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We’ve all been there – in the middle of a conference call when you hear the same cliché business terms and phrases being misused, over-used and spoken time and time again. Or even the nuances when collaborating via a web conference when you’re trying to co-present and you must ask the person hosting the meeting to advance your slides. You …

PGi’s commitment to evolve our products to meet the changing needs of today’s enterprise stems from our dedication to our customers and creating a stellar user experience. In IT circles, the death of Flash is well documented by developers and software companies as the industry move towards HTML5. HTML5 allows developers to build more diverse and powerful websites and applications …

Last week the PGi Alpharetta and Atlanta teams worked together to volunteer for the 28th annual Hands on Atlanta Day, a major service initiative that organizes dozens of community projects throughout metro Atlanta focused on primary community needs including education and youth development, literacy, child hunger and parental engagement. The city-wide initiative mobilized 3,000 volunteers to help support programs that …

Enterprise collaboration is an evolving industry that continues to become more and more complex, especially for the IT professional. Long-gone are the days when you could simply pick up a phone, call someone and be done with a meeting. Today, collaboration for businesses combines multiple forms of communication – from traditional PSTN calling and e-mail to cloud telephony, web and …

PGi unveiled its first-ever Customer and Affiliate recognition program, “the EDGEE awards.” This new annual awards program highlights unique collaboration use cases and shows how customers are working with and leveraging PGi’s solutions to help give their end-users a competitive EDGE in collaboration and communications. Here are our category finalists and winners: Best Problem Solver Finalist: Kushal Berera, Vice President, …

Companies of all sizes are transitioning from traditional, on-premise phone systems to cloud-based PBX (private branch exchange) systems. The reason for this is that are many benefits to a cloud PBX system over an on-premise system, which are driving IT departments to adopt this latest enterprise technology. That said, there are still common misconceptions IT professionals may have when it …

Introduction In today’s world, businesses are continually affected and challenged by the latest technology trends. As a rule of thumb, it is necessary for organizations to adapt early to these new trends so that they can continue to remain competitive and operational. Unfortunately, many companies fail to see these market shifts in time and often fall behind and face irrelevancy. …

For the eighth year in a row, PGi is honored to be named a Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Every year, the Foundation recognizes companies around the world that are committed to offering added support and benefits to employees who adopt. The Foundation is North America’s only non-profit public charity dedicated to finding homes for children living …

As a leader in collaboration, to meet the growing needs of our users and potential customers, we are constantly evolving and improving our services and products. Our latest product update news comes from our webcasting solution, iMeetLive. These upgrades are designed to bring enhancements and added functionality to continually improve the end-user experience. The iMeetLive team released version 4.6.5 on …

In today’s globalized business world, webcasting has become a strategic way to disseminate information to many external and internal stakeholders at one time. Some of the most common uses for webcasts range from hosting regional or global executive town halls with hundreds of employees, to conducting investor relations (IR) webcasts with thousands of stakeholders around the world. As useful as …

Over the past 25 years, as a global organization, PGi, like many other companies, has had its fair share of managing and working through natural disasters, challenges and threats. Our teams have navigated winds, rain, sleet and snow in different regional offices around the world, and have had to adapt and think quickly to keep our business running smoothly while …

PGi announced that GlobalMeet 4.0 with Multi-Point Video (MPV) is officially here! With this new product upgrade, users can now experience an even more interactive and easy-to-use platform that can help improve the way users communicate and collaborate. The video conferencing functionality allows users to make virtual conversations less awkward and drab and instead more interactive and “I am not a …

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you have undoubtedly heard that 5G is on the horizon. All the 5G buzz might seem over-hyped to some. We all watched as 3G evolved into 4G, which then gave way to 4G LTE. 5G is not just the next iteration in that process of mobile network evolution, though. 5G represents a massive …

In recent years, remote work has grown in popularity, becoming an option for more people than ever before. While remote work options might not yet be the norm in the workplace, more and more companies are realizing that allowing their employees to telecommute on occasion is a great way to foster good will in employees. The rise of remote work …

Digital transformation is taking over the enterprise, breaking down barriers and enabling smarter work and easier communication for end users. “Digital transformation” and “cloud migration” often seem to be used interchangeably, and while embracing cloud-based technology is undeniably a part of digital transformation, it’s not the only part. Put simply, digital transformation is the process of adopting any digital technology. …