Week in Review: Automated AV, COVID-19 IT Impact, etc.
This week, May 18-22, 2020: fully automating rooms, how COVID-19 is impacting IT departments, surveys on working from home, and more.
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Fuze 6 Platform Aims to Secure Business Continuity with Secure, Scalable Comms
Fuze, a cloud-based communications provider, announces the Fuze 6 platform, delivering user, administrator, and contact center experiences on desktop, web, or mobile. “As business leaders navigate an expanded distributed workforce, secure and resilient communication and collaboration tools are critical to maintain business continuity,” said Jed Brown, senior vice president of product and design at Fuze. […]
Almost All Workers are Distracted by Audio Pain Points, Study Finds
New research from global market research firm IPSOS and audio brand EPOS finds 95% of audio end-users and decision makers experience pain points relating to sound that affect their concentration or efficiency at work. Common complaints include being disturbed by loud colleagues (50%), overall noise levels in working environments (48%) and interruptions from colleagues (46%). […]
Microsoft Announces New Teams Features During Build Conference
During Microsoft’s annual Build conference – held digitally this year due to the coronavirus pandemic – the company unveiled several new features to Teams, its flagship unified communication and collaboration platform and one of its fastest growing products. The platform, which now has more than 75 million daily active users, is getting a slew of […]
Facial Recognition Has a COVID-19 Problem
Facial recognition, as controversial as it can be, was trending up before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world. However, there were many cases in which the technology proved troublesome, causing some areas on the U.S. and other parts of the world to ban the technology for government use. Thanks to COVID-19, facial recognition technology developers […]
Making Your Hands Free Room Fully Automated with AV
Imagine an automated meeting room, whether it be a conference room, lecture hall, or council chambers. Someone walks in. The displays turn on automatically, the lights dim or brighten to the right level, previously configured for the type of meeting you are having. Cameras focus on whoever is speaking, switching seamlessly from presenter to audience […]
X.Labs Fever Screening Device
Gunshot detection solutions company Shooter Detection Systems has announced its partnership with X.Labs to release Feevr, a fever screening device. SDS will be the premier distributor of X.Labs’ latest innovation called Feevr, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based, non-contact thermal imaging technology that is said to detect individuals in a crowd with an elevated temperature, a practice that is […]
CompTIA COVID-19 Survey Finds Tech Firms Anticipate August Return to Normal Business Levels
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many IT and tech companies into tough times, but the majority are eyeing a return to some kind of normalcy by August, according to a new survey from IT trade association CompTIA. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted industries and organizations of all shapes and sizes, and none have been completely […]
Why Many Digital Transformation Efforts Fail and What To Do Instead
What does “digital transformation” really mean anymore? At the recent Red Hat (virtual) Summit, the phrase was called out for being overloaded and erroneously suggesting that adopting new tech will solve all of an org’s challenges. It’s the large IT company’s opinion that “open transformation” beats “digital transformation” — so today we’re examining their case for the […]
Here’s the Application to Have Your PPP Loans Forgiven
After passing several rounds of funding options to help small businesses overcome COVID-19 financial challenges, the U.S. Small Business Administration has published an application to allow businesses to have their loans forgiven. The application will allow businesses who were approved for funding from the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to have loans at least partially […]
