With help from colleagues across the US, we conducted a series of group video calls via the six apps to try to discover which system provides the best service for meetings with remote workers. For this year’s updated review, we added another leading platform, BlueJeans, into the mix. In each meeting, participants used a variety of methods to join the call, including Windows, Mac, Android, iOS (both iPhone and iPad), and web apps.įor last year’s review we tested five major platforms: Cisco Webex Meetings, Google Meet, LogMeIn GoToMeeting, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom.

Here at Computerworld, we’ve tried to take some of the headache out of your decision-making process by trialing and evaluating several leading videoconferencing platforms.Ĭomputerworld tested each platform with a series of video calls that included co-workers in the UK and in various locations across the US including California, Florida, Massachusetts, and North Carolina during the week of May 3. Now it’s time to reassess whether your organization is using the best videoconferencing platform for its needs. Since we first reviewed the major videoconferencing platforms last year, Zoom has posted its 2021 first quarter total revenue at $956.2 million, up 191% year over year Microsoft Teams has 145 million daily active users, up from 75 million last year and Cisco Webex has rolled out more than 400 new capabilities since September.ĭuring the initial rush to remote work in early 2020, many companies turned to whatever video app was most convenient. And as conversations about what the workplace of the future might look like gather steam, organizations are increasingly looking to firm up their collaboration technology stack to support a shift to hybrid work. During that time, videoconferencing apps have continued to see an unprecedented - and unsurprising - level of popularity. Fifteen months after the US and Europe went into lockdown for the first time, many office-based employees have still not returned to their pre-pandemic workplaces.

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