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Collaborative Applications
- December 14, 2017
14 Dec'17
Free phone service could boost Dialpad's UCaaS status
UCaaS provider Dialpad is offering a free cloud telephony service that integrates with G Suite, while a new partner program offers Workplace by Facebook support.
- December 08, 2017
08 Dec'17
Alexa for Business sounds promising, but security a concern
Amazon's enterprise virtual assistant connects Echo devices and voice commands to conference rooms and business applications as the service looks to ease meeting complexities.
- November 10, 2017
10 Nov'17
Level 3-CenturyLink merger could open doors for UC partners
In UC news, business partnerships are in question after CenturyLink's merger with Level 3. Meanwhile, RingCentral announces third-quarter revenue.
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- November 02, 2017
02 Nov'17
Cisco Spark app to get voice-powered virtual assistant
A voice-powered assistant will soon be available in the Cisco Spark app. Early next year, the company plans to offer the virtual helper to a limited number of customers.
- October 31, 2017
31 Oct'17
New RingCentral app integrations include Google, Slack, Alexa
Application integrations are becoming almost mandatory offerings among many cloud-based communications providers, and RingCentral just unveiled a bunch of them.
- October 27, 2017
27 Oct'17
Microsoft Teams roadmap introduces telephony, interoperability
New Microsoft Teams features, ranging from telephony to advanced meeting tools, are coming down the pipeline, as Microsoft prepares for the migration from Skype for Business Online.
- October 26, 2017
26 Oct'17
Cisco UCaaS gets more complicated with BroadSoft buy
After the BroadSoft acquisition, Cisco UCaaS will have overlapping products that will need sorting and services that could cause conflict with service providers.
- October 13, 2017
13 Oct'17
Arkadin unveils Cisco integrations for cloud telephony
In UC news, Arkadin announces integrations with Cisco Spark and WebEx that support cloud-based telephony, while Box unveils machine learning tools to digitize and automate workflows.
- October 10, 2017
10 Oct'17
Symphony collaboration takes on Teams, Slack team messaging
Symphony Communication Services says it's ready to compete with Cisco, Microsoft and Slack. Experts point to security as a strength of the Symphony collaboration platform.
- September 29, 2017
29 Sep'17
Facebook, IBM, Microsoft collaboration developments released
Microsoft opting to swap Skype for Business for Teams topped this week's collaboration news. But Facebook, IBM and Zoho also had noteworthy product developments.
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- September 29, 2017
29 Sep'17
New Skype, Microsoft Teams integrations focus on video
Microsoft Ignite yielded a slew of partnership announcements focusing on Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams integrations based on video support and interoperability.
- September 28, 2017
28 Sep'17
Could Microsoft Teams replace Outlook and Yammer?
For years, workers have lived in Microsoft's Outlook email as a primary communications tool. But with the emergence of Microsoft Teams, it could replace Outlook.
- September 27, 2017
27 Sep'17
Microsoft Teams deployment to reshuffle UC strategies
Microsoft Teams deployment will force enterprises to rethink how they want to restructure their current unified communications strategies. Executive buy-in will be crucial.
- September 26, 2017
26 Sep'17
Cisco, Microsoft take diverse tacks for virtual reality collaboration
Microsoft demonstrated its virtual reality collaboration technology and mixed-reality workflow app, used by Ford, this week at Microsoft Ignite. Cisco invited customers to experiment with Cisco Spark in VR.
- September 25, 2017
25 Sep'17
Microsoft Teams to replace Skype for Business Online
Over the next couple of years, Microsoft will gradually replace Skype for Business Online with Teams, which will become the communications client for Office 365.