Facebook has rolled out Ad Breaks for New Zealand businesses who want to make money from their Facebook videos.

Effectively, participants of a Watch Party can watch videos from anywhere (live or recorded) and interact with each other at the same time.

"Communication is a crucial element of all businesses, especially in a world where multi-national corporations are growing."

Zoom says its new 'channel charter' serves as a central part of its mission to expand its global footprint.

Zoom’s cloud-based service has become a mainstay in organisations dealing with a dispersed population, and ongoing connectivity and bandwidth issues.

Some of Streamlined Communications other partners include Tata Communications, Cisco, Microsoft and ON24.

BlueJeans has unveiled its partnership with local video communications company.

The Yealink T49G is a flagship video phone that is almost in a league of its own - especially with the recent special offer.

The company says videoconferencing software & video tech is something it has been missing, and this partnership will benefit their channel network.

Doctor On Demand, the leading video telemedicine provider, recently announced a partnership with Australian health-tech company CliniCloud.

The popular online meeting and collaboration tool, join.me, has introduced a new and innovative way of connecting with your team.

"Our partnership will extend our reach and capability into the global marketplace, particularly in the U.S. market."

Polycom has announced the general availability of Polycom RealPresence Debut, a collaboration solution for smaller meeting spaces and huddle rooms.

Video calls demand a higher level of engagement in meetings, sales calls, and interviews, presenting an opportunity to improve productivity.

In recent times, we’ve seen some incredible collaboration innovations come to life and the nature of work rapidly change.

“Enhancing our Smart Office solution with Vidyo’s multi-point video conferencing and screen sharing tools enables users to be more productive."

“We get the most traction with our NZ based customers when we are helping them to create what can only be described as true workplaces of the future."

“Video calling will expand Messenger’s real-time communication features, enabling Messenger users to reach others wherever they are, from anywhere."

Kim Dotcom has released a public beta testing version of MegaChat, a video calling and messaging browser based service that uses encryption to rival competitors such as Skype.

Lifesize has released two new icon video systems as well as updates to the Lifesize Cloud service, and has recently received a Frost and Sullivan award.

Polycom has released the results of a new survey which analyses how video collaboration solutions are being used in businesses and how it can impact the wellbeing of employees and increase savings.

Telecom New Zealand’s ICT services division Gen-i has added a video communication service, ReadyCloud Video, to its portfolio of cloud services.

By Tim Fulton, ANZ country manager, LifeSize Communications

By Tony Warhurst, director of sales and marketing, Aastra