eSP - IT Solution Providers in Europe

The coronavirus outbreak has lead to more employees all over the world working from home, leading to an opportunity in conferencing and collaboration tools-- something Google, Cisco, Microsoft and Zoom have noticed, and set out to exploit.

Google already has 8000 Irish employees working from home, and to set an example is offering free access to advanced Hangouts Meets videoconferencing capabilities to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers. The service handles larger meetings with up to 250 participants per live call, as well as streaming for up to 100000 viewers within a domain. In addition, users can record meetings and save them to Google Drive. Such features are usually available within the G Suite Enterprise Edition and G Suite Enterprise for Education, but will be free for all customers until 1 July 2020.

Small business is big business, Cisco says as it announces updates to the "Designed for Business" portfolio bringing machine learning, AI and cloud-driven solutions tailored for SMB customers.

According to the company, SMBs account for 44% of all IT segment, and make a segment faster growing than enterprises. Technology is critical to help such customers differentiate themselves while remaining competitive, and they need to connect securely and focus on protecting users, data and devices at all time.

Carousel Digital Signage integrates Carousel Cloud, the subscription-based off-premise hosted digital signage service, with BSN. cloud, the network management platform from BrightSign.

Interoperability with BSN. cloud means Carousel Digital Signage users can quickly deploy a complete digital signage solution with minimal infrastructure and maintenance, as well as low total cost of ownership. A Carousel Cloud engine running on the BrightSign media player immediately configures the device for content playout upon connection, eliminating the need to manage settings, enable SD cards and through other configuration processes.

Cypress announces a pair of USB-C controllers for next-generation desktops and laptops-- the EZ-PD CCG6DF and EZ-PD CCG6SF, single-chip solutions featuring USB 3.2, DisplayPort and Power Delivery support.

The two controllers also support the upcoming USB4 standard, as well as the latest Intel Thunderbolt platforms. Both integrate multiple features from previous generation Cypress controller designs, such as a VBUS provider load switch for power with fault protection. An embedded 32-bit Arm Cortex-M0 processor allows firmware upgrades for USB4 support through 64KB of flash memory.