Enterprise Collaboration
Welcome to our “Enterprise Collaboration” blog collection. In these articles, we provide strategies and insights on effective enterprise collaboration tools. Dive in to enhance teamwork and drive innovation in your organization.
Overcoming Remote Collaboration Challenges in Modern Work Environments
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As the workplace evolves, so do the challenges of operating in new ways. The rapid rise of remote and hybrid work environments means that employees...Read On →
Unlocking Remote Collaboration Success Through Digital Workplace Services
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The world of work has changed dramatically in recent years. The rise of remote and hybrid work has meant companies and employees have adopted new...Read On →
Top Digital Workplace Trends Transforming Team Collaboration
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Technology is playing an ever-increasing, dynamic role in transforming workplaces. Digital workplace services, also known as modern work services, are changing the way work is...Read On →
Building a Better Workspace with Modern Workplace Technology
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Traditional office environments are fading as an increasing number of businesses embrace remote and hybrid work environments and use online communication and collaboration tools. Supporting...Read On →
The Path to ISO 14001 Certification With Managed IT
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ISO 14001 is an internationally recognized standard for environmental management systems as established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It provides a framework for...Read On →
Enhancing Productivity and Sustainability in IT With Hybrid Work
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About a third of hybrid workers are fully remote, enjoying the benefits of a work-from-anywhere lifestyle. The remainder are pioneering the hybrid model, balancing their...Read On →
Simplifying Collaboration Management with Cisco Solutions
Time to read: 7 minutes
At its core, Collaboration management is an essential part of any business for a wide range of different reasons. Your organization’s core technology should create...Read On →
How Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solutions Fit Into Your Existing UCC Infrastructure
Time to read: 8 minutes
At its core, the idea behind enterprise collaboration is a simple one. You’re talking about the technology put in place at an organizational level that...Read On →
Why Managed Services are Essential to Your Enterprise Collaboration Strategy
Time to read: 5 minutes
For any business to be successful, your employees need to be able to come together to form something more powerful as a collective than they...Read On →
Reducing Enterprise Collaboration Costs with Managed Services
Time to read: 6 minutes
At its core, enterprise collaboration is all about the free flow of information across the entirety of an organization. It’s about breaking down those silos...Read On →
Why Modern Organizations are Turning to Room Managed Services
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Whether you need an all-in-one video conferencing solution, interactive collaboration tools, or modular meeting room solutions, room managed services are becoming increasingly popular. Understanding the...Read On →
How Managed Meeting Room Services Can Address Your IT Challenges
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Employees spend an average of 31 hours per month in meetings they consider to be less-than-productive. That’s a significant amount of wasted time. The number...Read On →
How to Evaluate Operator Connect Providers
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Understanding Operator Connect Providers: A Primer Operator Connect providers help connect traditional telephone systems and cloud-based tools like Microsoft Teams. By partnering with third-party providers,...Read On →
When to Adopt Microsoft Teams Operator Connect
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The customer experience can make — or break — brands. Efficiently handling calls and contacts is crucial to creating a customer experience that attracts and...Read On →
Operator Connect vs Direct Routing: What’s the Difference?
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There were 280 million active users of Microsoft Teams in 2023. As organizations increasingly rely on Microsoft Teams, video and voice calling capabilities have become...Read On →
Mastering Multichannel Collaboration With Help Desk Managed Services
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Multichannel communications have become essential in today’s business environment. Employees and customers today work across channels such as email, phone, video, instant messaging, and social...Read On →
Improving Enterprise Communication With Managed Help Desk Services
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You cannot underestimate the importance of efficient communication and collaboration in the modern day workplace. This is especially true for organizations that rely on virtual...Read On →
Keeping Meeting Rooms Secure With Outsourced Help Desk Services
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When surveyed, 86% of employees said inefficient communication and collaboration are key reasons for workplace failures. If meeting rooms don’t function properly, you are hindering...Read On →
How Managed IT Help Desk Services Keep Your Team Connected 24/7
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Communication and collaboration have always been important in business, but things have changed in the modern work environment. Modern companies use a variety of technologies...Read On →
How Microsoft Operator Connect Can Ease Communications
Time to read: 5 minutes
Microsoft Operator Connect is a cloud-based call management solution that integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Teams to reduce the complexity and cost of managing call services....Read On →
Slack vs. Zoom: Which One is Right for Your Team?
Time to read: 7 minutes
The shift to remote, hybrid, and distributed workforces has changed the way organizations operate. Video calling, document sharing, and real-time cloud collaboration tools have become...Read On →
Zoom Phone vs Google Voice: Which One is Right for Your Organization?
Time to read: 5 minutes
In today’s fast-paced business environment, having reliable and cost-effective voice communication is essential for connecting employees, remote workers, and clients. Among the many options available,...Read On →
Microsoft Teams vs. Slack: Which One Suits Your Organization Best?
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Exploring Options in Cloud-Communication Tools In the ever-evolving landscape of remote, hybrid, and distributed workforces, the need for efficient collaboration tools has become paramount. Virtual...Read On →
Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace: Which One is Better for Your Organization?
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The Mainstream of Remote Collaboration Tools The demand for remote collaboration tools has changed the way businesses work. The emergence of remote, hybrid, and distributed...Read On →
Top 5 Most Effective Microsoft Teams Adoption Strategies
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Is Your Organization Ready for Microsoft Teams Adoption? Whether you are looking for a better way to connect a remote, hybrid, or distributed workforce, or...Read On →
Best Practices for Microsoft Teams Rooms Deployment
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Microsoft Teams Room deployment is bringing remote, hybrid, and distributed workforces together in a centralized hub for robust communication and collaboration. Chat, audio/video, and sharing...Read On →
Microsoft Teams Features & Benefits for Maximizing Productivity
Time to read: 4 minutes
Yorktel is a Microsoft-certified partner with deep expertise in creating tailored solutions for Microsoft Teams deployments to maximize workflows and productivity. Microsoft Teams for the...Read On →
Leveraging Azure Virtual Desktop for a Simple Post Acquisition Integration
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Post acquisition integration can be complex and filled with challenges. Consolidating data and networks, unifying communication, and optimizing workflows all require strategic planning and phased...Read On →
Proven Best Practices for Post-Merger IT Consolidation
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There were more than 50,000 mergers and acquisition deals worldwide in 2022. While some will go smoothly and create highly-profitable companies, history tells us that...Read On →
The Ultimate M&A IT Integration Checklist to Ensure a Smooth Transition for Everyone
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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are typically disruptive even with the best planning and preparation. Bringing a new company into your IT system and infrastructure, merging...Read On →
M&A IT Integration and the Benefits of Consolidated IT Environments
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Mergers and acquisitions can unlock significant synergies to reduce costs and streamline operations. Realizing these benefits requires meticulous planning and execution. How you manage the...Read On →
How Voice Services Support Remote Employee Engagement
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In an era defined by flexibility and remote work, one of the key challenges organizations face is to ensure constant connectivity between dispersed teams. With...Read On →
Migrating to Microsoft Teams: FAQs Asked & Answered
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Establishing effective communication across all teams and departments is essential for modern organizations. However, many businesses struggle to find better ways to keep their teams...Read On →
Build a Strong & Productive Remote Team with Voice Communication
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The water cooler holds a place in office lore as a location where workers once gathered to share stories, tell jokes, and get to know...Read On →
Meeting Diverse Communication Needs in a Remote Workplace with Voice Solutions
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In today’s remote work environment, where teams are geographically dispersed, and collaboration happens across borders, meeting diverse communication needs is crucial. Communication is the backbone...Read On →
Transforming Collaboration with Microsoft Teams Room Solutions
Time to read: 4 minutes
About half of the U.S. workforce (60 million people) say they can perform their job from home at least part of the time. Before the...Read On →
5 Key Considerations for a Successful Microsoft Teams Rooms Implementation
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The adoption of Microsoft Teams has grown since its inception, with the collaboration suite exceeding 280 million daily users in just six years since its...Read On →
Creating the Right Microsoft Teams Rooms Setup for Your Organization
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Keeping employees connected and collaborating with each other has become a modern business challenge as enterprises explore the benefits of remote and hybrid work. One...Read On →
Unlocking the Benefits of Zoom Phone: Your Complete Guide
Time to read: 4 minutes
What is Zoom Phone? Zoom Phone is a feature-rich cloud-based phone system for locally, nationally or globally distributed businesses. The service provides voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP)...Read On →
How AVaaS (Audio Visual as a Service) Can Help Save Time & Money
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As businesses increasingly rely on audio visual (AV) technology to communicate and collaborate, the costs and complexity of managing AV systems can quickly add up. ...Read On →
Key Factors Leading Organizations to Embrace Cloud Communications
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With businesses increasingly prioritizing collaborative work, legacy systems can no longer support the demands of modern-day workplaces. The limitations of traditional hardware and software hinder...Read On →
Is Your Enterprise Getting the Most out of Zoom?
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In the modern day workplace, effective communication and collaboration solutions are essential. But, as the workforce becomes fragmented, making sure enterprise users enjoy the same...Read On →
ISDN Switch Off Sparks the Move to Cloud Communication
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Out with the “old,” and in with the “new.” In the communication world, a transformation is on the horizon – basically, it’s the end of...Read On →
Signs It’s Time to Switch to AV as a Service
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Have you ever geared up for a meeting with your team members to discuss pressing issues or set up a video call with a client...Read On →
AVaaS vs. Traditional AV Services: What’s the Difference?
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Audiovisual (AV) technology and its associated management have advanced significantly in recent years. One of the most significant developments in this area has been the...Read On →
The Role of AVaaS in Digital Workforce Transformation
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As video conferencing and other collaboration tools have grown to become a vital part of many modern businesses, the need for audio visual services has...Read On →
Is it Time To Switch to an Enterprise Voice Solution?
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With evolving digital technologies and business processes, effective business communication and collaboration have become top priorities for organizations globally. Especially with rising hybrid work scenarios...Read On →
Best Practices for Effective Enterprise Collaboration
Time to read: 4 minutes
Are you curious whether innovative and disruptive cloud-based voice solutions can support your enterprise collaboration needs? Communications platforms have advanced considerably over the past several...Read On →
Here’s How Voice Solutions are Changing the Modern-Day Workplace
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As the nature of work has evolved rapidly in recent years, so has the technology of communication. A wide web of different voice services connect...Read On →
5 Things to Consider When Choosing Your Cloud Voice Solution
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In a few short years, business communication has changed significantly. As remote work options have become more commonplace since the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey...Read On →
Improving Voice Communications For Effective Collaboration
Time to read: 4 minutes
Conversations through email, project management applications and collaboration rooms can work effectively for remote and hybrid teams. Yet, there are many scenarios where real-time discussions...Read On →
How AVaaS Can Benefit Your Organization
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Has your executive leadership team ever invited strategic business partners to an in-person event in your boardroom, only to have devices like projectors, smart televisions,...Read On →
What is a Cloud Based Phone System?
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Modern workplace changes have sped up the development of many digital collaboration platforms that make it easier for remote, hybrid & in-office workers to perform...Read On →
Take Your Enterprise Remote with a Virtual Phone System
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According to results from a TheLadders.com survey, a quarter of all professional jobs were hybrid or remote-based by the end of 2022, and that percentage...Read On →
What is Enterprise Collaboration and Why Your Organization Needs Systems and Solutions
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Effective collaboration that creates purposeful connections among business users to work towards goals or solve problems by harnessing the power of varied skill sets, strengths,...Read On →
Everything You Need To Develop A Microsoft 365 Implementation Plan For Your Enterprise
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If your organization is preparing an enterprise-scale Microsoft 365 implementation or upgrade, the first & most critical step is developing the plan. The struggle many...Read On →
Why Continuity Monitoring Is Critically Important for Your Enterprise
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As our digitally connected society has grown, our reliance on technology has become greater & greater. Our businesses have also suffered a similar fate, especially...Read On →
Leveraging MS Teams Rooms for Your Enterprise Collaboration
Time to read: 5 minutes
Every Microsoft Office 365 license includes the Teams application at no charge, supporting live and archived “anytime chat,” meetings, presentations, and file sharing – all...Read On →
Modern Workplace Technology – Enabling Businesses to Navigate the New Normal
Time to read: 5 minutes
Enabling your employees to connect and collaborate in the “new normal” requires company-wide commitment, a forward-looking mindset, and trust from the C-Suite and beyond. It...Read On →
Fostering Effective Communication and Collaboration in the Workplace
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Effective communication and collaboration in the workplace are critical to high performance, employee engagement, and productivity. Achieving these advantages though requires a multi-pronged strategy. Added...Read On →
Digital Workplace Transformation Strategy in the Post-Pandemic Era
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You’ve probably heard a lot lately about digital workplace transformation and how it’s been greatly sped up by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet what is digital...Read On →
What Your Organization Needs To Know About The Windows 11 Upgrade
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Despite initial plans for an end-of-year release, Microsoft launched Windows 11, a free update to Windows 10 on October 5th. Windows 11 offers extensive new...Read On →
Yorktel Announces Two New Service Offerings for MS Teams
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Earlier today, Yorktel announced two new services that will dramatically enhance users Microsoft Teams experience, Microsoft Teams Gateway and Univago Teams Voice! These new services, along...Read On →
Our OBTP Capabilities with Microsoft Teams
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Check out the video below to learn more about Yorktel’s Gateway and One Button to Push capabilities with Microsoft Teams!Read On →
Could Your MSP Be Your New BFF?
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Communications and collaboration technologies are evolving so quickly, forward-thinking organizations are struggling to keep up. Internal IT teams are consumed with managing new IT initiatives....Read On →
UC&C Roadmapping, Part IV: Success Factors for a Winning UC&C Deployment
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The process of bringing UC&C into a business involves several stages, and does not end once the contract has been signed. Leading up to that,...Read On →
UC&C Roadmapping, Part III: the Value of a Proper UC&C Assessment and Vendor Selection
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As this series continues, my intention is to better prepare IT decision-makers to not just match the right UC&C solution with their collaboration needs, but...Read On →
UC&C Roadmapping, Part II: How to Provide a Great UC&C Experience
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I began this blog series by detailing the need for a thorough assessment of networks, stakeholder use cases, existing infrastructure, IT strategy, management goals, and...Read On →
UC&C Roadmapping, Part I: Assessment – Defining Goals to Overcome Problems With Enterprise Collaboration
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For technology to have real business value, it must address a tangible problem. When it comes to Unified Communications and Collaboration – UC&C – goal...Read On →