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- January 04, 2019
04 Jan'19
Amazon contact center now supports real-time voice streaming
The Amazon contact center, Amazon Connect, now supports real-time voice streaming, a feature that opens the door to several emerging applications of AI.
- January 03, 2019
03 Jan'19
Ex-Cisco exec Jonathan Rosenberg named CTO of Five9
Jonathan Rosenberg is now CTO and head of AI for the cloud contact center vendor Five9. Rosenberg was previously a top executive in Cisco's collaboration division.
- December 21, 2018
21 Dec'18
Nixing of Skype Meetings App for Mac irks Microsoft customers
Microsoft is delaying plans to eliminate the Mac version of the Skype Meetings App after customers complained the move would make it harder for external guests to join meetings.
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- December 20, 2018
20 Dec'18
Cisco collaboration group loses another top executive
Tom Puorro left the Cisco collaboration group this week to become an executive vice president at Plantronics. He is the latest in a series of top executives to leave the unit in recent months.
- December 19, 2018
19 Dec'18
Microsoft Teams room system ecosystem expands
Polycom and HP have partnered to release a Microsoft Teams room system. Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced it will bundle the licensing for conference room products into a single bill.
- December 14, 2018
14 Dec'18
Lifesize Icon 700 series delivers 4K video conferencing
Lifesize has overhauled its cloud infrastructure to support 4K video conferencing with use of the new Icon 700 series room system.
- December 13, 2018
13 Dec'18
Businesses can now rent Avaya phones
Businesses looking to reduce large one-time capital expenditures can now rent Avaya phones for a monthly fee.
- December 12, 2018
12 Dec'18
Online store launched for Avaya cloud products
Organizations can now buy multi-tenant Avaya cloud products through a self-service website targeted at small and midsize businesses.
- December 07, 2018
07 Dec'18
Oculeus unveils cloud service for toll fraud prevention
Oculeus-Protect, a toll fraud prevention service, automatically ends phone calls determined to be the result of PBX hacking -- a threat that costs businesses billions of dollars annually.
- December 06, 2018
06 Dec'18
New Microsoft Teams calling features narrow gap with Skype
Microsoft will complete its Microsoft Teams calling roadmap in the coming weeks, with the release of four advanced call controls targeted at enterprise users.
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- December 05, 2018
05 Dec'18
Avaya earnings show growth in contact center, decline in UC
Avaya earnings began to level off in fiscal 2018, as the vendor began to grow its contact center business again. However, Avaya's UC products continued to struggle.
- December 04, 2018
04 Dec'18
Cisco brings Webex Teams messaging to Jabber client
Cisco is bringing Webex Teams messaging, file sharing, presence and search features to the Jabber client as part of a broader effort to streamline its UC apps.
- November 30, 2018
30 Nov'18
WeWork reportedly halts rollout of Amazon Alexa for Business
WeWork, one of the premier early adopters of Amazon Alexa for Business, has reportedly shelved plans to deploy the AI voice assistant after a two-month pilot.
- November 30, 2018
30 Nov'18
Tango Networks acquisition expands enterprise mobility services
In UC news, Tango Networks acquires Simetric Telecom to expand mobile telephony, Speechmatics and Clique partner for transcription service and Jabra intros wireless enterprise earbuds.
- November 29, 2018
29 Nov'18
Videxio MeetingConnect uses QR codes to join meetings
Weeks before its planned merger with Pexip, Videxio has unveiled a new cloud service, Videxio MeetingConnect, which seeks to simplify the process of joining online meetings from a conference room.