The Good
Free app for business IM and videoconferencing that works across mobile, web and desktop.
The Bad
Not as full-featured as Cisco’s WebEx for videoconferencing. Requires premium WebEx account for full WebEx/Spark integration.
The Bottom Line
What differentiates Spark from WebEx is its Instant Messaging with unlimited participants and the ability to create...
After researching project management software, we’ve found the best fit for most teams of developers is JIRA Agile, a solution by Atlassian. JIRA not only fulfills the criteria many development teams look for in a project management solution, but is relatively affordable and can scale up to support thousands of users.
What is Project Management Software?
Project management software seems a...
I am a longtime Xbox Halo gamer and fan girl. So, of course, I geeked out when news started bubbling that Microsoft was actually going to bring into the real-life world Master Chief’s smooth-talking assistant, Cortana.
Cortana is an artificial intelligence personal assistant Microsoft introduced in Windows Phone 8.1. This software is based on the Cortana AI character in the Xbox Halo game...
VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) allow you to segment out a physical network into virtual networks with different subnets. Segmenting out a network usually requires adding additional hardware into your network (which generally means adding more physical switches). However, the great thing about VLANs is that you don’t have to buy additional equipment as long as your existing switches, access ...
Unified Communications is a hot industry. The ways in which we communicate— be it voice, video, instant messaging, fax, email, data files, etc., continues to converge into single, centrally-managed platforms. That means convenience for us as end-users in leveraging these platforms in our day-to-day personal and business communications. But this convergence also adds complexity to building,...
A variety of Unified Communications industry leaders offered up sage advice to businesses of all sizes and types on making the move to Microsoft’s Skype for Business at Enterprise Connect’s Lync/Skype for Business tour in New York on Thursday.
Business leaders from companies including Polycom, Connect Solutions, Sonus, AT&T and more, led panels discussing the pitfalls and benefits of...
Everyone can relate to guilty feelings about not being productive enough, be it in one’s personal or business life. Which is why productivity apps are big business.
Productivity apps range from business software that lets us produce data such as spreadsheets, word documents, images and so on, to apps that have become increasingly consumerized. You can find no shortage of productivity apps...
Microsoft released the latest Skype version 6.0 for iPad, iPhone and Android. In a show of re-invigorated interest in its acquired VoIP property, Redmond has added several new features to boost the Skype experience.
The new features were added with the goal of making Skype more natural and intuitive for mobile users, and, as per the Skype blog, “even more delightful to use.”
For Android ...
A business’ most valuable asset is its customers. This holds true for the largest enterprises to the smallest home offices operated by a sole proprietor. CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is software specifically for managing customer activity. As a business grows, maintaining contact information in a spreadsheet can become inefficient. That’s where CRM comes in handy as a platform for...
