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Out Loud: Why have Cisco Scrapped Spark for Webex Teams?

UC Today's Out Loud Podcast discuss the latest news from Cisco that Spark is being replaced by Webex Teams.

Patrick is joined by expert Cisco guest Danny Steventon, who is a Director of Pre-sales at MeetingZone, to explain more about the latest rebrand news.

Danny provides more information around the change of name and why Cisco felt it was a necessary step to promote and enhance their collaboration offering.

As well as the name change there were also other updates and Danny fills us in on all the latest from Rowan Trollope's keynote.

Listen on your daily commute, whilst walking the dog, or in the gym. UC Today – The Out Loud Cisco Monthly provides bite size podcasts, bringing you all of the latest Cisco collaboration news.

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"What would you do if we (Cisco) got rid of the brand Webex? There was uproar in the room!"

Presenter and Tech Journalist Patrick Watson and expert guest Danny Steventon.

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