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How can I set up a VoIP network on an existing LAN?
QoS is an essential component of VoIP over LAN; modern network devices make it easy to implement.
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Choose between Microsoft Teams vs. Zoom for conference needs
Weigh the pros and cons of Microsoft Teams vs. Zoom, and focus on ease of use, pricing, market share, video and telephony capabilities, and security requirements.
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A step-by step guide to a unified communications strategy
IT needs a unified communications strategy for voice and video conferencing, chat and other tools. This step-by-step guide helps you implement, evaluate and manage UC in the enterprise.
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Microsoft focuses on reading skills in Teams for Education
The latest Microsoft Teams for Education features will hone student reading skills, let teachers set up assignment groups and centralize student calendars
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Microsoft focuses on reading skills in Teams for Education
The latest Microsoft Teams for Education features will hone student reading skills, let teachers set up assignment groups and centralize student calendars
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Why remote work needs mobile unified communications
As organizations prepare their return-to-work strategies, mobile unified communications is key to ensure consistent access to communications tools, regardless of the user's location.
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4 Microsoft Teams security issues and how to prevent them
As collaboration platforms become essential to everyday operations, understanding Microsoft Teams security issues is more important than ever.
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5 best practices for a Microsoft Teams telephony migration
When planning a migration to Microsoft Teams telephony, organizations should follow five key best practices that address technical requirements and end-user adoption.
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What is the difference between RCS and SMS?
SMS is being supplanted by RCS to let carriers compete against WhatsApp and Messenger and open new avenues to business messaging. Learn the difference between RCS and SMS.
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A step-by step guide to a unified communications strategy
IT needs a unified communications strategy for voice and video conferencing, chat and other tools. This step-by-step guide helps you implement, evaluate and manage UC in the enterprise.
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Choose between Microsoft Teams vs. Zoom for conference needs
Weigh the pros and cons of Microsoft Teams vs. Zoom, and focus on ease of use, pricing, market share, video and telephony capabilities, and security requirements.
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A step-by step guide to a unified communications strategy
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Will video fatigue drive users back to voice calls?
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Enterprise AR a vital component of Microsoft's UC strategy
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4 Microsoft Teams security issues and how to prevent them
As collaboration platforms become essential to everyday operations, understanding Microsoft Teams security issues is more important than ever.
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Proactive collaboration security plans key, survey shows
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How to address WFH video conferencing security
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Reimagining the future of conference rooms, post-COVID-19
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How can I set up a VoIP network on an existing LAN?
QoS is an essential component of VoIP over LAN; modern network devices make it easy to implement.
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5 best practices for a Microsoft Teams telephony migration
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5 steps to managing team collaboration apps
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How to improve virtual collaboration in the enterprise
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E-Handbook | December 2020
Time to move to UCaaS? UC's future indeed looks 'cloudy'
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E-Handbook | March 2020
The future of video conferencing? The picture is promising
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E-Handbook | January 2020
Collaboration tools are shifting work culture in new ways
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Buyer's Handbook | August 2019
A detailed guide to unified communications platforms
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Buyer's Handbook | June 2019
Find the best UCaaS providers and products to meet your needs
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Unified Communications Basics
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VoIP phone
A VoIP phone is a hardware- or software-based telephone designed to use voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology to send and receive phone calls over an IP network.
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IP telephony (Internet Protocol telephony)
IP telephony (Internet Protocol telephony) is a general term for technologies, products and services that use the Internet Protocol's packet-switched connections to support voice calling, voicemail, video calling, video conferencing, faxing and ...
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What is voicemail and how does it work?
Voicemail capabilities have evolved since the early days of answering machines. Learn what voicemail is and how features have advanced as the technology became digital.
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How to navigate the SIP landscape
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Why organizations need SIP services now
Whether you realize it or not, your company needs Session Initiation Protocol. As legacy telephony networks wind down and cloud-based voice services continue to grow, SIP services are necessary to ...Continue Reading
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Advanced huddle room technology improves experience
Fitting huddle rooms with audio and video isn't as simple as taking an offering meant for the boardroom and putting it in a smaller space. Due to their size, huddle rooms present a unique set of ...Continue Reading
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Microsoft, Zoom gain UCaaS market share
Business use of video conferencing during the pandemic caused a spike in UCaaS market growth in 2020. Analysts predict growth to continue at 20% as people return to work.
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Business Video Conferencing and Telepresence Technology
Microsoft focuses on reading skills in Teams for Education
The latest Microsoft Teams for Education features will hone student reading skills, let teachers set up assignment groups and centralize student calendars
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Business Video Conferencing and Telepresence Technology
8x8 pushes work collaboration through a browser
8x8 said offering its Work apps through browsers helps companies prepare for the hybrid workplace by allowing workers to use the devices at hand to collaborate.