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Cloud v Cloud Collaboration Battle Intensifies As Evolve IP Races Ahead

Five million more users are set to join the cloud collaboration bandwagon over the coming years as the race to win new customers intensifies.

That was one of many key findings from the Evolve IP (EMEA) Partner Day which attracted over 150 people from across Europe to the Williams Formula 1 Experience Centre near Oxford.

The audience heard how the carrier-grade cloud collaboration specialist is in pole position in an increasingly ‘cloud provider v cloud provider’ battle – where traditional on-premise alternatives are being overtaken in a world of super-charged UCaaS solutions, driven by AI.

By 2028 cloud communication adoption is estimated to rise to 15.9m from 10.9m users this year, reaching 88.3% penetration in a market worth £1.86bn.

Will To Win

Paul Harrison, Evolve IP’s EMEA Managing Director, opened the annual event and highlighted how the company and industry in general share many synergies with Formula 1 racing.

“We’re not afraid to push the boundaries, drive forward and adapt just like F1, based on a best-of-breed ecosystem of partners that keep innovating too.  The investment, the drive and the passion to be the best, beat the best and strive to achieve is very similar to all of you here today and the team at Evolve IP. We want to win. We want to be the best. Just like a race team we’re evolving all the time and never stop, nor does the competition.”

He emphasised how Evolve IP’s international network is live in 57 countries, providing resellers with a one-stop shop central resource.  It is also an ethical and sustainable company with a carbon neutral vision to inspire others to join them on the journey.

Harrison pointed out how there are currently 107 UK cloud providers, where Evolve IP is part of a dominant top 10 holding over 60% market share. The audience also heard how ‘second-generation’ users are making up more and more of the market switching from a competitor’s solution rather than coming from on-premise PBX migrations.

Which specialist has the best UCaaS solutions will prove crucial in the future, as the race to win new customers increases in a ‘cloud v cloud provider’ battle. His views were inspired by research from market analysts the Cavell Group, who outlined during a presentation how millions more users are on the way – and why developing market maturity means differentiating from other cloud solutions is becoming more important.

Marriage

Evolve IP’s UK Sales Director, Jamie Hughes, highlighted the importance of collaborative partnerships which he described as ‘a bit like a marriage’ based on being agile and addressing different needs.

“We’re listening, improving and investing in our team all the time,” he remarked and revealed how retail, hospitality, education and healthcare plus an ‘untapped’ Cisco opportunity is where the company is targeting growth.

Guest speakers from Cisco and Dubber discussed how AI will ‘super-charge’ communications whilst panel discussions focused on the challenges and opportunities ahead, plus where existing partners are winning big.

Evolve IP Solutions Director, Scott Rixon, presented a Live Technology Newsletter featuring the company’s latest Anywhere Portal developments, plus why a sustainable supply chain should start with the end point, such as a Jabra headset with replaceable parts.

Paul Harrison Evolve IP MD (EMEA) with UK Sales Director Jamie Hughes

Various Webex improvements to enhance the meeting experience were also discussed during the day alongside PCI compliance, enhanced training and Fixed Mobile Convergence trends.

Pit Stop Challenge

Exhibition stands from key sponsors were combined with a heritage museum tour, racing simulators, giant Scalextric track and a pit stop challenge, where teams battled against the clock to change all four tyres of a Grand Prix car.

The action-packed event ended with an awards ceremony and more networking, fun and games including a magician. It was supported by technology partners Akixi, iTel, Dubber, Enghouse Interactive, Broadsource, Snom, PromptVoice, PRD Intelligence, Jabra, Yealink, Tango Networks, Mondago and The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals. 

Harrison concluded: “Formula 1 and Evolve IP are both striving to lead from the front. It was a very rewarding day and we’d like to extend a big thank you to all our partners and suppliers, including visitors from the Netherlands, who we hope are now in pole position to drive their businesses further forward with our support.”

Homeowners in Ireland launch a ‘Battle of the Bills campaign for Home Insurance’ in efforts to curb inflation and overpayments

Bill Winner, a platform powered by consumers has today, announced the launch of its Battle of the Bills in Home Insurance contest. It will see the home insurance community in Ireland shop together and cast their votes for the best value provider and brokers across the country. With each Battle of the Bills competition running every three months, the rolling contest is designed to empower consumers to make better informed decisions for home insurance providers in the year ahead. Bill Winner enables more effective bill management and cost-savings through creating a leaderboard (powered by the people of Ireland) around the best saving providers, brokers, and price comparison sites. It also provides an additional layer of transparency for consumers so that they can see whether they are overpaying and notifies them when service provider renewals are due.

The ‘Battle of the Bills’ campaign, which is about providing much-needed price transparency for bills in Ireland encourages people to shop around and vote for their winning businesses which are featured on a unique leaderboard. Users are incentivised to vote and share information with the platform as it will enable them to access other insights that are more relevant to them. For example, members can see the top rated home insurance businesses in their own county, draw price comparisons and avail of support from the community. The company also aims to tackle market misinformation and reward the service providers that offer the best value and service to their members by awarding them with badges which they can then display on their website i.e top voted provider for home insurance in Dublin Q1 2024. In addition to this, Bill Winner enables businesses to provide expert advice across a number of sectors, including broadband, mobile phone, energy, banking, with users being able to rate quality.

According to figures from The Central Bank, thousands of home insurance policy holders are paying over 32% above average on their premium. In addition to this, research from Power Reviews shows that in 2023, nearly three-quarters of consumers were researching purchases more than before due to the current economic climate.

Speaking about the launch of the ‘Battle of the Bills in Home Insurance’, Fiachra Comhrai, Co-founder at Bill Winner said:

“We are excited to launch our Battle of the Bills in home insurance contest for Q1 of this year and would like to call on members of the public to sign up to the community to cast their votes. Through this contest, we hope to finally provide consumers with the transparency they deserve and also empower them to make the right choices when it comes to service providers. With inflation showing no signs of slowing down, people need to be more aware of overpayments, subscriptions, renewal dates and more. Bill Winner aims to help users navigate an extremely turbulent landscape and help them to cut costs as best as they can through providing expert insights and matching them with the best options based on their search criteria.”

Tech Review – Tronsmart Battle Gaming Earbuds

Having tested many of Tronsmarts products they never seem to disappoint and for gamers these earbuds should be something on your radar and of course they are affordable but the question is do they work and are they worth the money, for gamers they like a certain set of parameters for the audio experience and there is other brands out there that are known to gamers for that particular sound the gamer likes but for your money here in short these do a fine job.

Build quality

There are really cool earbuds with a glossy finish which is fine and have a small stem and akin to Airpods in design, I prefer this type of approach and the quality seems good, they are durable and look solid but time will tell on this but for me they should last just as long as any other earbud, they come in a really cool charge case that is transparent and I really like this effect and it is nice to see a different approach to the case which makes them look really nice overall.

Fit

Fit here is fine and they are comfortable, there is a stem but this is fine, some folk do not like stems but for me I do not really mind at all and they are comfortable even for long term use ie many hours of gaming and music.

Controls

There is no app here which might change as the company does have an app with a selection of their earbuds on it, to change your options you just tap the upper side and they worked really well here with every tap and that for me is a great feature as some earbuds do not respond to every command, you have all the features required and the same applies to use these for music, I tested these in both gaming and music and worked well.

tronsmart battle techbuzzireland

Sound

These sound great i have to say and ideal for both gaming and music and anything else you would use earbuds for they are crisp and clear and sharp delivering great direction and gives you a level of immersion when gaming you will not be disappointed here with these and they perform really well for the price you pay which is an added bonus. You can triple tap to change between gaming mode and music mode and the job is done.

The Tronsmart Battle Gaming Earbuds has Bluetooth 5.0 with AVRCP, A2DP, HFP codecs. It supports voice commands and IPX5 certification for water and dust resistance. The battery life will be about 20 hours and this does vary to volume levels and so on. Skip track,reverse track and volume controls are all present here.

Features

  • Ultra Low Latency Gaming True Wireless Earbuds.
  • Premium Audio with Custom Engineered 13mm Driver.
  • Diverse Lighting Effect.
  • Pressure-reduced Idea.
  • Semi in-ear Ergonomics Structure.
  • Quick Access to Multiple Functions.
  • 20 Hours of Playtime.
  • Supports Voice Assistant.

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