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Podcast: UC Today
Episode: The Big UC Show: The AI Hype Cycle in 2026, Zoom's AI Gold Star, and Checking in on Industry Events
Description: In this January 2026 edition of the UC Big News Show, Kieran Devlin (Host, UC Today) sits down with a sharp panel: Blair Pleasant, Craig Durr (The Collab Collective), Jon Arnold (J. Arnold & Associates) and Dom Black (Cavell). Together, they unpack where Unified Communications, collaboration, and workplace AI are really headed—cutting through hype to ask the questions IT buyers and business leaders actually care about: Where’s the value, who’s getting it, and what needs to change for 2026 to be the year pilots turn into outcomes?AI is everywhere—but the results aren’t. The panel reacts to...