People Focus uses machine learning to keep meeting participants spread out across a room in frame, “allowing remote participants to feel more connected and everyone in the meeting to benefit from seeing body language, facial expressions and more.”Ī new audio feature Cisco calls My Voice Only is being added to Webex Suite in August 2021. People Focus, which Cisco announced earlier this year, is being added to Webex Suite sometime in 2021. Cisco describes Socio as being an end-to-end event management platform that “will provide event organizers with everything they need to successfully host an in-person, virtual or hybrid event.”Ĭisco has added several of its own innovations to Webex Suite as well. Socio, which is still in the process of being acquired by Cisco, will be the backbone of Webex Suite’s hybrid event management. In particular, Slido will bring features to make meetings more interactive to Webex Suite, such as live polling, quizzes, question and answer sessions and additional audience engagement features designed to make meetings more inclusive and effective.
In addition, Cisco’s acquisition of audience engagement software Slido and hybrid event management software Socio will add their features to Webex Suite. Webex Suite includes calling, messaging, virtual meetings and virtual event management along with 800 new features that were added to Webex since September 2020. SEE: Research: Video conferencing tools and cloud-based solutions dominate digital workspaces VPN and VDI less popular with SMBs (TechRepublic Premium) “The way organizations worked pre-pandemic and during the pandemic will be starkly different in this next wave of work – where good enough is simply not enough,” Cisco said in a press release, referring to existing virtual collaboration software.
Remote work policy (TechRepublic Premium)Īccording to Cisco’s own research, 98% of meetings in the near future will include at least one remote participant.
IT management software: The ultimate buyer’s guideĬISOs are taking on more responsibilities - and burning out The new product, called Webex Suite, brings together a variety of remote work tools into a single product that Cisco said is “the first best-of-breed suite for hybrid work.” Must-read CXO coverageĢ022 tech conferences and events to add to your calendar The relaunching of Webex includes calling, messaging, meetings, virtual event management and other features that Cisco believes will make it "the foundation for inclusive hybrid work and events." Cisco unveiled a new logo for Webex to coincide with the launch of its new Webex Suite.Ĭisco is relaunching its Webex platform to add what it describes as features designed to make remote work more inclusive, personal and flexible. Cisco’s new Webex Suite is built from the ground up to support hybrid work