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Asynchronous Collaboration

Why Asynchronous Collaboration is Just as Important as Videoconferencing

If those long video calls are doing more harm than good, consider moving some of your remote workforce's workflow to asynchronous collaboration.

October 6, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In the early days of quarantine and the COVID-19 lockdowns, teams relied heavily on video calls and other collaboration tools that required everyone to be doing the same thing at the exact same time. That means a remote worker on the West Coast would have to get up early for a 9 a.m. call on […]

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Zoom Rooms User Interface

Zoom Adds Multi-Video Pinning, Accessibility Features

Zoom announced several new accessibility features designed to make it easier for non-English speakers or people with disabilities to use the platform.

September 24, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom is releasing new features that give users more control over how they see other meeting participants during video meetings along with keyboard shortcuts and other accessibility features. According to a company blog, Zoom now allows users to pin multiple videos to keep them in place, regardless of who is currently speaking. This is designed […]

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NEC UNIVERGE BLUE EXTENDED

NEC Releases UNIVERGE BLUE EXTENDED Integrations Platform

The UNIVERGE BLUE EXTEND integrations platform is designed to provide customers with voice, chat video and contact center functionalities.

September 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

NEC has announced the general availability of its UNIVERGE BLUE EXTEND integrations platform for NEC’s UNIVERGE BLUE Cloud Services designed to provide customers with voice, chat video and contact center functionalities. Those services will be provided by UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT and UNIVERGE BLUE ENGAGE and can be combined with everyday business applications from leading enterprise […]

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Remote Work Hiring Diversity

Remote Work Can Widen and Diversify Your Tech Talent Pool

Remote work can tear down your geographic boundaries when it comes to hiring, allowing you to look for more diverse candidates.

September 1, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a drastic effect on budgets at organizations of all sizes. Spending is down across the board, and that is unfortunately leading to layoffs. However, there are some encouraging signs that the economy is rebounding, so tech firms could soon be looking to that large talent pool of tech professionals looking […]

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Avocor Microsoft Teams Collaboration Display

Avocor Releases Microsoft Teams-certified Collaboration Display

Avocor announces the AVW-6555 Windows collaboration display, the first certified for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Azure IoT.

August 25, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft Teams is helping enterprise employees around the world stay connected and productive throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and we’ve seen hardware manufacturers buy into Microsoft’s certification program and release devices certified for the company’s flagship unified communications and collaboration app. That now includes collaboration display firm Avocor with the release of the AVW-6555 Windows collaboration […]

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G Suite

Google Begins Rollout of Integrated G Suite Experience

Google is rolling out new features in G Suite for desktop and Android users that aim to bring G Suite apps closer together.

August 14, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is rolling out new features in G Suite for desktop and Android users that aim to bring G Suite apps closer together. The updates aim to feature four distinct apps: Mail, Chat, Rooms and Meet. The new features in the updates appear to be Google’s response to the rise of Microsoft Teams, Slack and […]

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Mattermost Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams Could Be Your Hub of Remote and Hybrid Work

If used correctly, Microsoft Teams should become the communication and collaboration hub of remote and hybrid work for your organization.

August 11, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Millions of workers were forced out of the office in March, leading to a large migration to cloud-based unified communications and videoconferencing services. One of the most popular applications was Microsoft Teams. The company said in April it grew its daily active users by about 70% to 75 million, but that number today could be […]

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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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