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8x8's team chat app connects users to Slack, Google Hangouts and others
The unified communications firm’s goal is interoperability between a variety of rival collaboration tools; it’s included in 8x8's X Series software.
IBM launches blockchain-based, global food tracking network
IBM's blockchain-based electronic supply chain ledger for tracking food from farm to shelf is now commercially available and is being piloted by some of the largest global retailers and suppliers.
Collaboration fosters innovation
Three ways organizations can successfully embrace the modern workplace.
Why now is the time for WebRTC
Utilized by billions of users and thousands of applications, this open-source technology has finally become the new standard for real-time communications over the web.
Allo, goodbye: The craziest thing about Google's latest messaging pivot
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Microsoft Teams cheat sheet
Microsoft's answer to Slack, Teams provides group messaging, voice and video calls, and useful integrations with other Office 365 apps. Here's how to get set up in Teams and find your way around.
8 lesser-known videoconferencing options for work
If some of your workers are too far away to join you in your huddle room, here are eight options to help them feel they're really there.
12 Slack alternatives worth a look
There’s nothing wrong with using Slack – its 6 million active daily users can’t all be wrong. But there are a variety of options available that might better meet your enterprise needs.
SIP trunks are more reliable than a PRI T1
If your company needs reliable phone lines, SIP is the answer.
Must-have features for enterprise VoIP
Make sure your big company doesn't buy a small-company phone system.
Fix poor VoIP call quality with a dedicated circuit
Poor call quality does not always go hand-in-hand with enterprise hosted VoIP. There is a simple way for companies to get guaranteed, land-line call quality. And surprising, the cost is usually no higher than the alternative.
New day or déjà vu
As any company with a long and storied history, Avaya has had its ups, downs and the occasional detour. Here's one that most in the ecosystems of interests influenced by Avaya's gravity hope not to experience again.
Twilio jumps on the serverless bandwagon
No huge surprise that developer tool vendor Twilio is launching a serverless offering.
Twilio does speech recognition and understanding, the right way
Twilio’s CEO Jeff Lawson never wanted to do speech recognition. So what has changed?
Amazon's Echo Show could disrupt enterprise-class unified communications
Amazon is on the verge of disrupting the enterprise videoconferencing and unified communications markets dominated by Cisco and Avaya.
Unified communications is a marketing Camelot
Like Camelot, the notion of unified enterprise communications is imaginary. Emerging companies, including Zinc, instead meet the realities of today's worker.
TeleSign wants to take on Twilio
CaaS, CPaaS or developer platform? No matter the name, comms as an API is the future game.
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