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Elevēo Announces New Program Identifying Exceptional Student Athletes As Brand Ambassadors

July 8, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. & PRAGUE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CCTR–Elevēo, a global workforce optimization software vendor, announces the creation of a new Elevēo Ambassador Program, which identifies exceptional student-athletes based on their scholastic achievements, athletic performance & positive impact on their community. As its first Elevēo Ambassador Program honoree, Elevēo has chosen Kendall Milton, running back for the University of […]

Rootly Raises $3.2 Million to Help Companies Rapidly Recover From Technical Incidents

July 8, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Company solves critical enterprise issue, saves companies millions of dollars in lost revenue and developer time Rootly draws investments from XYZ Venture Capital, 8VC, Y Combinator and C-Suite executives at companies like Dropbox, GitHub and Instacart SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Slackbot—Rootly, the new technical incident management platform and Slackbot, launched today to address one of the biggest […]

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 133: Virtual Assistants In the Conference Room

June 28, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Beau Wilder, VP and GM of video collaboration at Poly, joins the podcast to discuss bringing virtual assistants to meeting room solutions.

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 127: Mmhmm And Making Videoconferencing Less Awful

Phil Libin, co-founder and CEO of videoconferencing app Mmhmm, joins the podcast to talk about how to making videoconferencing more entertaining. 

April 30, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Phil Libin, co-founder and CEO of videoconferencing app Mmhmm, joins the podcast to talk about how to making videoconferencing more entertaining. 

What Our Changing Videoconferencing Habits Mean for IT

We're using videoconferencing and collaboration tools like we never have before, and the IT department needs to take note.

December 31, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

By now, your organization’s employees and your internal IT department should be accustomed to remote or hybrid work and videoconferencing technology. We’ve been using platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting, Google Meet, Webex, Bluejeans, Slack and several others to meet and collaborate for about seven months, and many organizations have barely skipped a beat, and […]

Microsoft Working On Further Teams, Outlook Integration

The integration will allow to send a copy of Outlook messages into Microsoft Teams chats and channels or start a Teams chat related to a specific email.

December 18, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is working on an update for Outlook and Teams that will bring a deeper integration between the two platforms, according to a company product roadmap. With the new update, users can send a copy of email message or conversations into Teams chats and channels or start a Teams chat related to a specific email […]

Breakout Rooms Now Available in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams meeting organizers can create up to 50 breakout rooms and choose to automatically or manually assign participants into rooms.

December 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams is now generally available, allowing meeting organizers to divide meetings into sub-groups to facilitate smaller discussions. According to a Microsoft blog, meeting organizers can create up to 50 breakout rooms and choose to automatically or manually assign participants into rooms. Organizers can start breakout rooms in a regular Teams meeting […]

Microsoft Now Offers Teams Devices-as-a-Service

Microsoft's new Device-as-a-Service program for Microsoft Teams offers flexible monthly payment plans and affordable options.

December 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has quietly released a new Device-as-a-Service program for Microsoft Teams deployments that offers flexible monthly payments and affordable options. In a blog announcing several new features to Teams, the IT giant briefly described the Device-as-a-Service program, becoming the latest unified communications provider to offer as-a-service options to eliminate the cost barriers associated with deploying […]

Platform-Agnostic Systems Are Key To Collaboration Amid Busy Remote Work Tech Market

The collaboration market is becoming crowded with software, so IT leaders now need to invest in platform-agnostic systems as work-from-anywhere continues.

December 1, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In 2020, the world became intimately familiar with unified communication and collaboration technology that helped organizations transition to remote work as COVID-19 lockdowns forced offices and workplaces to close. With that came several challenges, including keeping remote workers engaged at a level consistent with when everyone was back in the office and making sure these […]

Report: Salesforce Could Acquire Slack

A Salesforce acquisition of Slack would merge the top customer relation management platform with an office collaboration app.

November 30, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Customer relationship management platform Salesforce is reportedly in talks to acquire workplace collaboration platform Slack. According to multiple news reports, the deal – which could be announced as soon as this week – would add to Salesforce’s list of recent acquisitions over the last few years. CNBC reported that the deal could be one of […]