Article contributed by Yeastar

UCaaS stands for unified communications as a service. Unified communications offered as part of the “as a service” model is quickly becoming the go-to solution for businesses with complex communications needs. So, is UCaaS truly deserving of the accolades it is receiving? What can UCaaS solutions offer your business? Keep reading as we take a deep dive into details about the service UCaaS can provide to you.

Topics: VoIP, Trends, Productivity, Cloud, Yeastar, Collaboration

We are excited to announce the launch of TeleDynamics’ Ribbon Connect for MS Teams service. Our collaboration with Ribbon Communications is an example of how partnerships can deliver products and services to that are greater than the sum of their parts. Keep reading to see what exciting possibilities this collaboration facilitates for your business, and save your spot for our webinar on 6 May.

Topics: Software Integration, Trends, Productivity, Unified Communications, Collaboration

Product Review

Organizations can do business only as well as they can communicate. In a world where work methods and locations are in flux, the flexibility, adaptability, and ease-of-use of companies’ communications equipment are vital.

With the introduction of the Teams-certified MP series of desktop phones, Yealink successfully continues its quest to provide the best communications equipment and services for companies of all sizes.

Topics: Yealink, Software Integration, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Android, Product Review, Bluetooth, Unified Communications, Microsoft

By Kim Gunn, Marketing Communications Specialist at Grandstream

It is no secret that the demand for video collaboration has increased substantially as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. With an increase in the demand for video collaboration, the industry is implementing advanced features to stay competitive and keep up with the tools needed to do business remotely. In the new year, we look toward the future of video collaboration, and it’s clear that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will begin to play a bigger role.

Topics: Grandstream, Trends, Videoconferencing, Productivity, Unified Communications

Product Review

Effective communication requires the ability to see and hear each other clearly. With today’s distributed workforce trends, new technologies and devices are needed to deliver the high-quality audio and video that workers are accustomed to in their in-person meetings. Grandstream has made great strides in rolling out innovative endpoints to make remote communications not only of higher quality, but more comfortable, as well.

In this article, we review Grandstream’s exciting GUV3100 HD webcam, which is part of the GUV series of personal collaboration endpoints.

Topics: Grandstream, Peripherals, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Productivity, Product Review, Unified Communications

The COVID-19 pandemic has irreversibly affected remote working and teleworking trends. Yealink has responded to the needs of this paradigm shift with a wide range of work-from-home solutions for dispersed professionals.

In addition to its collaboration equipment, Yealink has launched a new program for companies that have a Microsoft Teams license with 100 or more seats, whereby they can get 50% off the MSRP on eligible products (expires June 30, 2021). Even if you don’t have customers that are eligible to participate in the discount offer, read on to learn about Yealink’s wide range of work-from-home solutions.

Topics: VoIP, Total Voice Solution, Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Headsets, Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Productivity, Unified Communications

The integration of VoIP systems with business productivity applications can help you reach the next level of efficiency, synergy and collaboration.

One of the most profound changes that businesses have experienced over the past year is the increased need for effectively managing remote teams.

Topics: VoIP, Yealink, Software Integration, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Productivity, Skype, Yeastar, Unified Communications

There is no doubt that the mandated measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have had an adverse effect on learning. Many refer to a global ‘learning poverty’ crisis as over 1.6 billion students have been out of school. For half of those students, school closures have exceeded seven months.

Remote learning solutions are being adopted at breakneck speeds to alleviate this problem. In this article, we look at the success of St. Jude School in Elyria, Ohio with Konftel’s distance learning equipment.

Topics: Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Customer Success Story, Unified Communications, Konftel

Given the increasing mobility of the global work force, enabling users to interact with your VoIP endpoints via a web or mobile app interface will arguably be one of the most significant integrations that will be leveraged for business telephony systems in 2021. In this article, we examine how and why to integrate your VoIP system with WebRTC.

Topics: VoIP, Grandstream, Software Integration, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Productivity, Cloud, Yeastar

Product Review

In today’s world, businesses have to pivot on a moment’s notice in order to survive. They need communications systems that are scalable and flexible enough to handle a mix of onsite and remote workers, as well as be used with a variety of enterprise and employee-owned devices, not to mention enhanced security to enable users to connect to the network in a variety of ways. Grandstream’s UCM6300 ecosystem is up to the task.

In this article we examine Grandstream’s UCM solutions that help companies adapt and thrive in a changing landscape.

Topics: Business Telephone System, Total Voice Solution, Grandstream, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Product Review, Cloud, Unified Communications