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Google utilizes AI for Series One Meet hardware
Google partners with Lenovo in developing video conferencing hardware for the Google Meet service. The Series One device uses Google silicon to boost its AI capabilities.
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- What are use cases for business live event streaming services?
Business live event streaming services can transform webinars and virtual events to be more interactive and create engaging experiences for customers.
- What are challenges of using multiple team collaboration apps?
Companies are already using a variety of collaboration platforms. But managing them isn't easy. What should companies know when juggling multiple team collaboration apps?
- Zoom launches two-factor authentication
Video conferencing company Zoom has introduced two-factor authentication, a feature already available in competing products from Cisco and Microsoft.
Definitions
- Avaya
Avaya is an American technology company that specializes in business communications services, such as unified communications (UC), and contact center (CC).
- Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is cloud-based team collaboration software, that is part of the Office 365 suite of applications.
- communications platform as a service (CPaaS)
Communications platform as a service (CPaaS) is a cloud-based delivery model that allows organizations to add real-time communication capabilities, such as voice, video and messaging, to business applications by deploying application program interfaces (APIs).
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Collaboration Applications for UC
Collaboration applications for unified communications are the interfaces and systems that can greatly improve productivity and maximize IT assets by allowing employees to have a seamless work experience, no matter what the IT infrastructure, device or location. Learn about collaboration software and collaborative applications such as video conferencing, telepresence and mobile unified communications, as well as unified communications application integration with mission-critical enterprise applications and call centers.
Recent Definitions
- Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is cloud-based team collaboration software, that is part of the Office 365 suite of applications.
- communications platform as a service (CPaaS)
Communications platform as a service (CPaaS) is a cloud-based delivery model that allows organizations to add real-time communication capabilities, such as voice, video and messaging, to business applications by deploying application program interfaces (APIs).
- unified communications (UC)
Unified communications (UC) is a conceptual and technological framework for integrating various enterprise communication methods -- telephony, presence, voicemail, video calling and conferencing, email, instant messaging, etc. -- within a single platform, with the goal of streamlining and enhancing business communications, collaboration and productivity.
Highlights
- Google utilizes AI for Series One Meet hardware
- What are use cases for business live event streaming services?
- What are challenges of using multiple team collaboration apps?
More Collaboration Applications for UC Topics
- Business Video Conferencing and Telepresence Technology
- Collaborative Applications
- Communication Integration with Enterprise Applications
- Mobile Unified Communications Applications
- Social Networking for Business
Implementing UC
Successfully implementing unified communications and managing it depends on first building a solid infrastructure to support your unified communications solutions, then having a solid strategy in place to manage UC application performance and troubleshoot UC hardware and software problems. Learn how to implement unified communications systems and deal with the challenges unified communications solutions present, like security, interoperability and standards adherence, compatibility and adoption.
Recent Definitions
- unified communications (UC)
Unified communications (UC) is a conceptual and technological framework for integrating various enterprise communication methods -- telephony, presence, voicemail, video calling and conferencing, email, instant messaging, etc. -- within a single platform, with the goal of streamlining and enhancing business communications, collaboration and productivity.
- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a network management protocol used to dynamically assign an Internet Protocol (IP) address to any device, or node, on a network so they can communicate using IP.
- Kari's law
Kari's law is legislation in the United States that requires multi-line telephone systems (MLTS) to route 9-1-1 emergency service calls through the phone system automatically. Kari's law mandates that the electronics and software used in multi-line systems support direct-dial-to-emergency-services, even if the system normally requires the caller to enter an additional digit for an outside line.
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- Google utilizes AI for Series One Meet hardware
- Why remote work needs mobile unified communications
- Compare the 8 leading unified communications providers
More Implementing UC Topics
- Mobile Unified Communications
- SIP and Unified Communications Standards
- Unified Communications Integration and Interoperability
- Unified Communications Security
IP Telephony
The next generation of enterprise communications depends on reliable, converged voice and data networks to reach its potential. Whether you're considering IP telephony deployment or troubleshooting quality issues before a unified communications installation, this section provides a wealth of resources on cost issues, IP telephony products and systems, network planning and testing, VoIP protocols, implementation help, QoS and security issues.
Recent Definitions
- Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is cloud-based team collaboration software, that is part of the Office 365 suite of applications.
- telephony
Telephony is technology associated with interactive communication between two or more physically distant parties via the electronic transmission of speech or other data.
- cloud telephony (cloud calling)
Cloud telephony, also known as cloud calling, is a type of unified communications as a service (UCaaS) that offers voice communication services through a third-party host.
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- Zoom quarterly earnings show sharp rise in paying customers
- Making the business case to migrate to Microsoft Teams PBX
- Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise embraces RingCentral UCaaS
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Back to TopUnderstanding UC
Understanding unified communications demands a firms grip on the technology, as well as a solid grasp of the many unified communications solutions, unified communications vendors and unified communications services available in the UC marketplace today. In this section, communications managers will find the general resources they need to develop a strong unified communications strategy and make sure they propose UC solutions, platforms and products that meet the business and ROI expectations of their enterprise.
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- Avaya
Avaya is an American technology company that specializes in business communications services, such as unified communications (UC), and contact center (CC).
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 is a federal law that places restrictions on telephone solicitations and robocalls.
- unified communications (UC)
Unified communications (UC) is a conceptual and technological framework for integrating various enterprise communication methods -- telephony, presence, voicemail, video calling and conferencing, email, instant messaging, etc. -- within a single platform, with the goal of streamlining and enhancing business communications, collaboration and productivity.
Highlights
- What are challenges of using multiple team collaboration apps?
- Reimagining the future of conference rooms, post-COVID-19
- Webex vs. Zoom vs. Teams: Consider future needs, innovation
More Understanding UC Topics
- Developing a UC Strategy
- Unified Communications Architecture and Service Models
- Unified Communications ROI