Imagine a world where your users could send messages to each other regardless of the platform they’re using. They open their app, write what they need to, and hit send. That’s it. Message sent and message delivered. What a simplistic nirvana. Yet, the world of collaboration apps has changed this simple concept to a far-fetched ...
The Digital Markets Act (DMA), which was signed into law in 2022, will have a significant impact on the field of unified communications. This legislation, which aims to regulate the behavior of “dominant online platforms”, has brought about a number of potential changes that have affected the way that companies and other digital industries operate. ...
With laptop and PC capacity at a premium, it’s no wonder the leaders in the collaboration space are turning to web browser versions. But the question we’re answering today is…are they any good? In this article, we compare the web browser versions of Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Webex. While we don’t expect to decide on ...
If you’re looking for a Microsoft Slack connector, you’ve got a few options. But some look…less than safe. If you’re in any part of IT or security in an enterprise, you already know some of the workarounds and bit-part solutions aren’t going to make it as far as your procurement team. Since 2016, Mio has ...
Cross-platform messaging is the ability to send a message from one platform to another. We do this from Apple to Android in the mobile world. We can now even do this between Xbox and PlayStation. So why can’t we do this in the business world? The answer lies in APIs. Or, more pertinently, access to ...
Unlike most traditional VoIP/unified communications providers, Cisco has long taken the approach that an open and integrative ecosystem is a thriving one. Looking as far back as XMPP in Jabber or not so far back to Webex Teams, external federation has been part and parcel of the collaboration offering. If you use Webex in your ...
Context switching is the art of moving between different apps, modes of work, conversations, or topics. It’s an art that so many of us have perfected. And, like all great art, it’s mighty expensive. We can switch apps (and therefore context) at the drop of a hat. Or, more accurately, the alt+tab of a keyboard ...
In June 2022, Microsoft introduced the “chat with self” feature in Teams and confirmed all users should have access by the end of September. That’s right, you can now have a conversation with yourself right in Microsoft Teams. Sounds a bit weird? It’s not when you understand the use case. Slack users have been doing ...