As it hopes to keep pace with Zoom and Microsoft Teams, Cisco is acquiring noise removal and speech enhancement firm BabbleLabs to add another layer of noise reduction features to Webex meetings. Cisco will bring that native noise removal capability to its entire collaboration portfolio, beginning with integrating BabbleLabs for Webex Meetings users on any […]
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 […]
Facebook is bringing several videoconferencing platforms to its Portal device to complement the company’s collaboration tool Workplace. Those videoconferencing providers are Zoom, BlueJeans, GoToMeeting and Webex, the company said in a news release. Those apps will be available on Portal next month. “Whether you’re meeting one-on-one with a colleague or joining up to 1,000 participants,* […]
Voice platform Red Box has announced that its Compliance Recording solution is now generally available for Microsoft Teams to support secure, resilient and scalable recording of communications in Teams. The solution is currently being certified as part of Microsoft’s new Compliance Recording ISV partner certification program, the company said in a press release. According to […]
With many workers still doing their job our of their homes, Zoom recently released its Zoom for Home offerings that include dedicated Zoom devices via DTEN. Now, Zoom is taking that a step further by expanding to smart displays like the Amazon Echo Show, Portal from Facebook and the Google Nest Hub Max. Zoom’s play […]
Zoom is adding onto its capabilities as a unified communications-as-a-service provider with the expansion of Zoom Phone to 25 additional countries and territories along with a new simplified telephone service plan for organizations with multinational locations. That means Zoom Phone for domestic calling is now available in over 40 countries and territories, the company said […]
With employees working remotely and organizations looking for ways to remain viable and stay in business, the cloud and unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) are in demand more than ever. Moving to the cloud was already a smart move before the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2020 will mark one of the largest migrations ever, says Diane Myers, senior […]
Slack announced Wednesday that it has filed a competition complaint against Microsoft in the European Union alleging illegal and anti-competitive practices and stomping out competition in breach of European Union law. Specifically, Slack’s complaint alleges that Microsoft has illegally tied Teams – its flagship unified communications and collaboration app and a direct competitor to Slack’s […]
IT managers and end users now have several more options for out-of-the-box conference room hardware as LogMeIn unveiled seven new hardware bundles for its GoToRoom platform. The all-in-one videoconferencing offerings feature hardware from Dolby, Logitech, Poly and Extron, ranging in size and scale from home offices to large meeting spaces. The new partnership with Extron […]
This spring, when the world was just getting familiar with videoconferencing platforms, security quickly became a big issue. Unauthorized users were gaining access to video calls and disrupting meetings, conferences, and classes. With children involved, security for the educational use of videoconferencing became very important. Many school districts banned the use of Zoom because of […]
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