Got It Covered: UC And C The research note from Oppenheimer & Co. also identified unified communications as a major area of strength for Cisco in Q4, and the past few months have definitely seen a number of new UC and collaboration advances from the company, including the most comprehensive update yet on its enterprise collaboration platform, Cisco Quad, TelePresence interoperability with third party products and the push of its Intercompany Media Engine, and new UC-geared products, including the Cius tablet (see slide 9), not to mention its integration of Tandberg's sizable video line. UC was and remains a key Cisco battleground, but it has plenty of hungry competition in the form of everyone from Avaya and ShoreTel to Microsoft and Siemens. Will Chambers and his lieutenants hint at how they see Cisco's UC vision continuing to evolve?