Cisco Spark Assistant bringing voice commands to meeting hardware

 Anyone who has used modern meeting software knows it’s still fraught with challenges trying to get everyone into the meeting, futzing with the hardware or software and smoothly integrating external documents like PowerPoint presentations. Cisco is trying to improve and simplify the meeting experience with voice commands, and today it introduced Cisco Spark Assistant, a voice… Read More Continue reading Cisco Spark Assistant bringing voice commands to meeting hardware

Cisco strengthens Spark meetings management with Worklife acquisition

A business meeting in a conference room. Cisco announced today that it was acquiring Worklife, a member of the  Y Combinator winter 2015 class, for an undisclosed amount of money.
Worklife was founded with the idea of improving online meetings, something that Cisco has been working on for years. It of course owns WebEx and it has been trying to enhance that experience in recent years with Cisco Spark. Cisco intends to add the… Read More Continue reading Cisco strengthens Spark meetings management with Worklife acquisition