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Schlage NDE wireless locks

Schlage NDE Wireless Locks Integrate with Sielox Access Control

Schlage NDE wireless locks now integrate with Sielox access control and emergency notification, featuring enhanced encryption and communication security.

April 20, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Schlage NDE wireless locks from Allegion now integrate with Sielox access control and emergency notification. Sielox says it is the first to complete the integration to include this new generation of Schlage NDE wireless locks, providing schools with enhanced security and greater control in emergency situations. “The new Schlage NDE wireless lock with interior push button […]

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Zoom Zero-Day

New Yorkers Can Officially Get Married Via Zoom

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now letting New Yorkers get their marriage licenses virtually over videoconferencing platforms like Zoom.

April 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Videoconferencing apps like Zoom, Google Meet, WebEx, GoToMeeting and many others have not only been used to help businesses continue operations remotely, but also to help us connect with one another personally. They’re also allowing couples who were forced to postpone or cancel their wedding due to COVID-19 to get married virtually. However, New York […]

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Google Meet New Features

Google Rolls Out New Meet Feature in Gmail

New features in Google Meet allow users to start a meeting from Gmail, and Meet video calls will soon support a larger grid view of participants.

April 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is rolling out new features for Google Meet, it’s communication and collaboration platform that like many others, has become a staple of remote work due to the coronavirus. Now, users can start and join meetings right from their Gmail inbox, which aims to help users seamlessly switch between email and video meetings, the company […]

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augmented reality technologies, trends, business

Tech Managers Believe IoT & Augmented Reality Tech will Become Industry Standard Very Soon

IoT and augmented reality technologies can enable smarter decisions through context-specific data in a single, simplified view.

April 17, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Eighty percent of surveyed tech executives from companies using Internet of Things and Augmented Reality technologies say those will become standards in their industry within five years, according to new research from PTC and Boston Consulting Group. The report, entitled “Unleashing the Power of Data with IoT and Augmented Reality,” found that fifty percent of […]

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Microsoft NBA Deal

Microsoft Strikes Deal to Become Official Technology Partner of NBA

Microsoft will become the official technology partner for the NBA in a deal that includes cloud services, analytics and devices.

April 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Although the NBA regular season is temporarily suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, that isn’t stopping the league from bolstering its technology offerings with one of the largest names in the business. Announced Thursday, Microsoft is expanding its technology market share in major U.S. sports leagues with a multi-year deal to be the official technology […]

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Verizon BlueJeans

Verizon to Acquire Videoconferencing Platform BlueJeans

Telecommunication giant Verizon is acquiring videoconferencing platform BlueJeans just as demand for remote communication use skyrockets due to COVID-19.

April 16, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Telecommunications giant Verizon announced Thursday that it is acquiring videoconferencing and collaboration platform BlueJeans Network. In a statement, Verizon said its Verizon Business subsidiary is gobbling up the platform to expand the company’s unified communications portfolio. The deal combines BlueJeans’ platform with Verizon’s unified communications as a service (UCaaS) business immediately, giving BlueJeans users enterprise-grade […]

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Free Meeting Platforms, freemium, videoconferencing software

Check Out These Free Versions of Popular Meeting Platforms

Some popular meeting platforms offer free versions that your organization can take advantage of right now without paying a dime.

April 16, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If your organization has been searching for a video communication and collaboration tool among the several leading the market, you likely have several from which to choose. Due to COVID-19, online meeting technology is now a critical tool for any organization that has sent employees home but is still expecting them to produce their normal […]

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mental health quarantine, employee wellness and productivity

These Personal Habits of Quarantined Employees will Keep Them Happy & Healthy

Employee wellness and productivity will be determined partially by their habits and mental health during quarantine. Here's how they can handle it.

April 15, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Maintaining positive communication and mental health during quarantine is harder than ever considering COVID-19 has scattered the workforce from their usual congregation points. Now more than ever, managers have to pay attention to employee wellness and productivity — and technology plays a huge role in those areas. Mental health in quarantine “Social distancing” is a […]

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams to Increase On-Screen Video Participants

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to see up to nine meeting participants on the screen at once during a video call, up from four.

April 14, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to see up to nine faces on the screen at once during a video call. On its UserVoice Site, a Microsoft Teams engineer said the company will start rolling out its first update to view nine meeting participants simultaneously by the end of April. The company is also […]

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