Virtual meeting stories

Future Market Insights (FMI) has released new research showing the virtual event platforms market is expected to grow to USD$17.05 billion by the end of 2028.

Two years since the pandemic, a key learning is this: Hybrid work cannot simply be a buzzword that is thrown around and only practised when convenient. 

New research from Natural Paint Co. has found that 74% of Kiwis prefer seeing a natural background behind people during video meetings.

“As organisations embrace new hybrid work styles, RingCentral is focused on combating real world organisational and end user challenges by delivering capabilities that enable them to run and grow their business."

“With Notiv, Dubber will now have the ability to automatically take notes and create action items on every call.”

LogMeIn has announced a new administrative portal for its unified communications and collaboration (UCC) product, GoToConnect. 

Slack announces a new range of features, focusing on a ‘Digital First’ approach to working with Huddles, Video, Voice and Screen recordings, and Slack Atlas.

Research reveals a significant disparity between the views of decision-makers and employees about returning to the office.

Kaspersky finds that 21% of employees surveyed say they have pretended their devices were installing updates to avoid attending a call or meeting.

The Rally Bar is purpose-built for mid-sized rooms, the Rally Bar Mini for small rooms, and the RoomMate computing appliance.

Many organisations will understand the difficulty of sourcing products during COVID-19, largely due to shipping issues and global stock shortages. 

Includes a built-in conferencing camera, wide band audio and four microphones, enabling collaboration without requiring the use of a laptop.

The new range of monitors, meeting system and magnetic sound bar aims to provide solutions for hybrid workers.

Forget Zoom, Vive Sync is the future of online meetings, says HTC.

I spoke to Google Cloud’s Asia Pacific and China (APAC) head of security for networking and collaboration specialists, Mark Johnston. 

"Video MeetingsPro, powered by Jitsi open source technology, is designed from the ground up with security and privacy in mind so organisations can use them to conduct confidential business meetings."

Demand for remote team collaboration tools is surging on an unprecedented scale, and businesses like Zoom are struggling to keep up with demand.

It's time to say goodbye to your video meeting woes with Zoom Rooms.

This marks the fourth consecutive year that the company has been placed into the Leader Quadrant.

The YVC-330 portable USB and Bluetooth speakerphone features SoundCap technology to make collaboration and meetings possible in open plan offices.

Zoom has released information about the upcoming releases for its Rooms and Meeting offerings for 2019.

“It makes sense to better leverage the cloud and improve the way our customers manage, measure and interact with voice, video and content sharing.”

Ricoh will resell Logitech's range of audio visual equipment as part of its own portfolio of collaborative meeting room solutions.

“No dialling, no remote controls, no hassles. You just join."