About Darren Gallagher

Global Director, Unify and Solutions Strategy Expert

Darren joined Unify in 2005 and has fulfilled several expert leadership roles in technology architecture, solution strategy and portfolio management. Darren currently is the Chair of the Unified Communications / Internet of Things Activity Group (IMTC). Darren is passionate about examining the nexus of collaboration and the digital workplace and improving productivity by augmenting how people interact with both data (analytics) and things (IoT). Prior to joining Unify, Darren had systems engineering roles at Cisco and Cable & Wireless Communications in the UK.

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7 Highlights from the Unify Office autumn release

As the summer ends, new variants of COVID-19 pandemic are threatening the return to the office for many. Cloud communication has become the standard to keep enterprises rolling over the last two years. In response to this, RingCentral and Atos partnered in creating Unify Office, a born-in-the-cloud digital first solution that offers next-generation messaging, video, and phone services.…

Unify Office launches in Portugal and Finland

As Unify Office by RingCentral continues its global expansion efforts, we are proud to announce that our industry leading software is now available for direct sale and consumption in Portugal and Finland. In addition to accessing cloud first solutions that offer next-generation messaging, video, and phone services, Unify Office users will gain access to local phone numbers and…

Atos and RingCentral bring Unify Video to the UK, USA and Australia

Atos and RingCentral (a pioneer in cloud communications) have announced a regional expansion launch this quarter. The two companies are bringing Unify Video by RingCentral to the UK, USA, and Australia in an effort to accelerate the evolution of the workplace. This independent video solution with team messaging enhances online meetings and…

Atos launches introductory cloud telephony package in Europe

How we work changed dramatically in 2020, driving organizations of all sizes to consider and adopt scalable, flexible, cloud-based solutions as part of their digital transformation. The worldwide Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) market grew 29.2% year over year and 7.1% quarter over quarter to $13.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20), according to IDC’s Worldwide…

Unify Office Cloud Economics: Save Money, Build Resilience

According to the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide report, the unified communications (UC) market is making a fundamental shift from premises-based UC to cloud UCaaS. “By 2024, 74% of the new UC licenses purchased by organizations will be cloud-based, up from 48% in 2019.” Largely due to the fact that future cloud…

3 reasons to make the switch to cloud communications

We talk a lot about the benefits of cloud computing. Hosted email makes it easy to share information from nearly any device. Photo-sharing sites enable us to keep up to date with our friends and family members. And streaming video technology has given us a bevy of entertainment options, whether we’re on our couches or on…

Top 5 updates in the Unify Office 2021 Spring Release

Lighter evenings, warmer weather and a breath of fresh air are what spring brings to us. This year we can all agree that the change in seasons is needed more than ever. A new season brings new opportunities which include new enhancements from the Unify Office by RingCentral product releases. If you are new to…

Do you know the true cost of your communications?

There’s more to calculating the total cost of ownership (TCO) for communications systems than you might think. Here’s what you need to know and how unified communications as a service (UCaaS) can drive your communications TCO down. Most companies already know that the benefits of moving to an agile and scalable cloud-based communications system far outweigh…

Top 5 Updates in the Atos Unify Office winter 2020 release

I think it's fair to say we are all looking forward to a new year. A new year that can deliver hope, unity, and healing rather than the previous months of bad news and uncertainty. So as many of us embark on what might be the strangest holiday season of recent times, Atos…

June update: It‘s sometimes OK to take shortcuts!

Keyboard shortcuts: We‘re never taking shortcuts developing Circuit, but we are introducing a nice little feature that many of you have been requesting from us. We hear you and with this update, you can control all main application functions using keyboard shortcuts! Please note that you need to activate this feature in your Circuit Labs settings menu. Circuit Labs give…

What do flexible deployment, investment protection and the hybrid cloud have in common?

Our New Way to Work research has shown that employees value flexible work terms (‘anywhere working’, flexible hours) more highly than a double-digit percentage pay raise. It shouldn’t surprise anyone then that flexibility is also the name of the game in the world of IT systems deployment. Imagine you are…