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Intuitive interface
The new Pro Series touchscreen,
exclusively distributed by Sahara PLC,
was a highlight of the Clevertouch stand.
The 65in Capacitive Touch Display
provides collaboration and screen-sharing
capabilities and requires no set-up or
calibration. The LUX interface delivers
a familiar experience, akin to using a
smartphone or tablet, with all the features
you use on a daily basis accessible from the
home screen with just one touch.
New flagship for Snom
Snom, which will be expanding its current
portfolio of desk phones throughout
2017, was showing a new flagship phone,
the Snom D785, and a new generation
of conference phones. The D785 has a
larger display; a high resolution second
screen for paperless extension or rich
presence display; USB and Bluetooth
support to connect with all major headsets
and the WLAN network; and optimised
speakerphone audio quality. The C520-WiMi
conference phone features two detachable
microphones that can be placed wherever
desired, ensuring participants can be
heard even in large conference rooms.
The microphones are completely wireless
and charge up when placed in the docking
station.
UK launch for pascom
pascom GmbH, a developer of enterprise
VoIP UCC (Unified Communications and
Collaboration) phone systems, exhibited
at UC Expo to increase its visibility in
the UK market. Formed in 1997, the
German company is an established UC
solutions vendor across the D-A-CH
market and has 20 years’ experience in
upgrading business communications. It
recently revamped its channel partner
programme and launched a UK-hosted
PBX, providing UK customers with a full
featured, cost effective cloud telephony
platform.
Enterprise-
class camera
The ConferenceSHOT
AV Enterprise-
Class Conferencing
System from Vaddio
integrates an HD PTZ
camera and audio
conferencing mixer
into a single USB
3.0 device, easily
expandable with two microphones and an
external speaker. It supports all major UCC
soft clients including Skype for Business,
WebEx and Google, and incorporates the
Vaddio Remote Management system for
remote monitoring, management and
control of a distributed camera network.
Share and collaborate
CTOUCH introduced its new interactive
whiteboards, Leddura 2Share and 2Meet.
Leddura 2Share allows users to view up
to four sources at the same time, with a
live quad picture view and wireless screen
sharing from any device. Leddura 2Meet
is a complete collaborative meeting room
solution and room booking system that
supports videoconferencing, content
sharing, multi-touch and voice recognition.
Quick content creation
Avocor announced an update to its
whiteboard and collaboration software,
Avocor Note by Nureva. Developed in
partnership with the software development
team at Nureva, Avocor Note allows anyone
to create professional looking content
with ease and, taking advantage of the
Windows Share charm, export sessions
into other Windows 10 applications. It also
fully integrates with Nureva’s cloud-based
Span solution, making it possible to start
a whiteboarding session in Avocor Note
by Nureva and then move content into the
Span ideation solution. Avocor Note by
Nureva is included as standard with all
Avocor interactive displays.
UC EXPO 2017
Review
Tayla Ansell reports from Europe’s largest
unified communications & collaboration
(UC&C) event
UC Expo 2017 took place on May 17-18 at ExCel
London, providing a showcase for the latest in unified
communications and attracting more than 5,800 visitors.
Record attendance figures are testament to the growing
importance of unified communications (UC) for businesses as
they attempt to meet the demands of the modern workforce.
In a survey of 900 IT leaders and CIOs by business
communications provider Fuze, 97% agreed that workplace
technology will have to ‘drastically change’ in the next five
years. Almost two thirds (63%) expect to have adopted UC by
2022, with 62% believing that video will replace voice-based
communication over the same time period.
A number of new technologies that could shape the
workplace of the future were on show at the two-day event.
Here, we present a selection of those that caught the eye of
Technology Reseller.
UC EXPO 2018 returns to ExCeL London on 16th and 17th
May 2018.
