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, Yeastar, Unified Communications, Microsoft

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

The benefits that voice over IP (VoIP) provides for the communications needs of all types of organizations are almost endless, including mobility, flexibility, economy, and interoperability. One advantage that is key to the future of the technology is its ability to be easily integrated with many different software platforms using what are known as application programming interfaces (APIs).

In this article, we examine why VoIP integrations are so important and what they mean for communications, both today and in the future.

Topics: VoIP, Yealink, Software Integration, Trends, Productivity, Unified Communications

Within the context of a global pandemic and the uncertainty that comes with it, even the most basic necessity of receiving medical attention when you need it is not that straightforward anymore. New and innovative technologies are needed to ensure that everyone has access to medical services.

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

Much experience has been gained over the past year when it comes to distance education and learning. The systems required to enable it have quickly developed and have been extensively streamlined. One of the most successful vendors in this process has been Konftel with its award-winning video-capable conference phones.

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

The spike in remote working amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has caused videoconferencing systems and service usage to skyrocket at a dizzying pace. At the heart of these systems is what is known as a multipoint control unit (MCU). Knowing where your MCU resides, how many simultaneous participants it supports within a conference, and what kind of extra features it delivers is key to designing a videoconferencing network that will ensure people enjoy the best quality service possible.

Topics: Total Voice Solution, Grandstream, Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Cloud, Unified Communications