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Large-room video conferencing systems are seeing renewed growth, as corporate mandates, employee demand and productivity improvements drive enterprise deployments. While much of the hype in the video conferencing market is around bringing the technology into small rooms and huddle spaces, large rooms are poised for the most growth. More than one-third of organizations are pl...

The Gartner Magic Quadrant has faced some controversy over the years. On one side of the coin, there are plenty of industry experts and communication enthusiasts that regard the Magic Quadrant to be an insightful guide into various IT markets. On the other hand, some companies and consumers alike feel that Gartner isn’t entirely fair with its ranking strategy. After all, doz...

PGi, the world's largest dedicated provider of collaboration solutions, has announced it has launched new and updated webinar and webcasting capabilities under the GlobalMeet brand name to help organizations of all sizes run online events efficiently. Offering high-quality broadcast audio and video streaming, GlobalMeet Webinar and GlobalMeet Webcast are competitively priced...

NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales solutions, has for the third consecutive year been named in the Forbes 2018 Cloud 100, the definitive list of top 100 private cloud companies in the world, published by Forbes in collaboration with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures. “It’s a real privilege to be recognised as one...

Introduces new room systems, headsets, meeting scheduling functionality, and Webex edge services Amid continued leadership changes – which yesterday saw CTO Jonathan Rosenberg take his leave and Cullen Jennings, a Cisco Fellow, step into that role – Cisco today unveiled a batch of enhancements for its meetings portfolio, spanning new room systems and headsets, simplified sch...

In a bid to close deals with more large organizations, Slack will soon give customers greater control over the encryption of their data with a new enterprise key management feature. Slack will soon give businesses an additional level of security by letting them manage their encryption keys. The feature will appeal to a small number of large organizations for now, but it coul...

New research by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified over 65 ways blockchain tech can be used to address some of the most urgent environmental challenges facing the planet. The insight study, conducted in partnership with auditing giant PwC and released at the Global Climate Action Summit last week, examines how new international platforms could "incubate responsibl...

Ransomware attack took down flight display screens for two days, Bristol Airport admits A British airport has admitted that a cyber attack took down its flight display screens for two days last week. Bristol Airport said that information screens were taken offline early on Friday, as the airport sought to contain ransomware-like attack. On Sunday the airport said that the di...

This year, visitors to the UK Health Show will be able to find out how to protect healthcare systems against cyber-attacks. Dionach, a provider of information security services will be exhibiting at the show’s Cyber Security Symposium to discuss ways to mitigate the damaging effects that occur during cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks such as WannaCry have become more common over ...

The second graduation event for Qufaro’s online CyberEPQ (Extended Project Qualification) was held at Bletchley Park on Saturday 8th September. Equivalent to an AS-level, the CyberEPQ is a stepping stone for students looking to go to university or the world of work. Certified by City & Guilds, it counts for UCAS credits in university applications. Many of the students, howev...