Earlier this year, PwC put a new flexible working deal in place for its employees. It came as a response to changes to the way people are working, with the aim of helping employees to have the freedom and flexibility to decide the best working pattern for themselves. For initiatives…
A Jewish service held over Zoom was hijacked by infiltrators who shouted racist abuse and displayed swastikas, leaving many worshippers 'shaken', according to a report in the Manchester Evening News. The Manchester Reform Synagogue was holding its usual Friday evening service with worshippers joining over the video conferencing platform. However,…
Cisco has launched a real-time meeting solution that takes advantage of AR headsets such as Magic Leap and Microsoft HoloLens to add immersive 3D holograms to Webex meetings. The solution, which is available immediately to a limited number of customers, aims to support hybrid work in teams that required hands-on…
AVI-SPL has launched a Crestron Flex as a Service programme, in what is described as a first for an integrator. The programme pairs Crestron's turnkey meeting-room solution with AVI-SPL's flexible financing, rapid delivery and expert support services. The "as a service" model ensures that the technology is always fresh and…
Global financial services firm JP Morgan Chase & Co is looking to reduce the amount of time staff spend on videoconferencing and increase the use of short-form video messaging and learning. The response to the Covid-related boom in virtual meetings was outlined by the company's head of enterprise video, Eugene…
What trends have we seen in office technology during the pandemic? What kind of solutions are most suitable for people now working with cloud-based videoconferencing solutions such as Zoom and how can they be implemented securely? And how will the chip shortage affect conferencing and collaboration? Peter Nice of Sound…
Israel Railways Ltd.'s (ISR) CEO is now working from an office fitted with ClearOne conferencing technology for critical internal management and external meetings with government departments and authorities. ClearOne has an established relationship with DM Engineering, the Israeli creative technology solutions provider leading the integration at the office, which introduced…
They used to say nobody ever got fired for buying IBM. Now the same could apply to Microsoft Teams. “We’re seeing dozens of clients preparing to Teams-enable their meeting rooms with hardware solutions running the Teams application natively,” says Ron Wolfe, Microsoft practice director at integrator, AVI-SPL. “We frequently field…
Kinly has announced a partnership with Resonate which will complement its video collaboration expertise with Resonate's experience in voice services for Microsoft Teams. Resonate is a Microsoft Gold Partner which works with leading companies in telecoms, banking, media, oil and gas and broadcasting. It transforms legacy voice systems into Microsoft…
"Almost two third of hybrid workers (64%) believe that office culture has changed forever," says Dave Shull, president and CEO of Poly. This is the key finding in a report that Poly has released a report on the evolution of the workplace and changing employee attitudes to the 9-5. Based on…
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