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corporate collaboration, COVID-19

COVID-19 Will Change Corporate Collaboration in These Ways

Perspectives on the future of remote work and corporate collaboration as the world recovers and moves on from the COVID-19 outbreak.

June 4, 2020 Dana Corey Leave a Comment

The recent global health crisis has driven a majority of businesses to move to remote work settings in an effort to practice social distancing and manage the spread of COVID-19. This sudden surge in remote work caused a society-wide discussion on the best ways to approach bringing teams and companies together from afar. For many […]

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Fuze 6 Platform Aims to Secure Business Continuity with Secure, Scalable Comms

The Fuze 6 employee communications platform touts scalability, security, and the ability to keep critical comm's moving for business continuity.

May 22, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Fuze, a cloud-based communications provider, announces the Fuze 6 platform, delivering user, administrator, and contact center experiences on desktop, web, or mobile. “As business leaders navigate an expanded distributed workforce, secure and resilient communication and collaboration tools are critical to maintain business continuity,” said Jed Brown, senior vice president of product and design at Fuze. […]

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audio pain points

Almost All Workers are Distracted by Audio Pain Points, Study Finds

Survey finds most common audio pain points, including being disturbed by loud colleagues, and overall office noise level.

May 21, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

New research from global market research firm IPSOS and audio brand EPOS finds 95% of audio end-users and decision makers experience pain points relating to sound that affect their concentration or efficiency at work. Common complaints include being disturbed by loud colleagues (50%), overall noise levels in working environments (48%) and interruptions from colleagues (46%). […]

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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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Cybersecurity Skills Gap

How COVID-19 is Changing the Cybersecurity and IT Workforce

The COVID-19 is changing how organizations should recruit, hire and train IT and cybersecurity professionals to help the overburdened workforce.

May 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If you’re an IT or cybersecurity professional, you’ve been very busy over these last few months dealing with a gigantic jump in remote work and the increasing security challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Almost overnight, IT and security staff had to figure out how to help the entire office work from home and […]

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Zoom Down

Zoom Goes Down For Church Service Sunday Morning

The usually reliable Zoom conferencing platform went down Sunday morning for many U.S. and U.K. users logging on for church services.

May 18, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom’s usage has exploded since the coronavirus pandemic forced workers across the world to work remotely, and the platform has largely held up to accommodate that large increase in traffic. That’s why it was a bit of a surprise as the service went down for a significant length of time Sunday, affecting churches and other […]

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Hanwha Techwin security cameras

Kirkland’s Home Décor Stores Choose Hanwha Techwin Cameras

Over 400 locations outfitted with eight Hanwha Techwin cameras are positioned to capture the entrance, the sales floor and back-of-house operations.

May 11, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Hanwha Techwin cameras have been selected for use at home décor retailer Kirkland’s. With more than 400 locations in 37 states, Kirkland’s is a go-to spot for a broad selection of distinctive merchandise: art, mirrors, candles, lamps, frames, accent rugs, furniture and more. When the retailer evaluated its security solutions, senior management determined they needed […]

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COVID-19 Biometrics Facial Recognition

COVID-19 Could Hurt Adoption of Contact Biometrics, Help Facial Recognition

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause a significant pushback on biometric device shipments, but create new opportunities in facial recognition.

May 8, 2020 Robin Hattersley-Gray Leave a Comment

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause a significant pushback on biometric device shipments, creating a major revenue drop of $2 billion over the course of 2020, according to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. At the same, COVID-19 has given rise to new identification and surveillance needs, prompting further investments in biometric artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm […]

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