New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced the approval of 148 Smart Schools Investment Plans aimed at improving school security and reimagining teaching and learning for the 21st century with school tech. The approved plans, totaling $94 million, are part of the $2 billion Smart Schools Bond Act — a sweeping education technology initiative first […]
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New Zoom Features: Filters, Presentations and Noise Suppression
With a three-month blitz on security enhancements behind it, Zoom is now releasing new features to improve the user experience.
With a three-month blitz on security enhancements to its platform behind it, Zoom is now releasing new features to improve the experience using the popular videoconferencing service. The features, unveiled earlier this week, include new filters, control over your appearance, new noise suppression capabilities, emojis and presentation features. These can be accessed by upgrading to […]
Improving Our All-Too-Common Conferencing Problems
This set of conferencing best practices will help eliminate the all-too-common conferencing problems we've seen run rampant.
Look in a conference room today at almost any company, and what do you see? Not the pretty pictures in brochures with beautiful clean tables and happy people pointing at pie charts. No, it’s usually one or two table-top mics and maybe a sound bar. Perhaps a USB camera stuck on top of a monitor. […]
Next Generation of Hanwha Wisenet 7 Focused on Image Quality, Cybersecurity
Updated Wisenet 7 system on a chip from Hanwha offers end-to-end cybersecurity and high-quality images in any lighting conditions.
Hanwha Techwin announces its next Wisenet 7 system on a chip, focusing on image quality and cybersecurity. New key features include industry-leading cybersecurity features, clear images in all lighting conditions, improved lens distortion correction and more, according to the company. “Hanwha Techwin concentrated on image quality and cybersecurity when developing Wisenet 7. This enables us […]
School Technology Managers: Here’s What You Should Do Before The Next Semester
School technology managers: if you're worried about your school's COVID response, review this list of factors to consider before the fall.
School technology managers and faculty have a lot on their plates right now. As they scramble to come up with a safe plan for the upcoming fall semester, they need to take stock of their buildings’ current technology and how it can be adjusted to fit to any plan; be it an online-only reopen or […]
The ROI of Unified Communications: Simplicity, Mobility, Productivity and Continuity
If your organization hasn't considered an investment in unified communications, you could be missing out on these returns.
For many businesses, unified communications tools and platforms have been a lifeline through the coronavirus pandemic that they didn’t realize they had. To have voice, chat, video, email, and a range of other communication tools and applications are unified under one platform is helping many survive and adapt to changing work environments, increase productivity, reduce […]
Logitech Introduces BYOM Device Swytch
Logitech Swytch, a compact, one-cable laptop link, enables a user to run meetings with their laptop with any videoconferencing platform.
So you have a Zoom Room or Microsoft Teams Room in the office, but an external call was scheduled on another platform. That can cause headaches for end users and IT departments everywhere. That’s especially true these days when videoconferencing is the preferred method of communication, but there are several vendors out there aside from […]
Ranking UCaaS Providers at Enterprise Connect
Moving to the cloud was already a smart move before the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2020 will mark one of the largest migrations ever.
With employees working remotely and organizations looking for ways to remain viable and stay in business, the cloud and unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) are in demand more than ever. Moving to the cloud was already a smart move before the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2020 will mark one of the largest migrations ever, says Diane Myers, senior […]
These Are the Technology Products Which Won Integration Awards This Year
Each year TD sister site Commercial Integrator highlight integration projects in a number of verticals. Here are this year's Integration Awards winners.
Each year TD sister site Commercial Integrator highlight integration projects in a number of verticals. Here are this year’s Integration Awards winners.
OnGuard Access Control System Now Integrates with FLIR Thermal Cameras
LenelS2 offers thermal imaging screening solutions to identify individuals with elevated skin temperature on the OnGuard access control system.
LenelS2 and FLIR Systems are collaborating to integrate some FLIR thermal cameras with LenelS2 OnGuard access control. The integrated, non-contact solution joins the Carrier Healthy Buildings Program suite of offerings to support reopening and to assist in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and possibly other viruses in the workplace through thermal screening. LenelS2 will offer integrated thermal imaging screening and access […]
