Category: Collaboration Devices and Services

November 5, 2021

Shelly Kramer

Research Note

Microsoft’s Mesh for Teams is Microsoft’s Nod to the Metaverse

The metaverse is clearly in the news of late, and it appears to be on pace to be one of the biggest trends of 2022. Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers the announcement out of Microsoft’s Ignite event of the launch of its Mesh for Teams, a new offering intended to blend the digital and physical worlds, expected to roll out to users in 2022, and offering insight on what this means for the future of the metaverse in the workplace.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Digital Transformation, Metaverse, Workplace Collaboration

September 14, 2021

Shelly Kramer

Research Note

Zoom’s Zoomtopia 2021 — Zoom is Not Playing When it Comes to Conferences, Events, Contact Center and Leveling Up Collaboration Offerings

Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer breaks down the announcements from Zoom’s Zoomtopia 2021 event where it’s clear that Zoom is not playing when it comes to conferences, events, the contact center, and leveling up collaboration offerings to meet the needs of the hybrid workplace.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Customer Experience, Workplace Collaboration

August 7, 2021

Shelly Kramer

Research Note

Cisco Launches Vidcast, a New Video Solution to Increase Flexibility and Productivity in the Workplace

Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers Cisco’s launch of Vidcast, a new video solution that’s squarely aimed at increasing both flexibility and productivity, and making team collaboration even easier, and better, than ever. Vidcast is the first innovation to come out of Webex Leap, an accelerator program also launched this last week, designed to drive ideas and bring products to the Webex Suite faster. Here’s why getting on that Vidcast beta wait list might need to be on your to-do list.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Workplace Collaboration

June 14, 2021

Shelly Kramer

Research Note

Cisco Webex Suite Rebrand and Product/Pricing Focus is Timely, Strategic, and Necessary

Cisco’s rebrand of Webex, moving to Webex by Cisco is only part of the exciting changes afoot by the collaboration giant. Futurum’s Shelly Kramer explores the need for solutions that suit our move toward a hybrid workplace, along with thoughts on how Cisco’s focus on innovation, pricing, user experiences, security, and continually improving product innovations is both timely and strategic — and also also a necessary one.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Workplace Collaboration

March 2, 2021

Daniel Newman

Research Report

Pexip’s Private Cloud: A Game-changer for Digital Collaboration, Video Conferencing, and Team Meeting Solutions

Collaboration Devices and Services, Workplace Collaboration

December 13, 2020

Olivier Blanchard

Research Note

Cisco WebexOne: Cisco Injects Webex with a Massive Dose of Exciting AI-powered Features

At the Cisco WebexOne event, Cisco rolled out some exciting AI-based upgrades to Webex, suggesting more smart automation in the product’s future. Combine these newest enhancements with Cisco’s commitment to security across its ecosystem, and you’ve got a real winner. If Cisco wanted to show that it too could be one of the cool kids, mission accomplished!

AI, Collaboration Devices and Services, Workplace Collaboration

November 19, 2020

Sarah Wallace

Research Note

Microsoft Adds Teams App Integrations for Video Meetings

Microsoft adds Teams App integration for video meetings making it easier to access third-party apps without interruption. Microsoft joins Zoom in an effort to make video collaboration and communications easier.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Workplace Collaboration

October 26, 2020

Shelly Kramer

Futurum Tech Webcast

Trends in UC&C, Essential Differentiators Between Platforms, and the Critical Role of Security – Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series

In this new episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Shelly Kramer sat down with Cisco’s Niraj Gopal, Director of Project Management for Webex Enterprise Security and Compliance. They explored trends in online collaboration and communications platforms, some key differentiators between platforms, how COVID-19 has changed the way we work (and live), and what’s going on in the enterprise leaders’ minds (and what they really need to know) as it relates to the security afforded by these platforms.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Security, Workplace Collaboration

September 9, 2020

Ron Westfall

Research Report

Unified Communications and Collaboration: The Primacy of Security, Privacy and Trust

Collaboration Devices and Services, Security, Unified Communications

July 28, 2020

Shelly Kramer

Futurum Tech Webcast

How Big Tech is Driving a Return to Work and How the World of Work Will Transform Along the Way — Futurum Tech Webcast

Companies like Cisco, Siemens, Salesforce, and HPE are among the many tech leaders driving a return to work, with safety of workers and the workplace top of mind. We explore some of those innovations in this new episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, along with key ways the world of work will need to transform moving forward.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Digital Transformation, Workplace Collaboration

July 15, 2020

Fred McClimans

Futurum Tech Webcast

Future Proofing the Enterprise — Transforming Business Operations — Futurum Tech Webcast

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Fred McClimans and Shelly Kramer explore the topic of future proofing the enterprise in ways that truly transform operations (think supply chain, data center operations, security operations and beyond) in order to make the business as a whole more resilient and more agile moving forward.