RingCentral has broadened its collaboration platform through the acquisition of select assets from Hopin, an online audience engagement technology provider.

This acquisition includes Hopin’s flagship Events platform and Session product, signaling a strategic move by RingCentral to bring customers more dynamic, interactive video solutions through virtual events.

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RingCentral Acquires Hopin Assets For Hybrid Events

Unified communication (UC) tools are essential for today’s businesses because they make communicating easier and more efficient. These tools allow people to work together in real-time, no matter where they are located. They can be used with other business software, improving company operations. As a business grows, UC tools can quickly adapt to handle more users.

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Mitel’s Newest MiCollab Release Goes Multi-Vendor

Virtual private networks (VPNs) have long been the go-to tool for businesses to connect remote employees to their networks securely. The recent surge in remote work has only amplified this, with 84 percent of organizations using VPNs predominantly for remote employee access.

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Zscaler Report Finds VPNs are No Longer Cutting the Mustard

Infoblox Inc. recently published a second threat report to provide updates on the remote access toolkit, or RAT, called “Decoy Dog,” which the company discovered in April. To establish command and control, Decoy Dog uses the Domain Name System. The company also suspects it’s a secret tool nation-states use in cyberattacks.

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It’s raining RATs and dogs, with DNS as the target: How Infoblox is responding to Decoy Dog adaptations

On July 26, a packed Javits Center gathered to hear keynotes and sessions billed as “The cloud event for everyone.” I attended the AWS Summit and I’ll share my key takeaways – all focused on AI in some form. Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of Database, Analytics, and Machine Learning at AWS, delivered the keynote.

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