Saturday, July 25, 2020

Who will win the epic battle for online meeting hegemony? - Dion Hinchcliffe, ZDNet

The pandemic has focused much of the remote worker experience like a laser on the lowly online meeting. Stalwarts like Cisco and HCL face intense competition from upstarts like Zoom and Slack as well as industry heavyweights Google and Microsoft. The response we've seen from the vendor space has been fascinating, as most of them step up and try to meet a new level of demands and remote work requirements, as well as mature existing capabilities in urgent functions like cybersecurity, safety, and privacy. These latter issues are real and significant.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/who-will-win-the-epic-battle-for-online-meeting-hegemony/