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Poly Room Now Has Solutions for Microsoft Teams Rooms

New Poly Room Solutions for Microsoft Teams Rooms – Poly G10-T, G40-T & G80-T --include AV tools for meetings on Teams & gives IT managers ability to scale.

June 1, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Poly unveils a new series of Poly Room Solutions for Microsoft Teams Rooms – Poly G10-T, G40-T and G80-T. These solutions include audio and video tools for meetings on Microsoft Teams and gives IT managers the ability to scale. Poly Room Solution for Teams Rooms provides customizable room tools that enable virtual collaboration experiences with […]

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Zoom Rooms admins: Update for Security Enhancements

Zoom Rooms admins are being urged to update controller software to comply with new Zoom 5.0 security features and encryption.

June 1, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom is urging Zoom Rooms administrators to update their rooms as Zoom rolls out version 5.0 to provide greater security and privacy. The urging comes as Zoom mandates that Zoom Rooms be updated to meet the minimum requirements for Zoom 5.0 and for GCM encryption, which are now required for all meetings. A new security […]

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hands free room, automated meeting room

Making Your Hands Free Room Fully Automated with AV

With AI and turnkey solutions reducing cost and enhancing end-user experience, fully automated hands free rooms in most meeting spaces are now within reach.

May 21, 2020 Rony Sebok Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Facebook Messenger Rooms

Facebook Rolls Out Videoconferencing Service Messenger Rooms

Facebook has started rolling out Messenger Rooms, its consumer-based answer to Zoom, Google Meet, WebEx, GoToMeeting and Microsoft Teams.

May 15, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Facebook has started rolling out Messenger Rooms, its consumer-based answer to Zoom, Meet, WebEx, GoToMeeting and Teams. The free service lets users create a room to host joinable video calls with up to 50 people and no time limit, which rivals some competitors and their free versions of videoconferencing and unified communications platforms. Read Next: […]

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The FBI Warns Schools: Online Classrooms, Teleconferencing Apps Are Being Hijacked

FBI says school closings due to COVID-19 and increased presence of children online both pose an increased risk for child exploitation.

April 3, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

With distance learning and videoconferencing on the rise, the FBI says it has received reports that video platforms are being hijacked (“Zoom-bombing”). Two schools in Massachusetts reported the following incidents: In late March 2020, a Massachusetts-based high school reported that while a teacher was conducting an online class using the teleconferencing software Zoom, an unidentified […]

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Why You Should Collect Meeting Space Data (And What to Do With It)

Are your clients making the most of their meeting spaces? Microsoft answers our questions as the value of collecting meeting space data.

March 25, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The way meeting rooms are utilized is changing by the year. Collecting meeting space data offers serious cost-savings benefits to decision-makers and their organizations. Do you know when their meeting rooms are being used? Do they know how many people are in them when they are used? We spoke with Warren Fernandez at Microsoft to […]

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Samsung and Zoom Team up to Deliver Integrated Zoom Rooms Hardware

Joint Zoom and Samsung Zoom Rooms hardware solutions aimed at simplyfing the hardware selection process for collab system customers.

October 16, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Samsung SDS announces that it has teamed up with Zoom to create a fully integrated Zoom Rooms hardware solution. In collaboration with Samsung SDS, Zoom will offer its Zoom Rooms customers a hardware bundle that provides a “seamless Zoom Rooms user experience,” the companies say. Samsung SDS plans to offer a “Samsung Zoom Rooms Kit” […]

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Webex Meetings and Teams Update

In this free webinar, you’ll learn how companies are utilizing Webex tools to cut internal costs while allowing workforces to be more agile and streamlined.

October 9, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The global economy requires new ways of doing business. It’s inefficient, expensive, and unproductive to travel to all locations to meet prospects, customers, fellow executives and colleagues. Today’s companies are global operations, with distributed workforces and around the clock customer support. Knowledge workers are increasingly trading cubicles at their HQ for remote offices, mobile workplaces […]

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Jetblack, Yamaha UC CS-700

Jetblack Uses a Plug-and-Play Yamaha UC CS-700 in 19 Conference Rooms

Yamaha UC CS-700 conferencing and collaboration solution updates a frustrating prosumer phone at Jetblack, a retail shopping service provider.

September 23, 2019 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

Jetblack is founded on the concept that being a parent and being able to shop tantrum-free doesn’t have to be mutually exclusive. The company is a members-only, text-based personal shopping and concierge service for those living in New York City. It combines the convenience of e-commerce with the customized attention of a personal assistant, allowing […]

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