad index CONTENTS Volume 20 – Issue 1 4 CHANNEL V ISION | January - February, 2021