It’s time for another festive roundup of the best stories from December.
This year has been packed with surprises for many of us, and we’re all waiting with bated breath to see what 2021 will bring. However, before we settle down for a day or two with the family, there’s still a lot of news to share.
Over the last seven days, we’ve seen Cisco launch a range of new Webex features to support the modern teams of the digital age. Microsoft Teams introduced its new Device as a Service solution, and 8x8 gained some serious popularity for its new Teams voice system.
Here are the top stories from the last week you can’t afford to miss.
Cisco Launches New Webex Features
Cisco delivered a fantastic selection of updates to customers and resellers at the annual WebexOne conference this December. The two-day virtual event focused heavily on the new workplace and how the definition of collaboration is changing around the world.
The conference unveiled about 50 separate innovations for Cisco Webex fans to discover, including new features on the Webex app for greater productivity. Just some of the updates released include new speech enhancement and noise cancellation options for your Webex meetings, transcriptions and closed captioning, and enhanced video layouts too. Webex also announced the impending arrival of upcoming in-meeting gestures to make video conferencing more immersive. Learn more about the latest updates here.
Microsoft Introduces “Device as a Service”
Cisco Webex isn’t the only collaboration name rolling out new updates this week. Microsoft Teams also recently revealed a new Device as a Service option for its customers. The “DaaS” system offers companies convenient access to all the hardware they might need to run an effective meeting. You can choose which Microsoft partners you want to access your hardware from, and select from a range of peripherals, accessories, phones, and full room systems.
You can update your technology whenever you choose and create the bundles that are best-suited to the way that your teams meet. Some of the partners already working with Microsoft on Device as a Service solutions include Poly, Jabra, Logitech, Yealink, Crestron, HP, and Lenovo. Read all about the DaaS service here.
The 12 Predictions of Christmas
With the new year just around the corner, we’ve been keen to collect insights from market leaders on what the future of communications and collaboration might bring. To add some extra festive sparkle to the end of your 2020, we’ll be regularly updating our “12 predictions of Christmas” post with new insights from innovating leaders every day.
