With Cisco Live around the corner, the VQ Team are ramping up for an exciting few weeks, and in this newsletter we highlight a wave of new content for VQ Metro and Analytics.
The VQ website has undergone a refresh, making it easier than ever to learn more about VQ Conference Manager – click here to take a look
Tim, our web developer at Spiral Edge shared his thoughts on the website redesign:
“It’s been a busy and enjoyable few months working with the marketing team on the new website. It’s been exciting to take the website in a new direction and create an engaging user experience whilst simplifying it at the same time.”
Read on for:
- Cisco Live US plans and InfoComm
- A new video on VQ Metro
- New guide to Kibana Alerting
- A word from the VQ Team about our recent trips to the Middle East
What’s new at VQ?
VQ is ready for Cisco Live US next week
Cisco Live US serves as the largest platform to showcase VQ and our latest developments.
From 2nd – 6th June 2024, the VQ Team will be exhibiting at the Collaboration Village where we’ll be discussing:
- Metro – learn more about our end-user app that allows users to host, join and schedule meetings
- DMA – discover VQ’s Cisco endorsed successor to TMS
- Analytics – speak to our engineering team about how our analytics can be used to troubleshoot, monitor usage trends and proactively manage your service’s growth
- VQ Conference Manager Roadmap – find out what to expect from VQ Conference Manager in the coming months from our Product Management team
Also, on 4 June at the event at 10:45am PDT, our Product Management lead Jon English will be hosting a session on ‘Delivering mission-critical video conferencing services with VQ Conference Manager’.
Book a meeting with us at Cisco Live
Some of the team will also be attending InfoComm from 12 – 14 June. If you’re interested in meeting at the event, get in touch with Steve Holmes (sholmes@vqcomms.com)
Latest from VQ Conference Manager
VQ Metro enables enterprise-wide conferencing, empowering teams to collaborate from just about anywhere, using virtually any device on your Cisco infrastructure. Metro is the go-to solution if you:
- Need to be on-premise
- Want to make it easy for your end users to join, schedule and manage calls
- Need language support on the UI
Our new video explains how Metro maximises users’ investment in Cisco collaboration infrastructure and our Metro page on our website has lots more information.
How to set up VQCM’s new Kibana Alerting feature
VQCM includes version 8 of Elasticsearch, enabling users to set up Kibana alerting.
With Kibana’s alerting feature, you can:
- Monitor analytics data
- Schedule actions (like sending emails) based on defined conditions
- Send notifications by integrating with systems from third-party systems
- And much more
And for those of you attending Cisco Live, come and meet with Ethan, our engineer who builds our analytics.
VQ Training Courses
We’ve made a change to how our training courses are purchased. Instead of purchasing a number of courses, you will now purchase training in quantities of vouchers.
Each training voucher entitles one user to one day of training. For example, if a customer would like 2 users to access a 2-day training course, 4 training vouchers would need to be purchased.
Further information on our training and certification offerings can be found on our website here.
VQ Licensing Model
We have a new, easy to read, document, explaining how we license VQ Conference Manager and our Professional Services and Training.
And for those of you who have access to Cisco’s Salesconnect, we’ve got 4 new videos which take you through how to order VQ Conference Manager on Cisco’s CCW.
Inside VQ
A word from the VQ Team…
In May, the VQ Team were across the globe meeting with Cisco partners and customers, from Riyadh to Washington D.C.
Graeme Fish, our Business Development Manager for EMEA, had a few words to share on his trip to the Middle East:
“It has been around six months since VQ visited the Middle East Region. It was great to return and be joined by Abhijit Dey to engage technically and commercially with partners, customers, and Cisco during our visit to Saudi, Oman, Qatar and Dubai. I would personally like to thank everyone we met for their warm welcome and hospitality.
We spent five working days in Saudi where I arranged to meet new partners and present VQ Meeting Services, DMA and introduce Metro to all. The feedback was extremely positive and will allow each to use this knowledge to open discussions with their customers. Our final day was to present alongside Cisco to 30 partner contacts and network with each, this has helped us gain wider traction that will open new opportunities.
The final five working days were split between Cisco and partner meetings in Oman, Qatar, and Dubai. A VQ-specific partner workshop was held for 18 attendees, and a new opportunity was found on the day. All in all, it was a great trip.”
A few words from Abhijit Dey:
“My first visit to four countries in the Middle East was an amazing experience. I was pleasantly surprised by the warm welcome in each country. I enjoyed immersing myself in four distinct cultures and experiencing fantastic food.
Work-wise, the trip revealed many opportunities. Since VQ DMA is now offered as the Cisco endorsed TMS successor, there’s strong market demand, with interest coming from the market rather than us having to push the product. Both partners and Cisco sales teams really appreciate VQ’s technology.
Really looking forward to my next trip.”
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