[technology taskforce] Annoucments from Cisco regarding changes to WebEx

[Carlton Samuels]

Many thanks to Dev for following these matters ans sharing.

I have not used Webex in recent times but in another life it was the tool
of choice for remote meetings. Yes, it was clunky then. OCL's opinion of
its latest iteration is that it is 'unbelievably cumbersome to use' and
with a poor feature set; clunky.

I trust his judgment.

Was intrigued to see OCL likely share my view of the blockchain phenomenon;
overhyped and oversold.  I'm still gobsmacked watching all the smart people
who manage to forget the fundamentals and chugged that Koolaid.

-Carlton


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On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Dev.
>
> They forgot to add "bla bla bla" at the end of their sales pitch. The
> software is still unbelievably cumbersome to use and lacks so many
> features. It's been years that I have used Webex and it's not had any major
> improvements ever since it was launched. ICANN's now started using Webex
> for its meetings and although some of the difficulty is people having to
> adjust to Webex, it is still hard to use, works extra poorly on tablets &
> phones, and lacks many of the features which Adobe Connect had.
> I gather the sales pitch which includes "artificial intelligence" forgot
> to mention "blockchain" - together these terms are used to define any
> technological system that will save the world (tm).
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> On 19/04/2018 15:47, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
>
> https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/18/1480793/0/
> en/Take-the-Mundane-Out-of-Your-Meetings-Cisco-Enhances-
> Webex-to-Include-More-of-What-You-Do-Every-Day-to-Get-Great-Work-Done.html
>
> “To make it easier for teams to meet and get great work done, today we
> announce that we are converging the Cisco Spark™ and Webex platforms. The
> result is a new Webex Meetings application for your meetings and a new
> seamless team collaboration application called Webex Teams (formerly Cisco
> Spark). We are putting all our award-winning video devices onto this newly
> converged platform. And we’re adding a new hardware device that turns any
> work space with a TV into a Webex room. We didn’t stop there. We’re making
> everything easier to buy. And we’re continuing to apply machine learning
> and artificial intelligence that will dramatically improve meetings as we
> know them today.“
>
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