News
News
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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
Zoom video meetings get Facebook Workplace integration
Zoom video meetings can now be streamed to Facebook Workplace. Zoom announced the integration this week, along with a new transcription service for video recordings.
- 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.
- September 21, 2017
21 Sep'17
UCaaS Magic Quadrant shows maturing, fragmented market
The latest Magic Quadrant for UCaaS shows a maturing market with capabilities that exceed on-premises UC and UCaaS providers with greater global reach.
- September 14, 2017
14 Sep'17
8x8 and Atlassian integrate team collaboration tools
In UC news this week, 8x8 and Atlassian integrate their team communication tools, while AeroFS and Redbooth merge on collaboration and task management software.
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- September 14, 2017
14 Sep'17
New Slack shared channels, Microsoft Teams adds guest access
New Slack shared channels and Microsoft Teams' guest access features, introduced this week, provide collaboration tools for workers in different companies.
- September 08, 2017
08 Sep'17
Intermedia expands UCaaS platform with AnyMeeting acquisition
In UC news, Intermedia gains web conferencing and webinar technology with its AnyMeeting acquisition, while VOSS adds features to its UC analytics service.
- September 07, 2017
07 Sep'17
Atlassian Stride UCaaS product marks the end of HipChat
Atlassian Stride, a new UCaaS product, is expected to eventually replace the Atlassian HipChat team messaging application. The new product is expected to compete with Cisco, Microsoft and Slack.
- August 31, 2017
31 Aug'17
Streaming video platforms see surge in healthcare market
Analysts discuss streaming video's important role in healthcare organizations, the positive effect of AI capabilities on customer service, and how to evaluate mobile devices.
- August 25, 2017
25 Aug'17
Cloud unified communications use drops amid large enterprises
Large enterprises still favor on-premises services over cloud-based UC, according to a recent study. Meanwhile, Vyopta launches a UCC monitoring service to optimize the user experience.