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CafeX Wins Best of Enterprise ConnectCafeX Wins Best of Enterprise Connect

Earns recognition for its lower-cost, lower-complexity approach to real-time video collaboration and communications.

Beth Schultz

March 9, 2016

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Earns recognition for its lower-cost, lower-complexity approach to real-time video collaboration and communications.

For the second time in three years, CafeX Communications earns top honors in the annual Best of Enterprise Connect Award competition for exhibitors with products and services that best advance enterprise communications and collaboration.

A panel of four judges selected CafeX's Chime video collaboration app, introduced in late February, as the event's version of best in show from among seven finalists. With the Chime app, users will be able to launch and join voice, video, and chat sessions, as well as share documents and presentations. Chime not only is the realization of the WebRTC vision of real-time communications anytime from any browser, but also introduces a new architectural approach to video collaboration that holds the promise of reducing the cost and complexity of enterprise-scale video collaboration.

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Judges assessed all Best of Enterprise Connect entries, and shortlisted seven finalists to move on to the final round of in-depth briefings. In addition to CafeX, the 2016 finalists are as follows:

Following the briefings, judges ranked their top choices; all voting is independent, so any one judge cannot unduly influence the decisions of the others. CafeX Chime bubbled up for the architectural rethink it enables for video conferencing in the enterprise and its support of real-time communications.

Participating in this year's judging were: Robin Gareiss, president and founder, Nemertes Research; Zeus Kerravala, founder and principal analyst, ZK Research; Marty Parker, principal consultant, UniComm Consulting, and Co-founder, UCStrategies; and David Stein, principal, Stein Technology Group.

As mentioned, CafeX is a second-time winner. It earned the 2014 Best of Enterprise Connect Award for Fusion Live Assist, a customer interaction solution. You can find CafeX in the Expo Hall, Booth 329.

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Beth Schultz

Beth Schultz

In her role at Metrigy, Beth Schultz manages research operations, conducts primary research and analysis to provide metrics-based guidance for IT, customer experience, and business decision makers. Additionally, Beth manages the firm’s multimedia thought leadership content.

With more than 30 years in the IT media and events business, Beth is a well-known industry influencer, speaker, and creator of compelling content. She brings to Metrigy a wealth of industry knowledge from her more than three decades of coverage of the rapidly changing areas of digital transformation and the digital workplace.

Most recently, Beth was with Informa Tech, where for seven years she served as program co-chair for Enterprise Connect, the leading independent conference and exhibition for the unified communications and customer experience industries, and editor in chief of the companion No Jitter media site. While with Informa Tech, Beth also oversaw the development and launch of WorkSpace Connect, a multidisciplinary media site providing thought leadership for IT, HR, and facilities/real estate managers responsible for creating collaborative, connected workplaces.

Over the years, Beth has worked at a number of other technology news organizations, including All Analytics, Network World, CommunicationsWeek, and Telephony Magazine. In these positions, she has earned more than a dozen national and regional editorial excellence awards from American Business Media, American Society of Business Press Editors, Folio.net, and others.

Beth has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and lives in Chicago.

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