Category: Collaboration

Collaboration is key to be successful in business. If you want to grow your business the whole team has to find a way to work together. In the past you got stuck in meeting room after meeting room. Nowadays there a many digital tools to help you collaborate.

There are different ways you can let people work together. The most common thing is to digitalize the meeting room. There are many videoconferencing systems which let you setup a virtual meeting, with audio or with audio and video. Most well known is probably Cisco WebEx, but new players like Zoom are also very popular.

Unified Communications

The next step after videoconferencing is unified communications. You can collaborate on more different ways than audio and video. For example by sending text messages to each other. Tools like Microsoft Teams, Cisco Teams, Slack, Yammer are all good examples of tools that can help people work better together.

Platforms

Besides unified communications there are a lot of platforms that come close to offering a way to collaborate. Task managers for multiple users like Asana, or tools in which coworkers can work together in realtime on the same document or presentation. There are many tools that can increase productivity and collaboration, you just have to find the right one for your business.

Critical vulnerabilities found in Zoom, fix available

Critical vulnerabilities found in Zoom, fix available

Zoom's automatic update functionality contains vulnerabilities that allow cybercriminals to gain full control over devices. The issue was discovered by Mac security expert Patrick Wardle. The first vulnerability concerns the signature check of the videoconferencing platform. This check reviews t... Read more

date7 months ago
Intel strikes deal to manufacture MediaTek’s chips

Intel strikes deal to manufacture MediaTek’s chips

Intel's foundries will provide substantial capacity for MediaTek in both Europe and North America. Intel will produce chips for MediaTek, making it the American giant's first leading silicon client for its revitalized chip-manufacturing business. MediaTek is a major Taiwanese fabless semiconduct... Read more

date8 months ago
Microsoft  enables editing of Excel spreadsheets during meetings

Microsoft enables editing of Excel spreadsheets during meetings

Excel Live is coming to Microsoft Teams. Multiple meeting participants can update Excel spreadsheets in real-time without opening the software. Excel Live is one of three new Teams capabilities that reinforce Microsoft's emphasis on hybrid work. The first feature allows users to quickly share vi... Read more

date8 months ago
Slack raises prices and increases restrictions for free users

Slack raises prices and increases restrictions for free users

Slack will increase its Pro license prices on 1 September. In addition, free users face new conditions. According to Slack, price increases are necessary to continue innovating. The Salesforce subsidiary states it wants to stay ahead of competitors and requires funding to do so. The price in... Read more

date8 months ago
Teams web app supports live transcriptions in four new languages

Teams web app supports live transcriptions in four new languages

Microsoft announced a significant update to the web version of Teams. New features promise to benefit small- and medium-sized companies. Among other things, speech in German, Portuguese, Japanese and Hindi can now automatically be transcribed. The update brings several features to Teams' web ap... Read more

date9 months ago
Slack updates Huddles with video support

Slack updates Huddles with video support

Slack added functionality to conferencing service Slack Huddles Call participants now have access to video and screen sharing. Slack's strategy revolves around software that replaces office functions. Slack Huddles is an important component. The conferencing tool focuses on short meetings. Acc... Read more

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New speech technology changes speakers’ accents

New speech technology changes speakers’ accents

Startup Sanas received $32 million in seed capital, including a contribution from Google. The company's technology changes the accents of speakers. Investors have high expectations, but abuse is lurking. Sanas is in its infancy. At this time, the startup is exclusively active in the United State... Read more

date9 months ago
Microsoft Teams is less sluggish and a bit faster

Microsoft Teams is less sluggish and a bit faster

The most heard complaint about Microsoft Teams is that it's sluggish, bloated, slow and uses too much resources. Microsoft didn't miss out on these critics and placed in on the roadmap. The developers came back with some nice imrpovements. While the app allows employees to collaborate remotely, ... Read more

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