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Crestron, Zoom, Logitech Bring Work From Home UC Tech to the Market

Crestron, Logitech and Zoom have collaborated on Crestron HomeTime to help merge work and home with an all-in-one videoconferencing and UC system.

May 29, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Our homes have become our workplaces before we even realized it. Now, technology solutions providers like Crestron, Logitech and Zoom are beginning to realize this and bring us products to help truly transform our homes into workspaces. Crestron, a giant in audiovisual and integration equipment, is collaborating with remote work providers Logitech and Zoom to […]

Managing from Home: 5 Tips for Business Leaders

As a leader, it is important that you manage from home in an effective way. Here are five tips to help you lead your remote team.

May 28, 2020 Anthony Berticelli Leave a Comment

Most are now familiar with working from home – but what if you’re a manager? As a leader, it is important that you manage from home in an effective way. Here are five tips to help you lead your remote team. 1) Video — All the Time, Every Time As I write this article, I […]

NEC UNIVERGE BLUE, CONNECT Now Generally Available in U.S.

NEC has announced the U.S. general availability of NEC UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT and NEC UNIVERGE BLUE ENGAGE, new cloud-based UCaaS and CCaaS platforms.

May 27, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

NEC has announced the U.S. general availability of NEC UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT and NEC UNIVERGE BLUE ENGAGE, cloud-based unified communications, collaboration and contact center solutions that come as a product of NEC’s partnership with cloud-based communications provider Intermedia. The general availability comes four weeks after the companies announced the global strategic partnership that are built […]

Facebook Steps Further Into Enterprise Communication, Collaboration Space

Facebook is announcing new features to Workplace, its unified communications and collaboration platform in a move to compete with Slack, Zoom, Teams, etc.

May 22, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Just weeks after announcing the consumer-based video communication platform Messenger Rooms, Facebook is announcing new features to Workplace, its unified communications and collaboration platform for businesses. Those features are highlighted by the introduction of video chat, putting the platform on par with other competitors in the space like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Slack, GoToMeeting and many […]

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. […]

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 […]

ASUS Launches New Google Meet Hardware

May 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Endpoint device manufacturer ASUS has launched its new Google Meet Compute System designed for videoconferencing and remote work. The hardware kit includes the Google Meet Compute System, a touch screen control panel, a speaker/microphone and UDH camera, according to the company’s website.  ASUS – Google Meet hardware kit is the latest smart video-conferencing solution. Enabling […]

Week in Review: Biometrics, IoT, Collaboration, etc.

This week, May 11th-15th, 2020: a new webinar to check out, biometrics for access control, new communications capabilities from major social media platforms, and more.

May 15, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

This week, May 11th-15th, 2020: a new webinar to check out, biometrics for access control, new communications capabilities from major social media platforms, and more.

Virtual Commencement Disrupted by Racist Zoombombs

The Oklahoma City University’s virtual commencement was interrupted by racist zoombombs, or hacks on the event's platform.

May 14, 2020 Robin Hattersley-Gray Leave a Comment

Oklahoma City University held a virtual commencement recently that was hijacked by “Zoombombs” that let hackers disrupt the event with racial slurs and a swastika. The online event was intended to give the school’s approximately 650 graduates some semblance of the pomp and circumstance they missed because the in-person commencement ceremony was cancelled due to […]

Report: Cyber Criminals Are Forging Zoom, Teams, Meet Domains

According to Check Point Research, cybercriminals are forging domains for Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack and Google Meet to conduct phishing attacks.

May 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Hackers are continuing to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic and find new ways to steal our information and compromise organizational networks. According to Check Point Research, cybercriminals are meeting end users where they are, and these days that is on videoconferencing and collaboration platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack and Google Meet. Hackers are […]