The Seamless Enterprise

Comprehensive news and discussion of enterprise communications and converged network solutions.

About the Author

As General Manager of Convergence Marketing for Sprint Business, Greg Burton oversees product marketing, marketing, and sales enablement functions for WAN, VoIP, Unified Communications, mobile integration, IT, security, and managed services. Greg has more than 18 years of experience in a diverse range of business functions, including marketing, strategy, product planning, channel management, finance, engineering, and team building. He has an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, and a degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University.


Sprint Complete Collaboration Lets Network Support Team Do More

on May 09, 2012 by Greg Burton

For Paul Seibert, the cost savings that Sprint Complete Collaboration yields are welcome, but what matters to him most are the flexibility, scalability, and management capabilities that this hosted Unified Communications solution brings.

Seibert is Director of Network Operations for Intrepid USA Healthcare Services and Snelling Staffing, both based in Dallas. The companies are owned by Patriarch Partners and share a data center along with the network infrastructure support team headed by Seibert. Collectively, the two companies have more than 200 offices across the contiguous United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. More...


UC ROI: It's All About TCO

on April 30, 2012 by Greg Burton

Before you can make an informed decision about return on investment (ROI) for a Unified Communications implementation, it is essential to know the scope of that investment. Obviously, it is more than just the up-front cost of the equipment you buy for a premises-based solution, or the ongoing cost of a hosted solution. More...


Hosted Collaboration: 10 Reasons Why

on April 05, 2012 by Greg Burton

On the heels of our Sprint Complete Collaboration announcement last week, a top industry analyst group has come out with a memorandum on hosted collaboration that tells the strategic story concisely and thoroughly.

Titled Top 10 Reasons for Hosted Collaboration, the Yankee Group document is in the form of a presentation. It's really worth a few minutes of your time to take a look. More...


Sprint Complete Collaboration Arrives

on March 26, 2012 by Greg Burton

We told you back in January it was coming, and we are pleased to report that Sprint Complete Collaboration is here and immediately available. Our hosted and fully managed Unified Communications solution is now ready to deliver the seamless collaboration that can enhance the agility and boost the productivity of large and mid-sized enterprises. More...


UC and Collaboration: A Host of Possibilities

on January 12, 2012 by Greg Burton

As enterprises consider outsourcing some segments of their networks and applications, they look to hosted services. Or do they look to managed services? It isn’t always immediately clear what is “hosted” and what is “managed.” Especially since there is some overlap between the two in the ways enterprises purchase and use these services. More...


It’s Wrong to Discourage SIP Trunking

on September 22, 2011 by Greg Burton

 The whole idea behind SIP Trunking is to enable flexibility and return on investment for enterprises, to give them an option of moving to SIP trunks when and how they want to, while reaping the financial benefits of a converged network. Whether their main motivation is to save money over the local telco trunks alternative or to begin building a foundation for the future or Unified Communications, SIP Trunking gives them freedom of choice. More...