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Cisco enhances its
Webex platform
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Rowan Trollope, SVP and GM, Applications
Group, Cisco
new hardware device that turns any work
space with a TV into a Webex room.
The company is continuing to apply machine
learning and artificial intelligence that will
improve the experience of meetings.
A new version of Webex Meetings
The Webex Meetings is ‘video first’, meaning
users will be strongly encouraged to turn
on their camera. It will be possible to see
colleagues on mobile, laptop or a Cisco video
room device.
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mportant changes are being made to
Webex, a Cisco product that delivers
real-time meetings. To make it easier
for teams to meet, Cisco Spark and Webex
platforms are being converged.
Because Webex is delivered through the
cloud, updates will occur automatically in the
coming months.
A new version of Cisco Spark is
launched along with a new name
The result is a new Webex Meetings
application and a new seamless team
collaboration application called Webex
Teams (formerly Cisco Spark). The team behind Cisco Spark have aimed to
make it the simplest yet most secure tool on
the web.
Cisco is adding its video devices onto the
newly converged platform and is adding a Cisco Spark is now known as Webex
Teams. Webex Teams offers a set of tools
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that includes whiteboarding, persistent
messaging, simple guest access, content
sharing and integrated tools.
A new device turns any space with a
TV into a Webex room
Webex Share is a simple way for teams to
share content on a TV screen. This is done by
plugging a palm-sized adapter into the back
of the TV and pairing with the system.
Using Webex Share teams will be able
to reserve rooms and know when one is
already booked.
Webex Share will be available for Webex
Meetings and Teams towards the end of 2018.
Rowan Trollope, SVP and GM, Applications
Group, Cisco, said: “Everything we do is
designed with people in mind- to help them
work, collaborate and create together. That’s
why we have invested so much in Webex.
“Our vision is to bring this amazing
experience to a billion users and conference
rooms all around the world.” n
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