Hybrid Work
Microsoft Teams: Five Top Tips on Optimizing Performance
Microsoft Teams performance issues can hit productivity, so UC Today’s tips on monitoring, SBCs, MTRs and Martello Vantage DX help IT fix blind spots.
Simon Wright · 6 Nov 2024
Amazon CEO Defends Full-Time RTO Policy As 'Strengthening' Its 'Culture'
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has defended the company's recently announced full-time return to office (RTO) mandate as "strengthening" its "culture" while…
Kieran Devlin · 6 Nov 2024
What Could Be In Store At Microsoft Ignite 2024?
Microsoft Ignite 2024 could bring Copilot, AI agents, Teams layout changes, Teams Phone and Teams Rooms updates.
Kieran Devlin · 5 Nov 2024
Top Takeaways from WebexOne 2024
Cisco welcomed over two thousand attendees to the fifth annual WebexOne in Florida last week, with over 15,000 virtual attendees.
Tom Wright · 5 Nov 2024
Promethean To Boost Collaboration With 'Most Adaptable' New Display
Why it matters: Promethean’s ActivPanel 10 and ActivSuite promise secure, plug-and-play collaboration for schools and business. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 5 Nov 2024
AI in Action: Elevating Audio and Video Performance in Modern Meeting Spaces
While the peak of the COVID pandemic is becoming a distant memory, for many businesses, the hybrid working model is here to stay.
Susie Harrison · 4 Nov 2024
The Evolution of AI Avatars: Digital Twins in UC Tools
Why it matters: Zoom, Microsoft and Google are moving AI avatars beyond novelty, with digital twins in UC tools set to join meetings and cut admin. Published on
Rebekah Carter · 1 Nov 2024
The Right to Disconnect: What it Means for the Future of Work?
Labour’s Right to Switch Off could reshape hybrid work by curbing out-of-hours Microsoft Teams contact and burnout. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 1 Nov 2024
Cisco Board Pro G2 Review: Intelligent Collaboration
Ensuring your hybrid team thrives requires more than just the right software. Teams also need hardware designed to bridge the gaps between distributed…
Rebekah Carter · 1 Nov 2024
Microsoft Boosts Collaboration With Teams Rooms Digital Signage
Microsoft adds Teams Rooms digital signage on Windows, with Appspace and XOGO integrations, to boost room comms and engagement.
Kieran Devlin · 31 Oct 2024
Almost 3/4s of Microsoft Teams Enterprise Customers Buy Premium, Phone or Rooms
Almost three-quarters of Microsoft Teams Enterprise customers also subscribe to the vendor's Teams Premium, Teams Phone or Teams Rooms solutions.
Kieran Devlin · 31 Oct 2024
AI and the 4-Day Work Week: Will AI Transform your Schedule?
With AI, 4-day work weeks could soon become the norm. Interest in the 4-day work week has been growing for some time now.
Rebekah Carter · 30 Oct 2024
Microsoft Places: Is it the Future of Hybrid Work Environments?
Microsoft Places could shape hybrid work by unifying desk booking, meeting rooms and analytics in Microsoft 365. Published on UC Today.
Susie Harrison · 30 Oct 2024
Lenovo, Cisco Expand Partnership To Bolster Digital Transformation
Lenovo and Cisco have expanded their partnership to simplify hybrid work, Cisco Collaboration Devices, Truscale Meeting Room as a Service, AI and networking. Pu
Kieran Devlin · 29 Oct 2024
AudioCodes Meeting Insights Enhances Collaboration With New Zoom Support
AudioCodes adds Zoom support to Meeting Insights, unifying Microsoft Teams and Zoom data with AI transcription, summaries and analytics.
Kieran Devlin · 29 Oct 2024
The Latest Trends in Smart Meeting Rooms
Smart meeting rooms are changing hybrid work with AI, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, IoT, analytics and immersive tools. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 29 Oct 2024
How The Royal College Of Physicians Built An AV Service From Scratch
How the Royal College of Physicians built a flexible AV estate with Q-SYS, Dante, Sennheiser and Biamp across Liverpool and London. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 28 Oct 2024
DisplayNote To Enhance Display Screen Sharing With Platform Update
DisplayNote’s platform update improves screen sharing control, device discovery and infrared remote support on collaboration displays. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 28 Oct 2024
Big UC News from Zoom, HeyGen, Cisco Webex, Salesforce and Microsoft
Zoom AI Companion 2.0 goes live, HeyGen adds AI avatars for Zoom, and Webex, Salesforce and Microsoft ramp up workplace AI on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 25 Oct 2024
DTEN D7X Review: An Intuitive AI-Powered Display
These days, building a productivity-boosting meeting room requires a lot more than powerful collaboration software, microphones, and cameras.
Rebekah Carter · 25 Oct 2024
Crestron To Streamline Comms And Digital Signage With New Decoder/Encoder
Crestron’s DM NVX 384 decoder/encoder adds USB-C, multi-input switching and 5K support for AVoIP, UC and signage.
Kieran Devlin · 24 Oct 2024
Cisco VP's Top 3 AI Announcements from WebexOne 24
Cisco’s WebexOne AI updates show why open LLM integration and private data matter for workplace tech buyers. Published on UC Today.
Tom Wright · 23 Oct 2024
WebexOne 2024: Webex Unveils Spatial Meetings For Immersive Experiences
Cisco Webex has announced spatial meetings for more immersive meeting experiences.
Kieran Devlin · 23 Oct 2024
IT Leadership: From Drugs To Lipstick To Football
Why people matter as much as technology in IT leadership, from Arsenal and Superdrug to Ethos Chain. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 23 Oct 2024
Biamp Empowers Meeting Spaces With New Teams Rooms Certifications
Biamp’s Teams Rooms certifications expand medium and large room bundles, with TesiraFORTÉ and Devio, AI noise reduction and Launch. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 23 Oct 2024
Is the Worker/Leader Divide On Flexible Working Coming To A Head?
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Because that's where the flexible working and return-to-office debate looks to be…
Kieran Devlin · 22 Oct 2024
Biggest Contact Center Challenges for SMBs (and how to solve them)
SMBs need contact centres that cut cost, reduce abandoned calls and support omnichannel service. Published on UC Today, with Microsoft Teams and Unity.
Rebekah Carter · 22 Oct 2024
AVer Adopts NDI Across Pro AV Cameras To Boost Device Connectivity
AVer has made NDI standard across its Pro AV cameras to bolster device connectivity and make app integrations more seamless.
Kieran Devlin · 22 Oct 2024
Zoom vs. Microsoft Teams: The AI Showdown Heating Up the Future of Work
Zoom AI Companion beats Microsoft Teams Copilot in third-party testing, cutting transcription errors 36% and sharpening summaries. Published on UC Today.
Rob Scott · 21 Oct 2024
AWS CEO Shows the Exit Door to Employees Disgruntled By Its In-Office Mandate
AWS’s five-day office mandate could affect morale, retention and innovation. Published on UC Today, Matt Garman cites Amazon Chime and culture.
Charlie Mitchell · 18 Oct 2024
Your Next Personal Assistant Knows You Better Than Your Boss
Zoom AI Companion 2.0 and AI Studio matter for buyers needing personalised hybrid work AI, Outlook, Google Docs and ServiceNow integration. Published on UC Toda
Rob Scott · 17 Oct 2024
How monday.com Plans To Excel In Europe's Work Management Market
In 2024, project and workplace management tools like monday.com have become critical for businesses navigating the complexities of hybrid work and global…
Kieran Devlin · 17 Oct 2024
How to Use Zoom Clips for Fast-Paced Collaboration
Zoom Clips cuts meeting fatigue with asynchronous video for Zoom Workplace, rivaling Microsoft and Loom. Published on UC Today.
Rebekah Carter · 17 Oct 2024
How to Use Copilot with Microsoft Places
Microsoft has taken the unified communication and collaboration market by storm in recent years.
Rebekah Carter · 17 Oct 2024
Crestron Opens Modern Work Experience Centre In New York
Crestron’s New York Experience Centre shows why buyers should care: hands-on UC, AV-over-IP and control demos with Flex, DM NVX, AirMedia, Zoom and Teams.
Kieran Devlin · 17 Oct 2024
Q-SYS Names Christopher Jaynes Its New CTO
Q-SYS has named Christopher Jaynes CTO and Jason Shangkuan CDO, sharpening R&D, AI and cloud transformation as software-led AV grows. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 16 Oct 2024
Lightware, Genelec Partner On Advanced AV Control Integration
Lightware and Genelec’s LARA and Smart IP PoE integration gives corporate buyers precise AV control, faster setup and no third-party system. Published on UC Tod
Kieran Devlin · 16 Oct 2024
Lenovo Unveils ThinkSmart Core Gen 2 for AI-Powered Meeting Spaces
Lenovo has announced its new ThinkSmart Core Gen 2 solution, an AI-optimised compute device tailored for running video conferencing systems in meeting…
Kieran Devlin · 16 Oct 2024
UC Round Table: Generative AI
Gen AI is reshaping UC and collaboration. Dialpad, GoTo, Cisco, Vonage, Black Box and 8x8 on AI assistants, translation and contact centr
Kieran Devlin · 15 Oct 2024
Audio: Why Call Quality Enhancement is Worth Shouting About
Noise is a nuisance. It distracts us and interrupts our concentration. During a conversation, it can throw us off course or, worse still, cause us to…
Simon Wright · 15 Oct 2024
Neat Unveils Board Pro Solution For Advanced Video Conferencing
Neat’s Board Pro brings a 65-inch all-in-one video conferencing device, BYOD and App Hub to medium-to-large meeting rooms. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 15 Oct 2024
My Top Takeaways from Zoomtopia 2024: 3,000 Features and the AI-Powered Future
Zoomtopia 2024 was an exciting showcase of cutting-edge innovation, as Zoom continues to push the boundaries of unified communications and contact center…
Rob Scott · 14 Oct 2024
DisplayNote, Promethean Partner On Advanced Meeting Room Solutions
DisplayNote and Promethean bundle Launcher with ActivPanel to improve meeting room calls, app launch and security. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 14 Oct 2024
Building the Perfect Video Collaboration Ecosystem
If you’ve been looking at video collaboration tools, you’ve probably noticed that there are many different solutions and offerings on the market, and no…
Robbie Pleasant · 14 Oct 2024
Big UC News from Zoom, ServiceNow, Miro, Barco, and Yealink
Zoom AI Companion 2.0, ServiceNow NowAssist, Miro Innovation Workspace and Barco ClickShare could reshape workplace productivity. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 11 Oct 2024
Zoom's CEO and the Future of Work: Could AI Unlock a 4-Day Work Week?
Zoom's Eric Yuan says AI Companion 2.0 could reshape productivity and enable a four-day work week, with Zoom Workplace, Jira and ServiceNow. Published on UC Tod
Rob Scott · 10 Oct 2024
Appspace, Neat Unveil Integration For Enhanced Hybrid Work
Why it matters: Appspace and Neat now integrate via Neat Pulse and App Hub, helping IT manage hybrid spaces, bookings, signage and communications. Published on
Kieran Devlin · 10 Oct 2024
Zoomtopia: Zoom Announces 'Next-Generation' AI Companion 2.0
Zoom AI Companion 2.0 in Zoom Workplace adds side-panel summaries, Tasks and custom add-on integrations. Published on UC Today.
Kieran Devlin · 9 Oct 2024
Barco Asserts ClickShare IP Rights Against Yealink In Unified Patent Court
Why it matters: Barco is using the UPC to protect ClickShare wireless conferencing and BYOD IP against Yealink, alongside its US patent case. Published on UC To
Kieran Devlin · 8 Oct 2024
The Best Microphones for Video Conferencing: 9 Great Options to Consider
UC Today rounds up nine of the best microphones for video conferencing, helping teams choose the right audio setup for clear, professional calls.
Ryan Smith · 8 Oct 2024
Logitech Streamlines Video Meetings With BYOD One-Cable Solution
Logitech Extend aims to fix BYOD interoperability in Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms with a single USB-C cable, Sync management and 100W charging. Published on UC To
Kieran Devlin · 8 Oct 2024
Nextiva Launches Workforce Scheduling To Boost Workplace Management
Nextiva Workforce Scheduling adds forecasting, scheduling and compliance tools to its UCXM platform for better CX and ROI.
Kieran Devlin · 7 Oct 2024
Google, Microsoft Affirm Hybrid Stance Amid Amazon Full-Time RTO Backlash
Hybrid work stays in place at Google and Microsoft as Amazon’s full-time RTO triggers backlash. Published on UC Today, it matters for buyers weighing productivi
Kieran Devlin · 7 Oct 2024
Big UC News from Microsoft, Zoom, AWS, Owl Labs and Mersive
Microsoft Copilot ‘Recall’ Relaunches With Enhanced Security After Privacy Controversy Microsoft is relaunching Copilot’s “Recall” feature on its upcoming…
Kieran Devlin · 4 Oct 2024
Avocor E-Series Review: Affordable Interactive Displays
Avocor E-Series interactive displays bring affordable 4K collaboration, BYOD and cloud management to hybrid meeting rooms.
Rebekah Carter · 4 Oct 2024
UC Expo: Logitech’s Latest Innovations & Sustainability Milestones
UC Today’s Kieran Devlin spoke to Randy Chapman, Solutions Engineer at Logitech , at this year’s UC Expo about the following: 1) Logitech's game-changing…
Kieran Devlin · 3 Oct 2024
UC Expo: Transforming Learning & Collaboration Spaces in Higher Education
UC Today’s Kieran Devlin spoke to Graeme Bagley, Teaching and Collaboration Space Designer and Product Owner at Nottingham Trent University , at this…
Kieran Devlin · 3 Oct 2024
Envoy Reveals Outdated Workplace Management Practices ‘Drain Resources’
Envoy says manual workplace management is draining resources. Published on UC Today, its survey flags reporting delays, space waste and the shift to automation.
James Stephen · 3 Oct 2024
Wildix Launches AI-Driven, Salesforce-Integrated UCaaS Solution x-bees
Wildix has unveiled its new AI-powered, Salesforce -integrated UCaaS product, x-bees.
Kieran Devlin · 3 Oct 2024
Study: Nearly Half of Workers Would Quit Over Full-Time Office Return
Nearly half of workers would quit over full-time RTO, as Owl Labs’ State of Hybrid Work Report shows why hybrid, flexible hours and office policy matter. Publis
Kieran Devlin · 30 Sept 2024