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AMD announces video streaming accelerator
The Alveo-based card offloads video processing functions from the CPU to reduce latency and maximize channel density.
Microsoft customers locked out of Azure and M365 services due to geolocation error
Microsoft was forced to apologize on Thursday after implementing a change that saw customers around the globe unable to access its services.
Twilio announces fresh round of layoffs, impacting 17% of its workforce
In addition to the layoffs, which would impact about 1,400 employees, the company is undergoing an internal restructuring to create two business units, Twilio Communications and Twilio Data & Applications.
Microsoft Outlook and Teams suffer another global outage
The disruption in the email service is the company’s second outage in less than two weeks.
Global Microsoft cloud-service outage traced to rapid BGP router updates
Unstable border-gateway routing tables led to high packet loss, leaving Microsoft customers unable to reach Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, and other services and resulting in a 'really poor experience,' according to ThousandEyes.
Microsoft Teams and Outlook suffer global outages
Users across the globe were struggling to access multiple Microsoft products after the company implemented a network change.
Surviving a Mastodon stampede
As Elon Musk drives Twitter users to Mastodon, its underlying architecture can overload content-provider networks
What is a network router?
Is a router still a router even if forwarding packets is just one of its many jobs?
Cisco tightens its SD-WAN integration with Microsoft Azure
Cisco SD-WAN customers can use Microsoft’s Azure Virtual WAN and its multi-region fabric for worldwide, regional connectivity
Linux Foundation to blaze a path forward for mainframes
The Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project is targeting the development of mainframe applications and skill sets, and now has its own Big Iron to work with.
Slack outage stymies some business users
The team channels platform went down at mid-morning in the US; Slack worked for several hours to find and fix the problem.
Cisco weds collaboration and SD-WAN
Cisco is adding Webex collaboration to its SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp to support group video calls regardless of where participants are located.
Cisco upgrades network and collaboration tools for hybrid work
Cisco is integrating its ThousandEyes agents to the Webex collaboration platform to give greater visibility into conferencing connections.
Review: 6 top videoconferencing services put to the test
We compared Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Google Meet, BlueJeans, and GoToMeeting in real-world tests to see which videoconferencing platforms perform best for business users. Here’s how they stack up.