Category: Unified Communications

Sean Spradling, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, discusses the beta release of Zoom huddles, the experience of the product, and the longer-term implications of the new form of communication.
Banking Customers Turn to Fast and Flexible Solutions to Handle Agent Onboarding and Hybrid Work
The Futurum Group’s president and chief evangelist Shelly Kramer shares thoughts on announcements from Zoho focused on serving the small to midmarket customer with Zoho Apps, a suite of offerings designed to assist even in the early stages of business startup. Zoho Apps is designed to assist in myriad ways, but there are still some challenges ahead.
Acquired Companies Include Sideways 6, Gointegro, Simplify360, and Brierley+Partners
Sean Spradling, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, looks at the impact of Microsoft’s plan to unbundle Teams and Office, what’s driving that, and the challenges that presents.
Sean Spradling, senior analyst at The Futurum Group, unpacks the impact of technology sanctions against Russia on the global unified communications market, how that’s given rise to TrueConf in the absence of other players in the Russian market, and what’s likely ahead.
Steve Vonder Haar, senior analyst at The Futurum Group, covers news of the Pivotal Group’s acquisition of the webcasting unit of PGi, with plans to operate under the GlobalMeet brand, marking the end of an almost-decade long effort by PGi – a one-time giant in the world of audio conferencing services – to drive revenue growth by offering corporate webcasting services and technologies.
Acquisition Will Enhance Zoom Platform with Deeper EX Capabilities
Futurum’s Shelly Kramer takes a look at the two new features Webex has announced for Webex Meetings on iPad, including Multiple Windows and Stage Manager, which are designed to support something we all need: the ability to multitask while collaborating more effectively.
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer covers the recent announcement of the Microsoft Teams certification of Cisco Board Pro and Webex contact Center advancing interoperability with Microsoft Teams.
On this episode of “Eye on Business Video,” Garrett Gladden - Senior Vice President of Product & Development for Kollective Technology – stopped by to discuss the increasingly important role that video networking solutions – called “enterprise content distribution networks” (or ECDNs) – are playing as more organization seek to develop a comprehensive strategy for getting the most from video streaming behind the corporate firewall.
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond explores news of the Vatican City’s choice of arming its Pontifical Swiss Guards with Samsung’s Galaxy XCover Pro and the Galaxy Tab Active Series of ruggedized devices. This move, combined with the Vatican’s adoption of Samsung’s Knox Suite mobile device management software, is going to be a game-changer for the Vatican City device management team.

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