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The Battle Of New Industry Standards: Is WebRTC Making Zoom Redundant?

In the last couple of years, the way people and businesses communicate and collaborate has changed significantly. At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, video conference calls evolved as the go-to way for business communication. A Gartner report confirms, by 2024, only 25% of meetings will take place in person, down from 60% today (source).  Marketsandmarkets, a leading tech consulting firm, also confirms this trend, it says that the global video conferencing market size will grow to the tune of US$ 22.5 billion by 2026 with a 19.7% CAGR growth rate (source). However, this also intensified the clash for dominance between different between Zoom and WebRTC based tech players.

To cater to the growing needs for new-age video conferencing solutions, there is an increased focus on new industry standards. As a result, WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) has become the latest web standard. Integrating real-time communication capabilities through the web browser, WebRTC makes click-to-start meetings possible without downloading any dedicated app or plug-in. Moreover, it has taken over the conventional approach of using proprietary signaling and infrastructure as deployed by platforms like Zoom to battle over standards and codecs in the early phase. Let us examine how WebRTC does this.

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Massive Shift to Remote Learning Prompts Big Data Privacy Concerns

Don't think that the introduction of quarantine was an opening for hacking educational institutions. Hacker attacks began long before the COVID-19 pandemic and the mass shift to online learning. A year ago, the school district in San Bernardino, California, became the target of ransomware attacks. According to Tessian, the University of Utah and the University of California paid ransom payments of $457,000 and $114,000 respectively to gain access to their systems.

Secondary education institutions (below the college level) are the most vulnerable to hacking. Cyberattacks on schools are cheap for criminals, but it can cost the schools themselves millions of dollars to prevent or recover from them. School districts simply do not have the resources, both financial and human, to handle such attacks.

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How To Embed Video Calls API On Your Own Website and App

How Video Calling Will Change the Future of Business

If the latest video calling trends are anything to go by, the future of business is set to be revolutionized by video calling. It simplifies a lot of processes that were once considered doable only face to face or with an individual’s physical presence. Today, a lot of these processes have been taken online, leaving top talents free to pursue higher-level achievements and goals.

Presenting to You the Prebuilt

Following our announcement on launching the pre-built in the previous blog, we are excited to deliver the manual for the same. This blog will get the readers up and running with the pre-built in no time.

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Some Advice for WFH Agile

Introduction

The now popular Agile methodology, with Scrum methodologies being popular cousins to Agile, has taken off since the publication of the Agile Manifesto in 2001. Many things changed with the coronavirus, however, as remote working became one solution for the current problem. This imposed changes in the current approach of managing Agile teams. Since these teams work based on close groups and one location, the main challenge is to keep the same productivity level in a sudden transition. 

Agile teamwork enables direct contact, immediate communication, and problem solving. This will speed up the decision-making process, allowing for better fact-based decisions. Agile teams that don’t have experience with remote working will find the sudden change difficult. The new approach will decrease cohesion and, therefore, obstruct the whole process. 

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How to Integrate Video Conferencing Technology to Your Existing App

Following the rising cases of the COVID-19 that have impacted most of the economies, words like social distancing, working from home, virtual events and lockdown are now not new to us. Due to the prevailing situation of the world, many businesses have opted for video conferencing technology to host events or meetings.

It is essential to maintain and build quality relationships with suppliers, internal teams, partners, customers and investors to help innovative businesses grow globally. Video conferencing technology helps in strengthening relations by keeping everyone engaged with each other. It saves time, promotes collaboration, boosts productivity and reduces travel expenses.