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Collaboration Systems

Platform-Agnostic Systems Are Key To Collaboration Amid Busy Remote Work Tech Market

The collaboration market is becoming crowded with software, so IT leaders now need to invest in platform-agnostic systems as work-from-anywhere continues.

December 1, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In 2020, the world became intimately familiar with unified communication and collaboration technology that helped organizations transition to remote work as COVID-19 lockdowns forced offices and workplaces to close. With that came several challenges, including keeping remote workers engaged at a level consistent with when everyone was back in the office and making sure these […]

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Google Meet Duo

Breakout Rooms Come to More Google Meet Users

Google is beginning roll out breakout rooms to more Google Meet users along with new features to improve the breakout rooms experience.

November 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is beginning roll out breakout rooms to more Google Meet users along with new features to improve the breakout rooms experience. The company on Thursday announced that breakout rooms would be coming to users of Google Workspace, Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus and G Suite Business and Enterprise […]

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Cisco

Cisco Says You Should Patch Webex Vulnerability Now

Cisco is warning of a high-severity vulnerability in the Webex Meetings Desktop App for Windows that could allow attackers to modify operating systems.

November 6, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cisco is warning of a high-severity vulnerability in the Webex Meetings Desktop App for Windows that could allow a hacker to modify the underlying operating system configuration, the company said in an advisory. The vulnerability, categorized as “high,” could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on a targeted system. The advisory comes as […]

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Slack Canvas

Slack CEO: Stories, Instant Audio Coming To Slack By End Of 2020

With videoconferencing fatigue setting in, Slack is eyeing ways to help teams connect and collaborate without having to hop on a long video call.

October 8, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Slack is reportedly adding new features to its platform that will introduce social media-like stories and push-to-talk audio by the end of the calendar year. In an interview with The Verge, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield detailed some of the new features the platform wants to bring to its users to help them better acclimate to […]

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Slack Canvas

Slack is Experiencing Connection, Performance Issues

Slack is investigating the cause of the issue after the platform said its connection and performance were affected Monday.

October 5, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Slack is reporting unexplained issues with connecting and degraded performance today. According to Slack’s states page, users began experiencing slowness with desktop, browser and mobile versions starting around 10 a.m. EDT. “The issue is sending messages and troubles with API calls,” the company said. “Our team is looking into it and we will follow up […]

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mass notification software

How COVID Will Change Mass Notification Trends on Campuses

More significant changes and trends are to come to the workplace due to COVID-19, including how we use mass notification tools.

October 1, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Mass notification has been trending lately as organizations learn new approaches to safety, especially on campuses. As the impact of the pandemic continues to linger, more significant safety changes are on the horizon, and mass notification tools will have to follow suit. Here are some of the ways you can expect mass notification to evolve […]

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Bose 700 UC

Bose Releases Noise-Cancelling Headphones 700 UC in U.S., Latin America

Bose's new Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 UC are certified for Microsoft Teams and compatible with both Zoom and Google Meet.

September 25, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Bose Professional this week announced their Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 UC are now shipping in the U.S. and Latin America and will also be available in Asia and Europe in September and October, respectively. Certified for Microsoft Teams and compatible with both Zoom and Google Meet, the NCH 700 UC “equip users for better collaboration […]

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Zoom Rooms User Interface

Report: Zoom Investing in Slack-like Chat Feature

With its chat feature leaving much to be desired, Zoom is investing in a Slack-like messaging function to compete with other platforms.

September 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom is reportedly making investments in its messaging capabilities in a bid to better compete with Slack and Microsoft Teams, according to media reports. First reported The Information and cited by several other media organizations, Zoom is working on a significant upgrade to the platforms messaging function to supplement its video capabilities. According to The […]

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Google Series One Meeting Room Kits

Google Introduces Series One Meeting Room Kits for Meet

Google's Series One meeting room kits include PTZ cameras, microphones, a smart audio bar, touchscreen panels, and other AV technologies.

September 15, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is partnering with Lenovo to release its Series One meeting room kits for its videoconferencing platform Google Meet. The hardware bundle – made exclusively for Google Meet – includes the Smart Audio Bar using onboard Google Edge TPUs with noise cancellation technology, a 4K PTZ camera, the Google Meet compute system, a touchscreen control […]

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