TeleDynamics Think Tank

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

Product Review

Over the years, Yealink has repeatedly redefined business communications and collaboration, introducing new and innovative solutions. Yealink has done this once again with the introduction of the UC Workstation, a truly revolutionary step in improving workspace and employee productivity.

Here we examine some of the most intriguing features of this new product that will help to get your business to the next level of productivity.

Topics: Wireless, VoIP, Total Voice Solution, Yealink, Cordless, DECT, Headsets, Productivity, Product Review, Unified Communications

Product Review

When conferring with your colleagues, partners, or customers online, it’s important to be clearly seen and heard. Words as well as facial expressions, gestures, and body language all contribute to effective communication. The Konftel Cam10 high-quality webcam allows you to transmit all these forms of communication at a highly accessible price point, making your videoconferences the next best thing to being there.

Topics: Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Product Review, Unified Communications, Konftel

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

In December 2020, Panasonic announced to its partners that it will be closing its business communications division over the next two years. If you have recently invested in a Panasonic communications system, not to worry. In this article, we present some alternatives to help you develop a suitable and cost-effective transition strategy. For more details, watch the replay of our recent webinar where representatives from Grandstream, Yeastar and NEC describe alternative solutions.

Topics: IP PBX, Business Telephone System, Grandstream, Yeastar, Panasonic, Unified Communications, NEC

Product Review

With Yeastar’s new P-Series PBX System, SMEs can experience value and possibilities that go beyond a traditional telephony system. In this article we take a deeper look at this offering from Yeastar, which was featured in the company’s 2021 kickoff virtual event on 28 January 2021.

Topics: IP PBX, Total Voice Solution, Software Integration, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Productivity, Product Review, 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

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