Platform Comparison

How to Take Video Calls on a Smart TV

How to Take Video Calls on a Smart TV

A TV with video conferencing turns a living room, boardroom, or classroom screen into a full meeting device. Instead of huddling around a laptop, participants see each other on a large, shared display while a camera, microphone, and a conferencing app or hardware bar handle the call itself.

Read more July 8, 2026
Microsoft Teams Pricing for 2026: Detailed Breakdown of Prices and Offers

Microsoft Teams Pricing for 2026: Detailed Breakdown of Prices and Offers

Microsoft Teams is not sold as one standalone product. It is a feature layered into Microsoft 365 subscriptions, sold as a lightweight standalone tier for small teams, and sold again as an enterprise suite with phone, security, and AI add-ons stacked on top. That structure is exactly why “how much does Teams cost” rarely has […]

Read more July 7, 2026
Enterprise Communication Solution: A 2026 Buyer’s Guide

Enterprise Communication Solution: A 2026 Buyer’s Guide

An enterprise communication solution is a platform, or a coordinated set of platforms, used by a large organization to manage communication among employees, customers, partners, contractors, and other stakeholders. Depending on its scope, it may cover business telephony, video conferencing, team messaging, employee communications, contact-center channels, emergency notifications, file sharing, integrations, analytics, and administration. An […]

Read more July 7, 2026
UCaaS: What Is Unified Communications as a Service?

UCaaS: What Is Unified Communications as a Service?

UCaaS, or Unified Communications as a Service, is a cloud delivery model that combines business communication capabilities such as calling, video meetings, team messaging and presence in a unified service. The important distinction is: UC = what communication capabilities are unified UCaaS = how those capabilities are delivered With UCaaS, the provider operates the central […]

Read more July 6, 2026
Enterprise Instant Messaging Solutions: 7 Platforms Compared

Enterprise Instant Messaging Solutions: 7 Platforms Compared

Enterprise instant messaging solutions provide persistent real-time communication for employees while giving the organization control over users, conversations, data and administration. That is what separates enterprise messaging from simply giving employees another chat app. A useful way to evaluate an enterprise messenger is to follow the life of a message: identity → conversation → action […]

Read more July 6, 2026
Unified Messaging Platform: A 2026 Guide to the Category and the Best Vendors

Unified Messaging Platform: A 2026 Guide to the Category and the Best Vendors

I have spent the last several weeks testing and comparing unified messaging platforms for a client project, and the gap between marketing claims and actual day to day usability turned out to be larger than I expected. A unified messaging platform is a single software environment that consolidates chat, voice, video, file sharing, presence, and […]

Read more July 3, 2026
HD Video Conferencing: What It Means, Requirements and Best Practices

HD Video Conferencing: What It Means, Requirements and Best Practices

HD video conferencing is real-time video communication delivered at high-definition resolution, typically 720p or 1080p. But resolution alone does not determine whether a meeting looks good. The final result depends on the complete video path: camera → encoding → network → conferencing platform → display A 1080p or 4K-capable camera can still produce poor video […]

Read more July 2, 2026
Video Teleconference: What Is Teleconferencing and How Does It Work?

Video Teleconference: What Is Teleconferencing and How Does It Work?

Teleconferencing is a way for people in different locations to participate in the same live meeting through telecommunications technology. A teleconference may use: audio only; audio and video; web-based content; screen sharing; shared data. A video teleconference is one type of teleconference in which participants can both hear and see each other in real time. […]

Read more June 29, 2026