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How To Tell if Your Organization is Utilizing Virtual Meetings Effectively

Improve the utilization of meetings to be more meaningful and respectful of employees time by asking these three questions.

June 8, 2022 Humphrey Chen Leave a Comment

The pandemic changed many of our work behaviors, but none quite as significantly as the overwhelming amount of time spent in virtual meetings. According to Microsoft’s Work Trend Index, weekly virtual meeting time on Teams more than doubled during the pandemic, climbing 252% since February 2020. Zippia found the average employee spends 6% of their […]

Blueprint Series: Upgrading to Windows 11

Upgrading end users to Windows 11 could be one of the most challenging tasks IT has to face in the coming years.

June 3, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Upgrading end users to Windows 11 could be one of the most challenging tasks IT has to face in the coming years. Although the new version is touted to provide many benefits, including some important security enhancements, when and how to roll out the upgrade will vary significantly by organization.

Google Looks To Grow Google Meet With New Features, Hardware Partnerships

With a continuous stream of feature updates and hardware partnerships with companies like Avocor, Google is pushing Meet into the enterprise.

May 12, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google held its annual I/O developer conference this week, with much of the product announcements focusing on new developer tools. However, the company used the conference to announce several new innovations to its suite of productivity tools in Google Workspace, including Google Meet. These new feature enhancements come as Google and collaboration display provider Avocor […]

Poly Introduces Studio R30 Video Bar For Small Meeting Rooms, Device Management App

The Poly Studio R30 is a USB video bar designed for smaller meeting spaces that features intelligent audio and video for equitable meetings.

May 10, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Collaboration solutions provider Poly continues to lean into its portfolio of hybrid work solutions with a trio of  products designed to deliver professional-grade collaboration experiences for distributed employees, including the Studio R30 Video Bar, new smart video bar for small meeting rooms. The Poly Studio R30 is a USB video bar designed for smaller meeting […]

Xilica and Sennheiser Partner to Offer Hybrid Conferencing Kits for Medium, Large Rooms

Xilica Sennheiser Room Kits leverage IT infrastructure and PoE-powered audioconferencing solutions in one compact in-ceiling system.

May 10, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Xilica and Sennheiser have strengthened their partnership through the launch of two new pre-validated, plug-and-play “room kits” for medium and large collaboration spaces. The room kits, designed with IT standards in mind, bring premium PoE-powered Xilica and Sennheiser audio conferencing solutions together in one compact in-ceiling system, with all components connected over CatX network cable. […]

Technology and Understanding Workstyles Will Help Support Hybrid Work

New research from Poly and advice from IT professionals suggests companies need to "lean into technology" to solve their hybrid work issues.

May 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

It is now very clear that after two years of working remotely, employees don’t want to go back to the office. However, some executives are forcing the issue, which suggests a massive disconnect between different levels of workers and the need for employers to provide the technology and policies to make hybrid work more equitable. […]

Shure Launches New MXA920 Ceiling Array Microphone

Shure's newMXA920 Ceiling Array Microphone features advanced audio capturing technology and easy deployment and management.

May 2, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Audio solutions provider Shure is launching a new addition to its lineup of conferencing array microphones with its new MXA920 Ceiling Array Microphone, featuring advanced audio capturing technologies and easy deployment and management. The in-ceiling networked array microphones feature pre-configured audio capture, next generation array architecture for enhanced directional pick-up and more natural speech and […]

Asahi Group Holdings Adopts Box as a Hub for Centralized Management of Company-Wide Content

April 27, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Box to be the key foundation for a new flexible and fast-paced IT architecture TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Box, Inc. (NYSE: BOX), the leading Content Cloud, today announced that Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. has adopted Box as its content hub, a platform that enables the centralized management and utilization of information assets in accordance with future business needs, […]

Poly Adds Sync 10 to Line of Speakerphones Designed for Remote, Hybrid Work

The Poly Sync 10 is a new plug-and-play USB speakerphone designed to convert any space into a conferencing space via high-quality audio.

April 26, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Conferencing hardware maker Poly is adding to its lineup of Poly Sync devices with the Poly Sync 10, a new plug-and-play USB speakerphone designed to convert any space into a conferencing space via high-quality audio. The device is certified to work with Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Zoom and works seamlessly with any other cloud-based […]

AVI-SPL Expands CaaS Program

Now expanding globally, AVI-SPL's collaboration-as-a-service (CaaS) offers a flexible subscription model to power hybrid work from virtually anywhere.

April 26, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Tampa, Fla.-based AVI-SPL has expanded the release of its collaboration-as-a-service (CaaS) offering to support customers globally. According to the company, it was piloted in the U.K. last fall. The purpose-built program addresses AV and UC&C technology procurement, deployment and management needs of organizations engaged in hybrid work and learning. AVI-SPL adds that its CaaS helps […]