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Windstream Enterprise, a managed communications services provider, announced that its OfficeSuite UC® application now works with the Google Assistant, one of the leading digital assistant tools in the world. The combination of OfficeSuite UC features with the Google Assistant enables hands-free, voice-first interactions which enhance the value of Windstream Enterprise’s flag...

Nuvias has signed a distribution agreement with collaboration and storage firm Dropbox in a deal that will bring smart workplace tools to key northern European territories, the company has revealed. The deal marks the first time that Dropbox has taken on an independent distributor, with features such as sophisticated cloud storage, integrations with leading collaboration too...

Poly has integrated its enterprise UC headsets with Amazon Alexa, the latest step toward bringing AI voice assistants into the workplace. The headset integration follows Poly's announcement in March that it would embedded Alexa in its Trio conference room phone, the first Alexa integration of its kind by a phone maker. Businesses now have built-in access to Alexa through Pol...

Mitel, a global leader in business communications, today announced the appointment of Mary T. McDowell as president and chief executive officer. McDowell brings an intimate understanding of the communications and technology markets and a strong track record of driving growth for global organizations. Most recently, McDowell was CEO and board member for Polycom, Inc., where s...

Avaya has seen its share price jump 29 per cent after it confirmed it has struck a deal with RingCentral, which will see a $500m (£405.8m) investment from the latter. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this calendar year - subject to regulatory approval - and will see RingCentral pump $500m into Avaya, including $125m of redeemable preferred equity which ...

77% of UK workers admit that they have never received any form of training cyber skills training from their employer, according to a new study from Centrify, a provider of cloud-ready Zero Trust Privilege to secure modern enterprises. The news comes at the start of European Union’s CyberSecMonth, designed to raise awareness of cybersecurity threats, promote cybersecurity amo...

There's a certain kind of security threat that catches the headlines—the massive data breach, or the malware that hijacks your computer for a ransom—but it's also important to keep your guard up against some of the lesser-known attacks out there too. These threats may not have the same high-level profile as an unfixable iOS bug, but they can still do some serious damage as f...

Social media is emerging as a growing business threat across the Asia Pacific, according to new research from Kroll, a specialist in risk mitigation, investigations, compliance, cyber resilience, security and incident response solutions. The recently released 2019 Global Fraud and Risk Report revealed adversarial social media activity was a relevant factor in 29% of signific...

Yasamin Mostofi asks us to imagine this scenario: police have video footage of a robbery. They suspect that one of the robbers is hiding in a house nearby. Can a pair of off-the-shelf Wi-Fi transceivers, located outside the house, look through the walls to see who’s inside? That’s easy to answer, since we’ve seen it done before. In 2015, MIT researchers created a device that...

Network and endpoint security solutions provider Sophos has announced the availability of Sophos Managed Threat Response (MTR), a fully managed threat hunting, detection and response service. The resellable service provides organisations with a dedicated 24/7 security team to neutralise threats. These types of threats include active attackers leveraging file-less attacks and...