Audio conferencing is a necessary component of today’s working world. With workforces sprawling the globe from New York to Hong Kong, audio conferencing offers a cost-effective option to enabling the communication and collaboration required to run a profitable, high-performing organization. So with the weekend upon us, there’s no better time than the present to take a look at the week that was in audio conferencing news: Time for the Week in Review!

To ensure that even SMBs are afforded the benefit of 4K video conferencing, Lifesize, an innovator in the space, has just announced the release of two new conferencing systems for the market. The Icon 300 and Icon 500 are both meeting room systems that are built to work with the company’s cloud-based video conferencing service so that even small office spaces, huddle rooms and even mid-size organizations can experience great communications capabilities. All the details are HERE.

Ribbon Communications (News - Alert) announced as part of their presence at Enterprise Connect this week in Orlando, that Amazon is leveraging Ribbon’s Session Border Controller to support its new Amazon Chime Voice Connector service. Everything you need to know is HERE.

HP, a tech leader focused on bringing solutions to today’s workplace, understands the changing role of technology at work and has announced new offerings that it says answer to the emerging need. At its HP Reinvent global partner event, the company announced it’s releasing notebooks designed specifically for SMBs, new security-as-a-service offerings and said they’ve entered into a partnership with video conferencing services provider Zoom to deliver advanced video collaboration tools to today's workers. Complete coverage is HERE.

Remember to stop by early and often for your fill of all things audio conferencing! See you next week!