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.

Zoom is planning to compete in the email and calendar market

Zoom is planning to compete in the email and calendar market

Zoom wants to create competition in the productivity market, where Google and Microsoft stand out as the big players. According to some sources, Zoom is developing its own web-based email service and may launch a calendar too. The information is still scanty about the calendar. However, there ar... Read more

date3 years ago
Zoom adds support for Apple Silicon

Zoom adds support for Apple Silicon

Zoom has released a new version of its video conferencing software with native support for the Apple Silicon M1 chip. This should allow the software to perform better on Apple's new ARM-based computers. In the release notes of version 5.4.7, Zoom indicates that the new version has better support... Read more

date3 years ago
Google Meet to support more languages with live captioning

Google Meet to support more languages with live captioning

Additional European languages will be added for captioning. Google announced this week that it will be beefing up its live caption capability in Google Meet. This is the video calling service formerly known as Google Hangouts. Google is adding support for live captions in four new languages, acc... Read more

date3 years ago
MessageBird acquires Pusher for $35 million

MessageBird acquires Pusher for $35 million

After recently receiving a $3 billion valuation, after a Series C round in October, MessageBird has made a move to acquire the London-based real-time web tech company, Pusher. The acquisition price is $35 million, with Pusher co-founder and CEO Max Williams and the small Pusher team of 25 people jo... Read more

date3 years ago
Soon you can use Outlook inside of Microsoft Teams

Soon you can use Outlook inside of Microsoft Teams

The new business-friendly integration should be available in March 2021. Last year, Microsoft improved Outlook integration in Teams for Windows 10. That integration is about to become more comprehensive, according to the company. The full integration with Outlook will allow users to share an ... Read more

date3 years ago
Facebook is phasing out Workplace Essential

Facebook is phasing out Workplace Essential

Facebook will sunset the free service and ask users to upgrade to a paid plan. Facebook has announced that it plans to "retire" Workplace Essential, the free tier version of its Workplace Enterprise social network platform. The free version product will cease to be available from February 10, 20... Read more

date3 years ago

Cisco unleashes a “wave of WebEx innovation”

The move follows Cisco's announcing an agreement to acquire IMImobile and intent to acquire Slido. Cisco this week announced a wave of acquisitions and innovative Webex enhancements. The new features aim to help organizations better collaborate and transform their employee and customer experienc... Read more

date3 years ago
Microsoft will change how Teams users test new features

Microsoft will change how Teams users test new features

Microsoft announced on December 8 that it plans to change how Teams users test upcoming features for the service. The software giant is changing the testing channel names and adding a new Public Preview channel to the Teams testing program. Teams users will have three choices as part of the rewo... Read more

date3 years ago

Cisco acquires IMImobile in a $730-million cash deal

In a cash deal, valued at around $730 million, Cisco has acquired IMImobile, a London-based cloud communications software company. The deal includes debt as well. IMImobile provides services and software for businesses that want to connect interactively with their customers using voice, messaging, ... Read more

date3 years ago

Cisco enhances WebEx through acquisition of Slido

Slido's online events expertise will enhance the capabilities of Cisco's Webex videoconferencing platform, which competes with Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Cisco Systems has announced plans to acquire Slido, a startup that enables companies to provide a better experience for audiences attending onl... Read more

date3 years ago
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