BLOG
The Numbers Game: Microsoft Teams Announces 13 Million Daily Active Users
The gloves have officially come off in the fight between Slack and Microsoft Teams for the title of “Biggest in Team Collaboration.” Ahead of the Microsoft Inspire conference in Las Vegas, the company made the announcement that its 13 million daily user pool has officially surpassed that of its younger…
The Limits of Interoperability and the Walled Gardens of Team Collaboration
We are in the midst of a 100-year shift in workplace communications, reports Arturo Arrarte, Head of Growth at Slack for Asia-Pacific, in TechRadar. For modern businesses, a myriad of tools is allowing employees to “transition to a more flexible, collaborative and transparent way of working.” But with this evolving…
Microsoft Teams External Collaboration Options – Guest Accounts vs. Direct Federation
In order for collaboration to truly flourish, platforms need to reach beyond the boundaries of your organization and allow for open collaboration with partners and customers. Unfortunately, those customers and partners might use different team collaboration solutions or they might still use a legacy Unified Communications platform. You may think…
You’re Not Welcome Here: Microsoft Bans Slack Over Security Concerns
On the heels of Slack’s IPO, Microsoft announced that they are not allowing employees to use Slack while conducting work for the company. Slack is undoubtedly Microsoft’s biggest competitor, but the company claims the ban was due to growing security concerns. As more employees are bringing their own collaboration tools…
Slack, Email and the Need for Universal Interoperability
As Slack went public yesterday, with an estimated value of more than $20 billion, the New York Times wrote a piece highlighting the looming issues with the platform. With crowded channels, privacy concerns, and a sense that employees must always be on demand, the main question posed was: is Slack…
Keeping It In The Family: Cisco’s Plan To Help Jabber Users Migrate To Webex Teams
Earlier this month at Cisco Live in San Diego, the company announced a new approach to managing interoperability challenges for enterprise users making the switch from their unified communication tool, Jabber, to their team collaboration platform, Webex Teams. Cisco’s new integration between the two products promises a “set it and…
New Slack Features Show Users Want Greater Interoperability and Connection Among Disparate Teams
In its third year, the 2019 Slack Frontiers conference highlighted the rising influence of enterprise technology, particularly an increasing demand for interoperability and connecting outside users. As Slack continues to gain traction in the market, its new features are clearly a response to the emerging challenges IT is facing in…
Intra-domain Migration from Legacy UC to TC Platforms
Communication and cross-team collaboration is the lifeblood of today’s enterprise, and the newest breed of Team Collaboration (TC) tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex are gaining more traction across different companies and departments. Slack has an estimated 10 million users and Microsoft Teams has grown to 500,000 organizations….
Microsoft Teams Nearly Doubles Its Base of Enterprise Users, Slack Cozies Up With Office 365 App Through New Integration
While the Team Collaboration market expands at a break-neck pace, Microsoft Teams has demonstrated just how big the appetite for better collaboration solutions is among enterprises. VentureBeat reported that the now two year-old collaboration platform is now being used in more than 500,000 organizations. MS Teams has now become the…
New Management Portal Dashboard Gives Users Instant Insight Into Their Accounts and Powers Easy Federation
In an effort to give our customers more insight into how they use and manage NextPlane Federation services, we are excited to announce a newly redesigned management portal dashboard. The new dashboard enables customers to track their service usages. The management portal provides customers with trailing 12 months charts and…