Futurum’s Shelly Kramer explores Shure’s expanded certification for its Intellimix Room for Microsoft Teams Rooms. The applicable use cases for the Intellimix Room are in instances where the Shure Microflex® Ecosystem is leveraged jointly with video conferencing products from Lenovo, Poly, Logitech, and Crestron. Kramer offers insight on the role that user experience is placing in selection of video conferencing and collaboration solutions and key themes coming out of Enterprise Connect 2022.
Microsoft Surface Hub 2 Launches — the Company’s First AI-powered Smart Camera Designed to Improve the Collaboration Experience
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses the launch of Microsoft’s new AI-infused smart camera, the Microsoft Surface Hub 2, designed for better collaboration experiences.
Samsung MWC 2022: GalaxyBook2 Notebooks
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond covers news out of MWC 2022 around Samsung’s new Galaxy Book2 Pro notebook PC lineup and where he expects new functionality to resonate with businesses and consumers.
Microsoft’s Mesh for Teams is Microsoft’s Nod to the Metaverse
The metaverse is clearly in the news of late, and it appears to be on pace to be one of the biggest trends of 2022. Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers the announcement out of Microsoft’s Ignite event of the launch of its Mesh for Teams, a new offering intended to blend the digital and physical worlds, expected to roll out to users in 2022, and offering insight on what this means for the future of the metaverse in the workplace.
Zoom’s Zoomtopia 2021 — Zoom is Not Playing When it Comes to Conferences, Events, Contact Center and Leveling Up Collaboration Offerings
Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer breaks down the announcements from Zoom’s Zoomtopia 2021 event where it’s clear that Zoom is not playing when it comes to conferences, events, the contact center, and leveling up collaboration offerings to meet the needs of the hybrid workplace.
Zoom Adds $30 Million to its Investment in Neat, Video Device Vendor
Futurum’s lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers Zoom’s investment of an additional $30M in the video device and as-a-Service hardware offerings company. Zoom and Neat continue to ride the hybrid workplace trend that is clearly here to stay, and this move not only puts other Zoom hardware partners on notice, it provides a hedge against other providers’ vertical stacks.
Cisco Launches Vidcast, a New Video Solution to Increase Flexibility and Productivity in the Workplace
Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers Cisco’s launch of Vidcast, a new video solution that’s squarely aimed at increasing both flexibility and productivity, and making team collaboration even easier, and better, than ever. Vidcast is the first innovation to come out of Webex Leap, an accelerator program also launched this last week, designed to drive ideas and bring products to the Webex Suite faster. Here’s why getting on that Vidcast beta wait list might need to be on your to-do list.
Cisco Webex Suite Rebrand and Product/Pricing Focus is Timely, Strategic, and Necessary
Cisco’s rebrand of Webex, moving to Webex by Cisco is only part of the exciting changes afoot by the collaboration giant. Futurum’s Shelly Kramer explores the need for solutions that suit our move toward a hybrid workplace, along with thoughts on how Cisco’s focus on innovation, pricing, user experiences, security, and continually improving product innovations is both timely and strategic — and also a necessary one.
NVIDIA’s Omniverse Enterprise Platform Has the Potential to Reshape the Future of Manufacturing and Collaboration
NVIDIA’s Omniverse Enterprise platform has the potential to reshape the future of manufacturing and collaboration. Futurum’s Fred McClimans walks through the key elements of the Omniverse and explains why it might well be transformational for businesses well beyond the manufacturing sector.
How to Create More Meaningful Connections in a Remote World
In this episode of Future of Work Talk and the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Shameem Smillie, the Director of Global Contact Center Solutions at Mitel for a conversation around connection, personalized customer experiences, and what ‘meaningful connections’ mean in a digital world, what the future of work looks like in post-pandemic times — and some practical ways businesses can think about strengthening their communication skills.