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Snap bets big on $2,195 AR glasses – but can it win over a sceptical market?
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Snap bets big on $2,195 AR glasses – but can it win over a sceptical market?

Snap's $2,195 AR glasses genuinely impress on paper – but a chequered hardware history raises serious questions.

Christopher Carey · 22 Jun 2026
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Salesforce Q1 Earnings: Revenues Surge but Stocks Slide
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Salesforce Q1 Earnings: Revenues Surge but Stocks Slide

Salesforce topped Wall Street expectations and continued pushing its AI growth story, but weaker forward guidance and mounting SaaS-sector concerns still sent shares lower after earnings

Kristian McCann · 28 May 2026
Microsoft Teams Admits Its Meeting Controls Are Broken. Here's How It's Fixing Them.
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Microsoft Teams Admits Its Meeting Controls Are Broken. Here's How It's Fixing Them.

Microsoft Teams is redesigning its meeting controls and share panel from July 2026, with a centred toolbar, live previews, and two-step share confirmation.

Marcus Law · 26 May 2026
How Did Rakuten’s Shift to English Transform Its Workforce Culture?
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How Did Rakuten’s Shift to English Transform Its Workforce Culture?

Rakuten’s English strategy is emerging as a future-of-work play, helping the company diversify talent and support workforce engagement.

Sophie Wilson · 12 May 2026
Twilio Unveils Next-Gen Platform Targeting the "Agentic Era" of Customer Engagement
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Twilio Unveils Next-Gen Platform Targeting the "Agentic Era" of Customer Engagement

Twilio has announced four new platform capabilities at SIGNAL 2026 – Conversation Memory, Orchestrator, Intelligence, and Agent Connect

Christopher Carey · 7 May 2026
DeepSeek V4 is Here. What Does it Mean for Enterprise Productivity?
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DeepSeek V4 is Here. What Does it Mean for Enterprise Productivity?

DeepSeek V4 launched on 24 April 2026 with a 1 million-token context window, MIT licence, and API pricing far below OpenAI and Anthropic.

Marcus Law · 27 Apr 2026
Microsoft Overhauls Copilot Leadership to Drive Enterprise Adoption and Accelerate Agentic AI in M365
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Microsoft Overhauls Copilot Leadership to Drive Enterprise Adoption and Accelerate Agentic AI in M365

Microsoft has overhauled its Copilot leadership as enterprise adoption stalls. Here's what the restructure means for M365 users and IT teams.

Marcus Law · 23 Mar 2026
Microsoft Teams Gets a Speed Boost on Amazon WorkSpaces
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Microsoft Teams Gets a Speed Boost on Amazon WorkSpaces

Microsoft has launched general availability of Teams optimisation for Amazon WorkSpaces, bringing improved virtual desktop experience.

Christopher Carey · 24 Feb 2026
Interact Adds AI Features to Link Internal Comms to Business Value
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Interact Adds AI Features to Link Internal Comms to Business Value

Interact’s Winter Launch introduces AI-driven insights and a Workday integration to help internal communicators prove impact while making daily work easier for employees.

Kristian McCann · 19 Feb 2026
Enterprise XR Trends 2026: From Pilot to Infrastructure
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Enterprise XR Trends 2026: From Pilot to Infrastructure

XR trends 2026: How extended reality is transforming enterprise training, spatial collaboration, and frontline performance at scale.

Alex Cole · 18 Feb 2026
IT Leadership Interview: Inside Johns Hopkins’ Classroom Revolution
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IT Leadership Interview: Inside Johns Hopkins’ Classroom Revolution

How AV, accessibility, and AI at Johns Hopkins University are creating inclusive, reliable classrooms that improve student learning outcomes.

Christopher Carey · 17 Feb 2026
France Says Au Revoir to Microsoft Teams, Zoom for Sovereign Video Platform
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France Says Au Revoir to Microsoft Teams, Zoom for Sovereign Video Platform

France will roll out its sovereign videoconferencing platform “Visio” across state services by 2027, replacing Microsoft Teams and Zoom.

Kieran Devlin · 27 Jan 2026
How Virtualware’s VIROO 2026 Roadmap Is Finally Making XR Work at Enterprise Scale
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How Virtualware’s VIROO 2026 Roadmap Is Finally Making XR Work at Enterprise Scale

Why enterprise XR is finally scaling: Virtualware’s VIROO 2026 roadmap adds IaC, VIROO Cloud, device-agnostic support, AI and ISO 27001. Published on UC Today.

Christopher Carey · 22 Jan 2026
Crestron Brings AI to the Meeting Room With New Audio and Multi-Camera Systems
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Crestron Brings AI to the Meeting Room With New Audio and Multi-Camera Systems

Crestron unveils the DM NAX Intelligent Audio platform and 1 Beyond i12D camera, bringing AI-powered audio and multi-angle video to meeting rooms.

Christopher Carey · 20 Jan 2026
Sennheiser Powers Next-Gen Wireless Audio at Notre-Dame Restoration
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Sennheiser Powers Next-Gen Wireless Audio at Notre-Dame Restoration

Sennheiser installs next-generation wireless audio at Notre-Dame de Paris, providing full coverage for microphones and transmitters.

Christopher Carey · 15 Jan 2026
Apple's Vision Pro is Struggling with Consumers: Could NBA Games Prove Its Enterprise Value?
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Apple's Vision Pro is Struggling with Consumers: Could NBA Games Prove Its Enterprise Value?

Vision Pro flopped with consumers, but NBA broadcasts might prove enterprise value. Can the workplace save Apple's struggling headset?

Christopher Carey · 7 Jan 2026
The Mouse in the Machine: Disney’s Blueprint for the AI Enterprise
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The Mouse in the Machine: Disney’s Blueprint for the AI Enterprise

Analysis of Disney’s OpenAI investment, focusing on the deployment of agentic AI and internal LLMs for enterprise productivity.

Kieran Devlin · 6 Jan 2026
10 Essential XR and Immersive Tech Events for 2026
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10 Essential XR and Immersive Tech Events for 2026

The 10 must‑attend XR and spatial computing events in 2026. Dates, locations, and why they matter for IT leaders and product teams.

Christopher Carey · 24 Dec 2025
ISE 2026 Event Guide: The Future of AV and Smart Environments Unfolds in Barcelona
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ISE 2026 Event Guide: The Future of AV and Smart Environments Unfolds in Barcelona

Our ISE 2026 event guide brings six focused summits to Barcelona, covering education, smart buildings, digital signage, control rooms, cybersecurity, and broadcast AV.

Christopher Carey · 22 Dec 2025
Zoom, NDI Partner to Elevate Hybrid Meetings and Events With Elite Connectivity
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Zoom, NDI Partner to Elevate Hybrid Meetings and Events With Elite Connectivity

The Zoom NDI integration signals a shift from proprietary hardware to AV-over-IP, elevating hybrid meeting quality.

Kieran Devlin · 22 Dec 2025
The Best Smart Glasses for Business: AR, AI and Beyond
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The Best Smart Glasses for Business: AR, AI and Beyond

See why smart glasses matter for enterprise: Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2, XREAL One Pro, AR, AI and wearable tech.

Rebekah Carter · 17 Nov 2025
Smarter Workforces: AI and Automation in Human Capital Management
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Smarter Workforces: AI and Automation in Human Capital Management

Discover how AI and automation are transforming Human Capital Management by enhancing employee experience, personalisation & workforce planning.

Alex Cole · 13 Nov 2025
Building Culture, Capability, and Change with Human Capital Management
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Building Culture, Capability, and Change with Human Capital Management

Discover how human capital management builds workforce culture, capability, and adaptability — creating stronger engagement & performance.

Alex Cole · 12 Nov 2025
9 Microsoft Teams Security Best Practices: Easy Wins for Safer Teams
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9 Microsoft Teams Security Best Practices: Easy Wins for Safer Teams

Microsoft Teams security best practices help buyers cut governance risk, meet GDPR and HIPAA, and secure Teams, Microsoft Purview and Azu

Rebekah Carter · 11 Nov 2025
UC Today's Guide to Stopping VR Motion Sickness
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UC Today's Guide to Stopping VR Motion Sickness

VR motion sickness is probably one of the most unappealing parts of virtual reality.

Rebekah Carter · 11 Nov 2025
Google & Samsung AR Glasses set for 2026 Release: What Enterprises Need to Know
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Google & Samsung AR Glasses set for 2026 Release: What Enterprises Need to Know

Google and Samung's partnership AR smart glasses expected to launch in 2026. Read all enterprises need to know here.

Rebekah Carter · 10 Nov 2025
Human Capital Management (HCM) Explained: Strategy, Software, and Enterprise Impact in 2026
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Human Capital Management (HCM) Explained: Strategy, Software, and Enterprise Impact in 2026

Human capital management (HCM) explained: strategy, AI, people analytics, governance, implementation, and market trends—everything leaders need to maximise workforce impact.

Alex Cole · 5 Nov 2025
Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Start Rollout: What Does it Mean for the Enterprise?
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Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Start Rollout: What Does it Mean for the Enterprise?

Read all about the impact Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses will have on enterprises.

Rebekah Carter · 5 Nov 2025
Choosing AR Smart Glasses: Finding the Best Augmented Reality Glasses for Your Field Team
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Choosing AR Smart Glasses: Finding the Best Augmented Reality Glasses for Your Field Team

Choosing AR smart glasses can lift field team training and productivity. Compare XReal One Series, Meta Orion, RealWear, Viture and Rokid. Published on UC Today

Rebekah Carter · 3 Nov 2025
How Can AV Vendors Stay Integral to the AI Conversation?
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How Can AV Vendors Stay Integral to the AI Conversation?

AI is redefining collaboration. Logitech’s Neil Fluester shares how AV vendors can ensure they are brought along for the ride by aligning their tech to AI outcomes.

Kristian McCann · 3 Nov 2025
Resilience Engineering Lessons from James Kretchmar: Learning from the AWS 2025 Outage
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Resilience Engineering Lessons from James Kretchmar: Learning from the AWS 2025 Outage

When people opened their devices on October 20, 2025, the internet felt strangely still.

Rebekah Carter · 30 Oct 2025
Biamp Acquires ClearOne IP and Brands to Strengthen Portfolio
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Biamp Acquires ClearOne IP and Brands to Strengthen Portfolio

Biamp has acquired ClearOne’s intellectual property and brands in a deal designed to strengthen its audio engineering foundation and accelerate future product innovation.

Kristian McCann · 28 Oct 2025
Legacy Compliance Is Holding You Back from Shifting to Modern Cloud Voice Solutions
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Legacy Compliance Is Holding You Back from Shifting to Modern Cloud Voice Solutions

Legacy compliance is blocking cloud voice adoption: Published on UC Today, Theta Lake says Teams, Zoom, AI transcription and unified DCGA need cloud-native gove

Rob Scott · 28 Oct 2025
Zoom Phone Surpasses 10Mn Seats as AI Drives the Next Wave of Business Communications
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Zoom Phone Surpasses 10Mn Seats as AI Drives the Next Wave of Business Communications

Zoom Phone surpasses 10 million seats, leading the way in AI-driven cloud telephony. Explore unified communications and collaboration.

Kieran Devlin · 9 Oct 2025
AI Chatbots Need More Than Manual QA—eClerx CX Lead Explains What’s Missing
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AI Chatbots Need More Than Manual QA—eClerx CX Lead Explains What’s Missing

The race to deploy AI in customer service has reached a fever pitch. CCaaS providers have embraced the technology wholeheartedly, integrating AI offerings…

Kristian McCann · 8 Oct 2025
WebexOne Gets a Deadpool Moment with Ryan Reynolds
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WebexOne Gets a Deadpool Moment with Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds closed WebexOne 2025 with a Deadpool-style fireside chat on failure, storytelling, AI, and community — connecting Hollywood and business lessons to unified communications.

Rob Scott · 2 Oct 2025
WebexOne Rocks Interoperability! Craig Durr Shares His Take on Cisco’s Open Strategy
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WebexOne Rocks Interoperability! Craig Durr Shares His Take on Cisco’s Open Strategy

Interview with Craig, Chief Analyst at The Collab Collective, from WebexOne 2025. Cisco Webex, RoomOS 26, agentic AI, Microsoft Copilot, Zoom, Google.

Rob Scott · 1 Oct 2025
Unified Endpoint Management: Centralize Device Control and Secure BYOD in Hybrid Work
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Unified Endpoint Management: Centralize Device Control and Secure BYOD in Hybrid Work

If you’re running IT for a hybrid workforce in 2025, you already know how chaotic it all is.

Rebekah Carter · 2 Sept 2025
'The Age of Content': Inside the Broadcast-Quality AV Boom in Business Communications
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'The Age of Content': Inside the Broadcast-Quality AV Boom in Business Communications

Broadcast-quality AV is reshaping boardrooms into studios for town halls, livestreams and podcasts. Published on UC Today, with NDI, AV-over-IP and IT support.

Kieran Devlin · 22 Aug 2025
AWS CEO: The Future Is AI-Assisted, But Office Culture (and Pizza) Still Drives Innovation
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AWS CEO: The Future Is AI-Assisted, But Office Culture (and Pizza) Still Drives Innovation

Garman explained why Amazon views physical presence at the office as essential for innovation, training, and maintaining company culture.

Christopher Carey · 12 Aug 2025
Microsoft Teams Devices That Mean Business: Certified Hardware You Can Trust
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Microsoft Teams Devices That Mean Business: Certified Hardware You Can Trust

Microsoft Teams certified devices cut meeting friction, giving IT teams trusted hardware from Yealink, Dell, EPOS, Shure and Logitech. Published on UC Today.

Rebekah Carter · 8 Aug 2025
ClearOne Deployments: AV Compliance in Regulated Industries
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ClearOne Deployments: AV Compliance in Regulated Industries

Why AV compliance in regulated industries matters: ClearOne beamforming mics, CONVERGE DSP, intelligent cameras and secure Cisco, Zoom and Teams integration.

Rebekah Carter · 17 Jul 2025
Bring Your Own Meeting Magic: The Best BYOM Solution Providers for 2025
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Bring Your Own Meeting Magic: The Best BYOM Solution Providers for 2025

The best BYOM solutions for 2025 help IT teams cut friction across Zoom, Teams and Meet with Barco, DisplayNote and Airtame.

Rebekah Carter · 7 Jul 2025
Plug In, Power Up: The Top Medium Meeting Room Vendors You Need to Know
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Plug In, Power Up: The Top Medium Meeting Room Vendors You Need to Know

Flexible work has raised the bar for medium meeting rooms; UC Today’s guide spotlights Sennheiser, Atlona, AudioCodes and Barco for Teams and Zoom.

Rebekah Carter · 6 Jul 2025
The Top Session Border Controller Vendors in 2025: Securing Your Enterprise Voice
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The Top Session Border Controller Vendors in 2025: Securing Your Enterprise Voice

This guide explains why SBC choice affects Teams, SIP and compliance, with AudioCodes, Ribbon, TelcoBridges and Oracle.

Rebekah Carter · 1 Jul 2025
Top UC Security & Compliance Vendors 2025: Who’s Really Keeping Your Conversations Safe?
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Top UC Security & Compliance Vendors 2025: Who’s Really Keeping Your Conversations Safe?

Looking for peace of mind from the top UC security & compliance vendors? You’re not alone.

Rebekah Carter · 1 Jul 2025
The Ultimate AWS Connect Guide: Exploring AWS Connect
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The Ultimate AWS Connect Guide: Exploring AWS Connect

This AWS Connect guide shows why Amazon Connect matters for omnichannel contact centres, with AI, Lex, Lambda and Contact Lens.

Rebekah Carter · 27 Jun 2025
The Top CPaaS Providers for Next-Gen Communications Flexibility
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The Top CPaaS Providers for Next-Gen Communications Flexibility

Compare top CPaaS providers as enterprise buyers weigh SMS, voice, video and APIs from AWS, Twilio, Vonage and Infobip.

Rebekah Carter · 26 Jun 2025
The Benefits of Teams Rooms Town Halls for Larger Events
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The Benefits of Teams Rooms Town Halls for Larger Events

Why it matters: Teams Rooms Town Halls help buyers run polished Microsoft Teams events for up to 20,000 people, with Teams Premium, DVR, and analytics.

Rebekah Carter · 20 Jun 2025
InfoComm 2025 – Event News, Updates & Analysis
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InfoComm 2025 – Event News, Updates & Analysis

InfoComm 2025 spotlights HP, Lenovo, Neat, Barco and Shure launches in AI-driven hybrid collaboration, Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms and BYOD. Published on UC Today.

Kieran Devlin · 9 Jun 2025
Archiving for Microsoft Teams – What are the Options?
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Archiving for Microsoft Teams – What are the Options?

Archiving for Microsoft Teams now matters for compliance, eDiscovery and AI insights. Published on UC Today, compare native Microsoft Teams and Intermedia optio

David Dungay · 19 May 2025
Zoom, ServiceNow Elevate Employee and Customer Experiences With AI Integration
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Zoom, ServiceNow Elevate Employee and Customer Experiences With AI Integration

Zoom and ServiceNow unify CX, CRM and ITSM with AI to help agents resolve issues faster. Published on UC Today, it lands later this year.

Christopher Carey · 12 May 2025
Is Microsoft's OpenAI Partnership in Peril? Salesforce CEO Cites Slack as a Warning
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Is Microsoft's OpenAI Partnership in Peril? Salesforce CEO Cites Slack as a Warning

Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI could end up in tatters just like it did with Slack, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff claims as he takes fresh aim at the…

Kristian McCann · 8 May 2025
Big UC News From Mitel, Microsoft, Avaya and Google
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Big UC News From Mitel, Microsoft, Avaya and Google

Why it matters: Mitel, Microsoft, Avaya and Google signal major shifts in UC, Teams, contact centres and hybrid work. Published on UC Today.

Kieran Devlin · 25 Apr 2025
Utilizing Communication Displays For Positive Employee Experience – UC Round Table
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Utilizing Communication Displays For Positive Employee Experience – UC Round Table

Communication displays help employers improve employee experience, with Intrado and Lightware on digital signage, dashboards and UC.

Kieran Devlin · 25 Apr 2025
Google Tells Remote Staff to Show Up 3 Days a Week or Risk Their Jobs in RTO Push
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Google Tells Remote Staff to Show Up 3 Days a Week or Risk Their Jobs in RTO Push

Google’s RTO push puts remote staff on notice, with three-day hybrid work or buyouts now tied to job security as AI investment and cost cuts reshape Google, And

Kieran Devlin · 24 Apr 2025
An AV Wake-Up Call: Yale Study Shows Bad Audio Makes You Sound 'Stupid'
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An AV Wake-Up Call: Yale Study Shows Bad Audio Makes You Sound 'Stupid'

Companies in the AV industry have been espousing the importance of audio for years.

Kristian McCann · 2 Apr 2025
Exceptional Service: MSPs Can Leverage UC&C Monitoring to Gain a Competitive Edge
Sponsored · IR

Exceptional Service: MSPs Can Leverage UC&C Monitoring to Gain a Competitive Edge

MSPs can use IR Collaborate UC&C monitoring to cut outages, meet SLAs and boost customer experience, helping them stand out. Published on UC Today.

Linoy Doron · 27 Mar 2025
Why UCaaS and CCaaS Convergence is the Next Big Win for Service Providers
Sponsored · Cisco

Why UCaaS and CCaaS Convergence is the Next Big Win for Service Providers

The market is clearly moving towards tighter integration between unified communications (UCaaS) and contact center (CCaaS), driven by both customer demand…

Susie Harrison · 26 Mar 2025
Newline Interactive Lyra Pro Review: Powerful and Secure
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Newline Interactive Lyra Pro Review: Powerful and Secure

Why it matters: Newline Interactive’s Lyra Pro pairs secure 4K touch displays, Google EDLA, Wi‑Fi 6 and remote device management for classrooms and meetings.

Rebekah Carter · 19 Mar 2025