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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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ServiceNow New Plaform

ServiceNow Launches New Version of Now Platform

ServiceNow's new platform includes new tools and features designed to help organizations stay agile and resilient while improving productivity.

September 16, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

ServiceNow has released a new version of its digital workforce platform, Now Platform, designed to help organizations stay agile and resilient while improving productivity in the COVID-19 economy. Included in the new platform, named the Paris release, are several new features like new workflow productivity apps with embedded analytics and AI, IT optimization, connected workflows, […]

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Proofpoint CISO, CISOs cyberattack

Warning: Chinese Threat Actors Targeting Unpatched Vulnerabilities

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns of Chinese threat actors targeting government agencies via unpatched vulnerabilities.

September 16, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns of Chinese government-affiliated cyber threat actors using publicly available and open-source information to leverage unpatched software vulnerabilities to attack U.S. government agencies. According to the warning, hacking groups affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of State Security for the last 12 months have been […]

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Increasing Cyber Attacks

Now Is the Time to be Vigilant Amidst Increasing Cyber Attacks

As the COVID-19 pandemic and political turmoil lead to increasing cyber attacks, organizations and end users should take extra precaution.

September 15, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

While remote work and working from home are convenient and just a way of life these days, the trend is opening the door to cyber attackers, nation states and part-time hackers to take advantage of the hysteria and cast a wide net in a bid to compromise our networks. Across the board, companies are reporting […]

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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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Google Meet Mobile Apps

Google Redesigns Meet Mobile Apps

Google is updating the Meet videoconferencing mobile apps for Android and iOS to create a more unified experience with Gmail.

September 14, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Videoconferencing and collaboration apps like Google Meet are, for obvious reasons, crucially important right now. To that end, Google has worked over the last few months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to improve Meet and better integrate it with Gmail and other G Suite tools. Now, the Google Meet mobile apps for iOS and […]

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Zoom Rooms User Interface

Zoom Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication for All Users

Zoom has unveiled enhanced two-factor authentication for web, desktop and mobile that requires online users to present two or more credentials.

September 11, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom went on a three-month security binge to better secure the platform to keep unauthorized users from accessing meetings, and the company still isn’t done rolling out new security measures. The company on Thursday unveiled enhanced two-factor authentication for web, desktop and mobile that requires online users to present two or more credentials to authenticate […]

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Voice-over-IP Return on Investment

The Potential Returns on a VoIP System

A Voice-over-IP systems' return on investment include a unified communication system, flexibility, scalability and easier maintenance.

September 8, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Telephony has been a central part of business technology essentially since phones were invented, allowing organizations to conduct business and connect with others. However, legacy business phone systems (PBX) are a standalone system, meaning the management, maintenance and upgrading of that system is separate from every other piece of workplace technology today, and that’s in […]

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Crestron Flex UC

Crestron Releases Next Generation of Crestron Flex UC Portfolio

Crestron is now shipping the next generation of its Crestron Flex video conferencing platform for Zoom Rooms and Microsoft Teams Rooms.

September 8, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Crestron is now shipping the next generation of its Crestron Flex video conferencing platform “designed to deliver more options, opportunities and possibilities to communicate, collaborate, and control from anywhere,” according to the company announcement. “From the desktop to the boardroom, Crestron Flex delivers native Microsoft Teams or Zoom Rooms software conferencing systems, as well as […]

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