Cisco’s video-conferencing app nears 600 million users
Webex, Cisco's video-conferencing app, since September has over 590 million users and is on its way to break the 600 million mark this month. The corona pandemic seems to have played a large part in this growth.
The number of Webex users has been growing steadily since March. Back then, the serv...
Zoom’s end-to-end encryption will roll out in 4 phases
Zoom will start rolling out end-to-end encryption next week. The company plans to begin with a technical preview to get feedback from users in the first 30 days. After that, it will follow phase 1 with three more stages before fully launching.
The announcement was made on Wednesday as part...
Veritas acquires Globanet for data governance in communications
Veritas Technologies is expanding its portfolio by acquiring Globanet. The move is strategic for enterprises using platforms such as Zoom.
Veritas Technologies announced on Monday that it has acquired Globanet, a company that provides comprehensive compliance and intelligent communications solut...
Oracle beefs up its SaaS applications amid COVID crisis
The updates aim to strengthen the company's Cloud-based offering to enterprises coming to grips with the Coronavirus pandemic.
On Tuesday Oracle announced a suite of important updates to its Cloud-based solutions for enterprise. There are improvements to Marketing, Supply chain management, ERP a...
Zoom adds two-factor authentication to its mobile and desktop apps
Zoom is now adding 2FA (two-factor authentication) to its desktop and mobile apps, giving users the option of extra security that goes beyond just the password. In a blog post, the company said that users could turn on the additional feature, straight from Zoom's dashboard.
This is not the first...
Zoom for Home is getting a smart display compatibility upgrade
Zoom announced on Wednesday that it is adding compatibility upgrades for smart displays on Zoom for Home, their home-office conferencing kit. Zoom for Home will work in tandem with Amazon’s Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, and Facebook's Portal.
Zoom launched its new Home category last month. T...
Zoom sells all-in-one communication appliance for 599 dollars
During the pandemic, Zoom has managed to establish itself as the go-to online communications platform. The company has run into hitches, with customers having to figure out how to set up their equipment for a productive meeting environment.
The company is now providing a solution to this problem...
Zoom unveils hardware-as-a-service subscription for enterprises
Today, Zoom Video Communications, unveiled a hardware-as-a-service subscription in order to attract a sizeable slice of enterprise spending on communications equipment for workers.
Zoom provides a couple of premium features to companies that utilise its video conferencing platform. They include ...
Zoom rolls out improved encryption to all users anyway
Zoom will offer stronger encryption to non-paying users after all. Initially, the intention was to make end-to-end encryption available only for paying users.
Due to the worldwide shift in remote working caused by the coronavirus, the Zoom video communication app became one of the services that ...
Free version of Microsoft Teams allows users to setup video calls
Microsoft Teams users without a paid subscription can now setup a video call themselves. Previously, it was only possible to participate in a video call if a paid user initiated the call.
Microsoft Teams is one of the services that saw a significant increase in the number of users after the coro...
Zoom plans on introducing better encryption for paid users
Zoom plans on introducing better encryption for paying customers and important organisations. There are no plans to introduce such encryption for free customers.
According to Zoom, the decision to offer stronger encryption is a matter of security and technological and business factors. The compa...
US tech executives sold 3.6 billion dollars in company shares in May
American executives of large tech companies sold 3.6 billion dollars (3.3 billion euros) in company shares in May. According to financial data collected by FinWiz.
While stock markets around the world are struggling with the consequences of the ongoing corona crisis, many board members of large ...