Miro raised $400 Million in Series C funding
Miro's online whiteboarding and visual collaboration tool has acquired $400 million in a Series C funding round with a $17.5 billion valuation. It is utilized by top firms, including the likes of Dell, Cisco, and Deloitte.
Miro has raised around $1.7 billion in valuation in a Series C funding ro... Read more
Zoom’s stock falls despite solid earnings report and healthy guidance
Zoom posted another strong earnings report on Monday, thanks to a growing customer base. The company also offered healthy guidance for the next three months. However, this was not enough to satisfy investors, as the stock fell more than 6% in extended trading.
Before costs like stock compensatio... Read more
Businesses opt for SASE and Zero Trust approaches for remote work security
Businesses have enabled their employees to work remotely since the start of the pandemic. Attention is moving to protect them from the surging cybersecurity threats. Of all the different ways to solve the problem, many organizations opt for zero trust strategies and SASE.
The confirmation for th... Read more
Study: remote work is slowing productivity and innovation
The Microsoft study found employees spent less time communicating and collaborating with colleagues outside of their immediate business teams. Employees do work longer hours.
A study of Microsoft employees in the US concluded that the organization-wide switch to remote working in 2020 damaged ... Read more
PC sales still booming in EMEA
Even with lockdowns easing and employees steadily heading back to office spaces and leaving their remote stations at home, PC sales show no signs of slowing.
IDC, the market intelligence firm, predicts that shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, will reach... Read more
Google’s raised hands feature in Google Meet is more noticeable now
Video meetings are going to be a part of what we do for several years to come and in some cases, will be a permanent feature. The pandemic ushered in a new era of communications and the hybrid working model, which has prompted companies with the technologies, to come up with new features that make ... Read more
Cisco’s Webex gaining new audience engagement capabilities
Cisco’s Webex Suite introduces some exciting updates after the acquisition of Slido s.r.o and Socio Labs Inc. Audience engagement capabilities will be a groundbreaking addition for those still working from home.
Why is Cisco updating the Webex suite?
Cisco Systems Inc.’s collaboration and... Read more
The traditional 9-5 workday is dead, declares Salesforce
In an article published by Salesforce.com, the company states that the traditional 9-5 workday is dead. Salesforce announced some drastic changes to how its workers will fill their days in the future.
During the pandemic and the lockdowns that came after it, the company said that it surveyed sta... Read more
Gartner predicts IT spending to hit the $3.9 trillion mark in 2021
Gartner released its estimate for global IT spending in 2021. The predictions indicate the sector will grow by 6.2% over the course of this year and balance out the decline of 3.2% it saw in 2020 due to the pandemic.
The research agency says that enterprises were forced to invest in 'mission-cri... Read more
Workday CEO wants workers to return to the office ASAP
Working from home impedes the creation of a "great culture and an inspired workforce," according to Aneel Bhusri.
This week Aneel Bhusri, the CEO of Workday, created some controversy when he told an audience from Goldman Sachs that he cannot wait to see people return to the office instead of wor... Read more