Cisco Live 2016 Preview: Taking Measure of the Collaboration Software Market

Cisco Live 2016 kicks off next week in Las Vegas, and Constellation Research VP and principal analyst Alan Lepofsky will be in attendance. Lepofsky heads up Constellations' research into the Future of Work, focusing on collaboration software and emerging technologies that are changing the way people do their jobs. I spoke with him in advance of Cisco Live for a preview of what he's expecting at the conference, as well as an overview of current and future trends in the collaboration space. What follows is an edited transcript of that conversation. CRInsights: What are your thoughts on Cisco's current big bet in collaboration software, Spark?