TECH INNOVATORS UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATION HARDWARE Winner: Cisco Devices For Microsoft Teams Rooms
VIRTUALIZATION AND VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE Winner: IGEL Cosmos
As people and organizations adopt hybrid work, many are using various meeting platforms and tools, resulting in frustrat- ing, disjointed workflows that
IGEL Cosmos is a new endpoint platform to simplify, reduce the cost and secure the delivery of digital workspaces from any cloud. Consisting of a new modular oper- ating system, a robust and intuitive
negatively impact productivity and the employee experience. Under a partnership with Microsoft, Cisco is extending the interoperability of Cisco’s hardware and software portfolios and will become a certified Microsoft Teams Rooms device partner so Microsoft andWebex customers will benefit from the option of running MicrosoftTeams orWebex meetings natively on Cisco devices. Customers of Microsoft and Webex by Cisco can join fully featured Webex meetings on the same device—with no reboot or reconfiguration required.
management platform and several value-added cloud services, IGEL Cosmos enables organizations to garner the full power of current and future cloud-delivered digital workspaces with exten- sive control, while supporting today’s hybrid work. IGEL OS runs on nearly any x86-64 device and can extend device life by up to four-plus years, thereby lowering capital expenses, reducing carbon footprints and minimizing e-waste.
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UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATION SOFTWARE
Winner: Cisco Webex Connect The Webex Connect cloud com- munications platform integrates communication channels and back- end business systems to enable the orchestration and automation of customer and employee interac-
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tions. With Webex Connect, enterprises can rapidly launch and centrally manage customer journeys across 16-plus communica- tions channels, effortlessly integrate with multiple enterprise systems, and utilize Webex’s in-house AI functionality and ChatGPT for scalable conversational automation.Webex Connect now offers robust generativeAI capabilities that allow for scalable conversational automation, either using native bot capabilities or through integrations to third-party engines.
Finalists: Intermedia Unite Zoom Virtual Agent
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