Episode 57 - Enterprise Technology Integration & Advice for IT Leaders - Evolve IP’s Pete Eisengrein

http://bridgepointetechnologies.com/blog | Why should you respect your IT team’s regular business hours on most days? Why is unsupported innovation just future tech debt? How does buying best-of-breed point solutions put your IT team in the enterprise technology integration business?

Pete Eisengrein, Chief Product Officer at Evolve IP, shares insights on all of these questions in this episode. Plus, we discussed why balancing creativity and process is crucial in delivering valuable and well-supported products and the challenges and benefits of integration advice.

As one of the early innovators in the hosted PBX space nearly twenty years ago, Peter offers countless insights on pre-integrated, self-contained user environments for remote work, collaboration, and innovation.

Evolve IP partners with IT professionals to integrate their essential productivity and communication tools into a single, secure cloud-based solution, fine-tuned for the hybrid workforce and delivered as a service. By integrating these disconnected systems and filling in the gaps, they improve both productivity and security, increasing uptime to improve the future of work for everyone.

Topics covered in this episode:

● The challenges of enterprise technology integration and why you don’t want to be in the integration business.
● How Desktop as a Service (DaaS) simplifies IT operations and enables remote work and why wider adoption is hindered by various factors.
● The shift from a CapEx model to a monthly recurring model is challenging but beneficial.
● How cloud-based communication platforms enable easier security management and device control.
● Insight into why voice specialists have focused on leveraging productivity applications as the front end.
● The hype about AI technology and what companies must consider when implementing it.

Previous Evolve IP episodes:

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ABOUT PETE EISENGREIN

Peter is a founding member of Evolve IP. Currently serving as Chief Product Officer, Pete is responsible for product vision, strategy, and execution, and leads a high-performing product management team, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and defines product priorities to deliver tangible business value through innovative cloud solutions. Prior to taking on the CPO role, he led Evolve IP’s global Voice Engineering team.

Before joining Evolve IP, Peter served as Director of Engineering for ATX Communications, Inc., where he was responsible for the planning, design, budgeting, development, and support for the ATX network. In this role, Pete oversaw the technical product development and design of the ATX Voice over IP (VoIP) product.

Peter holds a B.M. from West Chester University and completed his post-graduate studies at Temple University.

CONTACT PETE

Web. https://www.evolveip.net/leadership/p...

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