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Featured Articles » After Cisco/Broadsoft, Who's Next for M&A? Cisco's trail of acquisition tears over the decades includes the Flip video camera, Cerent, Scientific Atlantic, Linksys, and a couple of others. The BroadSoft deal is being spun as a move to capture more SMB business and move Cisco's UC strategy move to the cloud. Given Cisco's historic #Fails in the SMB market, I can't see BroadSoft bring a whole lot more to the table. Especially since Cisco Spark didn't. » How Google's 'Moonshot' Could Benefit Industrial Markets The term moonshot encapsulates the spirit of technological achievement: an accomplishment so ambitious, so improbable, that it's equivalent to sending a manned mission to explore the moon. » Amazon Continues Innovation with Amazon Key Amazon Key, which lets delivery people drop Amazon package inside Prime subscribers' homes, will be available in 37 U.S. cities starting Nov. 8. » Winners of the 2017 Tech Culture Award Announced TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online, announced the recipients of the 2017 Tech Culture Award. The TMCnet Tech Culture Award seeks to recognize the best-of-the-best work cultures within the technology sector. » Top 3 Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite Microsoft Ignite wrapped up last week in Orlando. At the company's big conference dedicated to IT professionals and developers, 25,000 business customers headed to the Sunshine State to hear about Microsoft's latest enterprise technologies ranging from cloud and IoT to machine learning and AI. » Millennials Want Smart Home Tech More Than Anyone Millennials are known for having very specific interests. They also hold a significant level of buying power in certain markets, particularly technology and renting. Understanding the way that millennials react to certain tech trends will give a hint into the future of technology. Right now, they are interested in smart home technology. Featured Resources » To chatbot or not to chatbot - What makes sense for your company? » How Call-Backs Can Save Your Call Center » Many Motivations to GDPR Compliance Advertise With Us General advertising Info: Click here    Become a TechZone360 columnist! Become a TechZone360 columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of communications technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TechZone360 Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask at elinask@tmcnet.com for details. FOLLOW TECHZONE360   FEATURED MAGAZINES FEATURED EVENTS

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