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Unified Communications ROI

The ROI of Unified Communications: Simplicity, Mobility, Productivity and Continuity

If your organization hasn't considered an investment in unified communications, you could be missing out on these returns.

August 4, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

For many businesses, unified communications tools and platforms have been a lifeline through the coronavirus pandemic that they didn’t realize they had. To have voice, chat, video, email, and a range of other communication tools and applications are unified under one platform is helping many survive and adapt to changing work environments, increase productivity, reduce […]

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Logitech Swytch

Logitech Introduces BYOM Device Swytch

Logitech Swytch, a compact, one-cable laptop link, enables a user to run meetings with their laptop with any videoconferencing platform.

August 4, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

So you have a Zoom Room or Microsoft Teams Room in the office, but an external call was scheduled on another platform. That can cause headaches for end users and IT departments everywhere. That’s especially true these days when videoconferencing is the preferred method of communication, but there are several vendors out there aside from […]

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UCaaS Enterprise Connect

Ranking UCaaS Providers at Enterprise Connect

Moving to the cloud was already a smart move before the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2020 will mark one of the largest migrations ever.

August 4, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

With employees working remotely and organizations looking for ways to remain viable and stay in business, the cloud and unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) are in demand more than ever. Moving to the cloud was already a smart move before the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2020 will mark one of the largest migrations ever, says Diane Myers, senior […]

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Phishing

Mimecast Acquires Machine Learning Phishing Security Firm MessageControl

Mimecast has acquired MessageControl, a messaging security provider with solutions to respond to the increase in phishing attacks.

August 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Email and data security company Mimecast has acquired eTorch, a messaging security provider with solutions to help stop social engineering and human identity attacks using machine learning technology. In a press release, Mimecast said the acquisition of eTorch — which does business as MessageControl — strengthens the company’s email security strategy designed to improve security […]

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Google Meet Duo

Google Updates G Suite in Bid to Compete with Teams, Slack

Google is rolling out deeper integrations between its separate G Sutie tools alongside more features for videoconferencing app Google Meet.

July 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is hoping to boost its G Sutie platform to rival Microsoft and Slack as the unified communications and collaboration software leaders with a redesign of Gmail for G Suite and deeper integrations between the included tools. The company hopes to bring all of its G Suite tools together and address the demand for remote […]

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public cloud, Dell Hybrid Client, cloud spending, cloud services

Are Public Cloud Customers Scared of Spot Instances?

Spot instances are a type of purchasing option that allows users to take advantage of spare capacity at a low price. Why aren't more taking advantage?

July 16, 2020 Jay Chapel Leave a Comment

Spot instances and similar “spare capacity” models are a great way to save money on public cloud. But a surprising amount of cloud customers are not taking advantage of this discounted capacity. Spot instances are a type of purchasing option that allows users to take advantage of spare capacity at a low price, with the […]

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Logitech Alexa for Business

Logitech Introduces Integration with Alexa for Business for Zoom Rooms

Logitech announced Tuesday that its solutions for Zoom Rooms will integrate with Alexa for Business to allow for contactless collaboration.

July 14, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Meeting room device manufacturer Logitech announced Tuesday that its solutions for Zoom Rooms will integrate with Alexa for Business to allow for contactless collaboration. This new offering aims to help enterprise customers prepare for hybrid work environments in which not all employees will return to the office amid the coronavirus pandemic. The integration will incorporate […]

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Webex Virtual background

Webex Unveils Virtual Background, Blur

Webex hopes to catch up with Zoom, Teams with a virtual background and blur feature to help limit distractions and maintain privacy during video meetings.

July 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Most videoconferencing providers like Zoom and Microsoft Teams already allow users to choose a virtual background to keep focus on themselves and now their messy home offices. However, one of the earliest videoconferencing applications, Webex, hasn’t offered that feature until now. Last week, Cisco announced Webex users can choose a preset virtual background or blur […]

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