A recent business trend called the gig economy highlights a new way of employing a more flexible, autonomous and efficient workforce. One key to providing these features is the use of unified communications (UC) and videoconferencing (VC) platforms.

In this article, we look at the gig economy and how modern UC and VC systems can help businesses tackle some of its biggest challenges.

Topics: Grandstream, Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Unified Communications, Konftel, Zoom

The business world has focused a great deal of time and effort recently on hybrid workplace culture. Ensuring the best possible communications services, including videoconferencing (VC) and unified communications (UC), is vital for reaping the rewards that the hybrid workplace promises. This article examines the hybrid office approach and some of the most significant VC and UC tools to maximize its benefits.

Topics: Grandstream, Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Productivity, Unified Communications, Konftel, Collaboration, Boom Collaboration

By: Konftel

Embracing the new hybrid work culture can be a tricky challenge to find the right balance and ensure a successful transition. Here we reveal the latest tips and advice, together with insights about how successful companies are unleashing the power of flexible working to generate cost savings, revenue gains and increased productivity.

Topics: Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Productivity, Konftel, Collaboration

Telecommunications is a fast-paced field that changes constantly. It is more than a full-time job just keeping up with all of the emerging innovations that affect this industry. One of the fascinating aspects of this evolution is the fact that telecom relies heavily on companion technologies, emerging practices, and new methodologies that enable novel applications with seemingly science-fictionesque capabilities and functionality.

In this article, we talk about some of the most important technologies and methodologies that are changing the telecom landscape and which are expected to continue to do so in the coming years.

Topics: Wireless, VoIP, Software Integration, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Mobile, Network Design, Cloud, Wi-Fi, IoT

Smart cities use multiple technologies to resolve some of the most complex challenges facing today’s cities. When implemented well, these technologies can truly make a difference in the lives of city dwellers.

In this article, we examine the various technologies involved – including VoIP – and how they can work together to bring about these desirable results.

Topics: Wireless, VoIP, Software Integration, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Cloud, Wi-Fi, IoT, Unified Communications, WAN Technology, Collaboration

It is no secret that the past 18 months or so have seen a huge increase in the use of collaboration systems. The purchase of collaboration platform subscriptions and videoconferencing equipment has skyrocketed as businesses respond to the newest workplace realities.

In this article, we review some of the trends that we see today, and we’ll also take a look at what is forthcoming to see the potential collaboration systems of the future.

Topics: Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Productivity, Konftel, Collaboration, Zoom, Boom Collaboration

The way we work is changing faster than ever before, and communications tools are called upon to conform to this ever-changing approach to working. For this reason, Yealink is future-proofing its line of communications technology by forecasting future needs based on today’s trends. In doing so, it will be able to continue to deliver innovative and meaningful products and services for many years to come.

Topics: Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Headsets, Videoconferencing, Productivity, Zoom

Product Review

Yealink’s innovative MP IP phone series is now Zoom certified, making this advanced series of IP phones all the more useful and functional for employees of all types. In this article, we explore the implications of this certification and what it means for businesses with a high percentage of mobile and hybrid employees.

Topics: Wireless, Business Telephone System, Yealink, Software Integration, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Product Review, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zoom

The adoption of a hybrid office model has been accelerated in the post-lockdown era. In a previous article, we examined some communications services and infrastructure that have been developed in recent years to enable and facilitate this hybrid office model.

In this article, we examine the hybrid office more deeply by looking at various approaches that businesses can take. We also touch upon some principles necessary for taking full advantage of the hybrid office and ensuring a smooth transition.

Topics: SIP Phones, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Productivity, Collaboration

The pandemic and resulting lockdowns around the world have dramatically changed the ways that businesses operate. One of the most noticeable changes has to do with what has recently been coined as the hybrid office. In this article, we examine this new operational model and see how various communications services can aid in making it not only viable, but exceptionally advantageous.

Topics: SIP Phones, SIP, Mobility (including remote work), Productivity