It’s no secret that the hybrid workforce is here to stay. A recent Gallup study found that hybrid work has increased from 32% in 2019 to 42% in February 2022, and is anticipated to rise to 53% in 2022 and beyond. This means that businesses must adjust day-to-day operations, including meetings, to accommodate about half […]
Despite nearly three years of distributed work forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations have still not yet equipped their offices and end users with the tools and technology necessary to carry out hybrid meetings. With 2023 around the corner, IT budgets should reflect those necessary conference room upgrades and end user tools, unified communications […]
Just days after announcing the upcoming end to the consumer version of the encrypted communication app Wickr, AWS has announced AWS Wickr, a new enterprise communications service with end-to-end encryption. According to the company, AWS Wickr is designed to help organizations comply with regulatory requirements like e-discovery, legal hold and FOIA requests. The app uses […]
Remembering back to spring 2020 when COVID-19 first began impacting commerce, business leaders predicted a few short weeks of remote work to help stop the spread of the virus. As we know, those few weeks turned into multiple years. Because of that shortsightedness, organizations largely sent employees home with the bare minimum: their laptop and […]
Amazon Web Services says it will be shutting down the consumer version of encrypted communications service Wickr and will instead focus on the business and enterprise products, AWS Wickr and Wickr Enterprise. AWS acquired Wickr, an end-to-end encrypted messaging, voice and video communication service in June 2021. The consumer product, Wickr Me, will no longer […]
Yamaha Unified Communications is releasing two new video collaboration systems designed for easy use and deployment in hybrid work environments that integrate microphones, cameras and video output. The Sudbury, Mass. company’s new devices are the CS-800 Video Sound Bar and CS-500 Collaboration System, which add to the growing product category of collaboration bars that integrate […]
While distributed work can help organizations save on real estate costs and hire from a more diverse talent pool, it can sometimes make it difficult for coworkers to connect and form relationships. Platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams have been good for collaboration, but team-building and building closer relationships is still challenging. To inject a […]
Customer engagement solution provider Verint has announced a new compliance recording integration with Microsoft Teams to help heavily regulated businesses manage their complex compliance needs across all communication modes used in Microsoft Teams. Certified for Microsoft Teams in November, Verint Interaction Recording is designed to centrally capture, store, retrieve and analyze Teams voice calling, chat, […]
ClearOne, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based provider of communications, conferencing and collaboration solutions, announced the introduction of the UNITE 160 4K camera. The camera offers organizations 4K UHD performance with 12x optical zoom capabilities, remote-controlled mechanical pan and tilt as well as AI-powered smart face tracking and auto framing. It is designed to capture all participants […]
All-in-one collaboration device manufacturer DTEN is releasing the Android Edition of its platform-agnostic D7X Series video collaboration displays, shortly after releasing a Windows Edition last month. Like the Windows Edition, the San Jose, Calif.-based DTEN bills the Android Edition as an all-in-one conferencing solution that provides enterprise-quality images, sound and more natural whiteboarding. According to […]
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