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Zoom Hardware-as-a-Service Makes Zoom Rooms More Affordable

Zoom Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) gives Zoom Rooms customers the ability to deploy Zoom Rooms hardware with a variety of subscription options.

July 8, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom is introduced a hardware-as-a-service plan that makes deploying Zoom Rooms more accessible by reducing the barriers to entry and high up-front costs. The program, dubbed Zoom Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS), gives Zoom Rooms customers the ability to deploy Zoom Rooms hardware with a variety of subscription options for phone and meeting room hardware, the company says […]

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 […]

Google Meet’s New Features Put it on Par with Teams, Zoom

Google Meet is launching a series of new features that aim to make the platform more competitive with Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other video calling apps.

July 2, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google Meet is launching a series of new features that aim to make the platform more competitive to Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other videoconferencing and collaboration solutions. The new features come as videoconferencing platforms enjoy a surge in use due to the rise of remote work amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company says the platform’s […]

Zoom Hires Former Salesforce, Microsoft Security Exec as CISO

Zoom has hired a former Salesforce and Microsoft security expert as its CISO as the company narrows in on the end of a 90-day security improvement plan.

June 26, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Videoconferencing platform Zoom has hired a former Salesforce and Microsoft security expert as its chief information security officer as the company narrows in on the end of a 90-day security improvement plan. Zoom earlier this week announced the hire of Jason Lee, most recently the senior vice president of security operations at Salesforce. Lee, with […]

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 88: Zoom’s Response to COVID-19, Security Issues

Laura Padilla, head of global business development for videoconferencing platform Zoom, joins the podcast to talk about the company's security plans.

June 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Laura Padilla, head of global business development for videoconferencing platform Zoom, joins the podcast to talk about the company’s security plans.

Zoom Reverses Course, Will Offer E2E Encryption to Free Users

Zoom reversed course Wednesday, saying that users with free accounts will receiving end-to-end encryption once the enhanced security feature is released.

June 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom reversed course Wednesday, saying that users with free accounts will receiving end-to-end encryption once the enhanced security feature is released. In a blog post, CEO Eric Yuan gave an update on the company’s security and encryption plans that apparently now include end-to-end encryption for free users after recently saying only paid users will have […]

Zoom’s Planned End-to-End Encryption Won’t Be Available for Free Users

Zoom is developing end-to-end encryption for the videoconferencing platform, but that feature won't be available for free users.

June 15, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom is working on end-to-end encryption as it hopes to become the first major videoconferencing platform to offer the feature and help keep organizations secure. However, that will start and stop with paid users, CEO Eric Yuan said in an earnings call with investors earlier this month. According to Yuan, the company doesn’t want to […]

Zoom Developing Ability to Block Users Based on Geography After Chinese Issue

Zoom is building technology that can remove or block users based on country after the company shut down Chinese activist accounts after pressure from China.

June 12, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom is building technology that can remove or block users based on country after the company shut down Chinese activist accounts after pressure from the Chinese government. Per media reports and Zoom’s own blog, the company shut down accounts belonging to Chinese civil rights groups that were planning to commemorate the 1989 protests in Beijing’s […]

Poly Devices First to Receive Zoom Room Certification

Communication device maker Poly says its video bars and videoconferencing system are the first Zoom Rooms Appliances to receive Zoom certification.

June 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Communications and collaborations device manufacturer Poly says its video bars and videoconferencing system are the first Zoom Rooms Appliances to receive Zoom certification. In a press release, Poly announced its Studio X30 and Studio x50 video bars along with the G7500 video conferencing system are the first Zoom Rooms Appliances to be certified by the […]

Zoom Rooms admins: Update for Security Enhancements

Zoom Rooms admins are being urged to update controller software to comply with new Zoom 5.0 security features and encryption.

June 1, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom is urging Zoom Rooms administrators to update their rooms as Zoom rolls out version 5.0 to provide greater security and privacy. The urging comes as Zoom mandates that Zoom Rooms be updated to meet the minimum requirements for Zoom 5.0 and for GCM encryption, which are now required for all meetings. A new security […]