Yealink announces a solution with Zoom that weds the Yealink VC110 All-in-One video conferencing endpoint and Zoom’s cloud-based HD video communications software.

Yealink also launched a new tailored One-Button Meeting Access function with its VC110 to reinforce the joint solution. Their solution targets small (4-6 people) to medium-sized (12 people or less) meeting rooms--although both Yealink and Zoom solutions work for rooms of all sizes.

Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging and a software-defined Read more...

Meraki, the Cisco enteprise wireless and cloud network management division, expands towards voice with the Meraki MC74-- a cloud-powered voice platform packed into, well, a phone.

The MC74 features a clean design with a touchscreen offering the same "single-pane-of-glass" dashboard found in other Meraki products. Based on SIP architecture, it includes an endpoint, cloud license and service from a provider. According the company the result allows customers to combine voice calling with data networks, removing a possibly complicated element from their systems.

Phone and voice system controls come from the aforementioned touchscreen, with the only hardware buttons controlling volume and mute. Future updates should integrate the MC74 with other Cisco communications products, including the Spark messaging app.

Most video conferences involve people sitting behind tables, so if you think it’s hard to give a dynamic presentation on a video conference call, then Cisco has an innovation for you.

Cisco's PresenterTrack is a combination of a camera positioned at the back of the room and face-detection and image-processing software that enables the camera to automatically find and follow presenters as they move around at the front of the room. PresenterTrack allows people who are speaking during video conferences to move about more naturally while presenting, Read more...

Extron Electronics announces the immediate availability of the CCI Pro 700, the industry’s first control system user interface optimized for conferencing, collaboration, and AV control.

The CCI Pro 700 compact design includes a 3.5” color information display, a numeric keypad, and backlit buttons. The information display can be used to show contact information, call directories, and call status. Buttons directly below the display can be used to navigate custom lists and menus.

The CCI Pro 700 also offers the convenience of Extron System Templates Read more...