Telephony has been a central part of business technology essentially since phones were invented, allowing organizations to conduct business and connect with others. However, legacy business phone systems (PBX) are a standalone system, meaning the management, maintenance and upgrading of that system is separate from every other piece of workplace technology today, and that’s in […]
Crestron is now shipping the next generation of its Crestron Flex video conferencing platform “designed to deliver more options, opportunities and possibilities to communicate, collaborate, and control from anywhere,” according to the company announcement. “From the desktop to the boardroom, Crestron Flex delivers native Microsoft Teams or Zoom Rooms software conferencing systems, as well as […]
Microsoft has announced the general availability of Microsoft List in Teams, a new app that helps users keep track of information and organize their work. The company first announced Lists at its Build conference in May. The app lets users track issues, assets, routines, contacts, inventory and more via customizable views and smart rules and […]
Many businesses have used on-premise UC systems for their relatively low cost and ease of control. But after a global pandemic, cloud strategies are changing, and organizations who hadn’t yet embraced cloud communications started floundering. At Enterprise Connect 2020, Melissa Swartz, Founder of Swartz Consulting, provided a cloud strategy framework to provide an answer to the […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a drastic effect on budgets at organizations of all sizes. Spending is down across the board, and that is unfortunately leading to layoffs. However, there are some encouraging signs that the economy is rebounding, so tech firms could soon be looking to that large talent pool of tech professionals looking […]
As students across the U.S. begin to return to the classroom – both physically and virtually – Cisco is releasing new offerings to help educators connect with students. On Tuesday, Cisco announced a preview of Webex Classrooms, a new education offering leveraging Webex meetings for educational purposes to meet the needs of the hybrid classroom. […]
Zoom has posted the results of what was expected to be a gigantic second quarter, and the web conferencing giant didn’t disappoint. The company reported an exponential increase in users. Although it did not detail the exact number, the company said it has 370,200 customers with more than 10 employees, In April, Zoom said it […]
Several studies and surveys have found that newly remote employees largely want to keep working from their homes, but other research suggests that mental health, job satisfaction and motivation are suffering. According to research firm The Martec Group, remote workers are not all adjusting to remote work in the same way. Not every employee is […]
According to documents on Microsoft’s website, the company is introducing a new feature called Coordinated Meetings that allows users to sync one or more Teams Rooms devices and a Surface Hub. When users join a meeting on one device, other devices in the room will also join the same meeting. Cameras, speakers and microphones can […]
As it hopes to keep pace with Zoom and Microsoft Teams, Cisco is acquiring noise removal and speech enhancement firm BabbleLabs to add another layer of noise reduction features to Webex meetings. Cisco will bring that native noise removal capability to its entire collaboration portfolio, beginning with integrating BabbleLabs for Webex Meetings users on any […]
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