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Zoom for Home

Zoom’s Hardware Plan Grows with Zoom for Home

Zoom is doubling down on its hardware strategy and selling directly to end users with Zoom for Home, a $600 all-in-one videoconferencing device.

July 15, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

For the majority of workers, working from home essentially means carving out a space in your house to use a laptop and maybe some accessories like monitors, keyboards and the like. Without the ability to use the conference or huddle room’s advanced videoconferencing technology, we’ve taken to getting by with the built-in camera and microphone’s […]

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams Could Be the ‘Sleeping Giant’ of Videoconferencing Wars

The world was introduced to a litany of videoconferencing solutions earlier this year, but some UCC experts say Microsoft Teams will come out on top.

July 14, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Over the last few months, the world got a crash course in videoconferencing and collaboration technology. With remote work now part of our culture, platforms like Zoom, BlueJeans, Lifesize, Webex, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams have become a must have for most organizations that typically reported to an office setting. However, Microsoft Teams, which is […]

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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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Videoconferencing fatigue

Microsoft: Yes, Videoconferencing Fatigue is Very Real

The science is in: we feel more stressed and overworked when we collaborate remotely when compared to in-person collaboration.

July 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Remember when the world was discovering Microsoft Teams, Zoom, GoToMeeting and other videoconferencing services in March during the beginning of the coronavirus quarantine? For many of us, it was our first time using these apps. We used it to connect to coworkers, clients, family and friends in an attempt to replace the lost in-person connections. […]

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Week in Review: the Cloud, Security, Teams, etc.

This week, July 6-10, 2020: temperature scanning platforms, contactless technology, evaluating employees, sound masking, and more.

July 10, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Welcome to My TechDecisions Week in Review, where we round up the most important stories you might have missed this week, July 6-10, 2020. Read on to find out what’s happening this week:   Features Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Cloud Migration Approach Understanding the product that will overhaul your cloud migration […]

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Zoom Zero-Day

Cyberseucirty Firm Discloses Zero-Day Vulnerability in Zoom

Zoom is working on a patch for a zero-day vulnerability disclosed by a security firm just days after the conclusion of a 90-day non-security feature freeze.

July 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom is reportedly working on a patch for a zero-day vulnerability that was disclosed Thursday by a cybersecurity firm. The vulnerability, detected by ACROS Security, affects users running Zoom Client for Windows on older versions of Windows, specifically Windows 7 and older. Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 in January, but there are still many […]

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Zoom Zero-Day

Zoom CEO Issues Report on End of 90-Day Security Plan

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan issued a lengthy report on the company's 90-day security plan, including how it will respond to data requests from government.

July 7, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom has completed its 90-day plan to address security and transparency issues and is now planning to issue a transparency report that details requests for information and create a framework for how the company responds to requests from governments. In a blog post last week, CEO Eric Yuan detailed the dozens of security and transparency […]

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Cybercriminals Targeting the Cloud

Report: Cybercriminals Targeting the Cloud

As more organizations migrate to the cloud, cybercriminals and bad actors are following that trend and are targeting the cloud more frequently.

July 6, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As more organizations migrate to the cloud, cybercriminals and bad actors are following that trend and are targeting the cloud more frequently, according to a new report. And, the increased adoption of cloud services during the COVID-19 pandemic could be playing a role, says a joint report from DNS security firm EfficientIP and International Data […]

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