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How Technology Providers Can Help Train End Users

Technology providers like manufacturers & integrators can be a helpful resource for end user training and changing employee behaviors.

August 25, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Your company just spent millions on new conference rooms throughout the campus and in other office locations, and now you want to maximize that investment and push employees to make use of these systems. However, your internal IT team might not be experts in conferencing technology, and end users haven’t been thoroughly trained. That leads […]

A Single IDIS Camera Keeps Watch Over a Volcano

IDIS 8MP 31x IR p/t/z camera captures footage from 9 miles away, allowing for viewing by emergency agencies, scientists, & residents.

August 25, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Security cameras have been used for more than what you’d expect them to be. The latest unique application comes courtesy of the Volcan de Fuego project in Guatemala, which has deployed an IDIS camera to keep an eye on what is said to be one of the world’s most active and dangerous volcanoes. Continual live […]

Avocor Releases Microsoft Teams-certified Collaboration Display

Avocor announces the AVW-6555 Windows collaboration display, the first certified for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Azure IoT.

August 25, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft Teams is helping enterprise employees around the world stay connected and productive throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and we’ve seen hardware manufacturers buy into Microsoft’s certification program and release devices certified for the company’s flagship unified communications and collaboration app. That now includes collaboration display firm Avocor with the release of the AVW-6555 Windows collaboration […]

Microsoft to Finally End Support for Internet Explorer

By next August, all Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 as Microsoft pushes new Edge browser.

August 24, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

By this time next year, Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer, the company announced earlier this month. On Nov. 30 of this year, the Microsoft Teams web app will no longer support Internet Explorer 11, and by Aug. 17, 2021, all remaining Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support the internet browser. […]

UCF Downtown Campus Collaborative Displays Use Sony BRAVIA

August 24, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

University of Central Florida’s new UCF Downtown 15-acre campus, located in Orlando’s Creative Village, incorporates the latest audio-visual innovations into a sleek but welcoming environment for 21st century learning. Thanks in part to its thoughtful integration of technology with design, UCF was among the top 20 most applied to colleges in 2019, according to Niche.com. […]

New Sielox Access Control, Emergency Response Systems

New Sielox systems allow school admins to communicate via computer & mobile devices to first responders for all security breaches or emergencies.

August 21, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Over a quarter of a million students have experienced gun violence on campus since Colorado’s tragic Columbine High School massacre in 1999. These attacks have provided an impetus for school districts to mandate increased budgets for campus security and investment in cutting-edge technologies that can heighten proactive defenses and reduce response time for first responders […]

Study: Face Coverings and Masks Hinder Facial Recognition Technology

Facial recognition algorithms developed prior to the coronavirus pandemic struggle mightily to identify masked faces, according to a new study.

August 21, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Facial recognition algorithms developed prior to the coronavirus pandemic struggle mightily to identify our faces through our masks, according to a preliminary study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Even the best of the 89 commercial facial recognition algorithms tested had error rates between 5% and 50% in matching digitally applied face masks with […]

Lifesize Acquires Kaptivo for Digital Whiteboarding Enhancements

Conferencing provider Lifesize has acquired digital collaboration firm Kaptivo in a bid to expand Lifesize’s platform with more whiteboarding abilities.

August 21, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Conferencing provider Lifesize has acquired digital collaboration firm Kaptivo in a bid to expand Lifesize’s cloud-based unified communications and collaboration portfolio. Lifesize aims to make use of Kaptivo’s expertise in computer vision, image processing and artificial intelligence for visual collaboration to bring digital whiteboarding to Lifesize’s portfolio. Kaptivo’s whiteboarding solution pairs advanced image processing software […]

Zoom Expands Zoom for Home to Popular Smart Displays

Zoom is taking its Zoom for Home solutions a step further by expanding to smart displays from Amazon, Facebook and Google.

August 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

With many workers still doing their job our of their homes, Zoom recently released its Zoom for Home offerings that include dedicated Zoom devices via DTEN. Now, Zoom is taking that a step further by expanding to smart displays like the Amazon Echo Show, Portal from Facebook and the Google Nest Hub Max. Zoom’s play […]

The Smartest, Brightest Desk Lamps for Your Remote Employees (and Their Wellness)

The mobile and hybrid workforces could really use smart light sources which change color temperature. These are some of the brightest & smartest desk lamps.

August 19, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Scenario: your mobile workforce is performing, but they may experience a range of lighting conditions depending on their individual home environments, some of which are not conducive to concentration or overall wellness. They need brighter desk lamps, and in some cases, could even benefit from options which change in color temperature throughout the day. What would […]