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A1. Securing w. conferencing tools is important to prevent shared information being compromised – especially in industries such as government and healthcare. However, tools can only do so much – I also advise instilling good security habits into end users. #eWEEKchat

A1: At Qumulo, we keep a close eye on who is in any given meeting and make sure updates are regularly done by employees. But, yes, we do trust it and have relied on Zoom heavily for years.

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Q1 - yes and no... At SAP we have internally deployed skype and MSFT Teams, and we are using some Zoom. Concerned about Zoom, less so about teams and skype

A1: Well we use Zoom as a paid tool. We've moved a little more towards using the password protected features. On the whole, I'd say we 'trust' Zoom - certainly we continue to use it. If trust also includes connectivity we are seeing some degradtion there.

A1, I think for the most part some of these "Security" issues are inherent with all video collab tools, and some issues are items they need to fix. Kudos to the teams who are scaling and keeping these platforms operational right now

A1: @zoom_us has definitely raised some red flags lately, and they seem to be reacting in stride. It's not surprising that a crisis of this magnitude reveals weaknesses in otherwise sound solutions. #eWEEKchat

A1: We use a mixture of Zoom and MS Teams, GoToWebinar for external webinars. For each of them they are secure for the purpose they are used

A1 my client uses Webex exclusively

A1: Also we do use Slack's video feature for internal communication and we place a lot of trust there.

A1. Not all videoconferencing apps are created equal. Users need to to educate themselves on how to keep their meetings under control and secure.

Zoom has needed to massively scale in the past month or so. The engineering is quite a feat. I appreciate their transparency and 90 day feature freeze to focus on their security issues. #eWEEKchat

A1: @sethaelliott Slack video is a great internal tool at Qumulo as well! Great point, secure and dynamic.

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A1 we also use sharepoint as well for MSFT documents and we have our own product we use extensively, called SAP Jam. One problem with all of these tools is they are horizontal and not specific to anyone's job roles

A1: I trust them to a certain extent. They need to do their part to ensure a secure solution, but I also think orgs need to educate employees on video conferencing security protocols. Make sure everyone has "waiting room" enabled or passwords required.

A1. Zoom is fine for what it does, but collaboration is much more than looking at a digital simulacrum of a colleague. If looking at a colleague isn't a problem, don't use it.

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A1: We are living in the generation of Zoomers, for internal works chats @uplandsoftware it works great but we want some extra security for customer facing webinars

A1: We use Zoom with the privacy settings turned up, so for our purposes it works well. My daughter's school, on the other hand, doesn't appropriately know how to adjust the settings, so I don't trust it there at all (and they're moving off of it).

A1 is using Webex anymore? That seems to have lost its mojo. Too many dialog boxes just to get started...

Companies using 2,3, or more solutions are going to find themselves explaining which tool when, and how to secure each tool far more often than those who have standardized or used a persona based approach. This is a consistent challenge in the UC space.

A1. Zoom is the best-of-breed at w. conferencing. End users should be aware of ensuring good security habits, though: protect meetings with a password, don't share links on open media channels, and retain host control of the screen share!

A1: We use Hangouts Meet at Glyptodon. The Zoom news is concerning, and users of any software involving a man-in-the-middle style provider should be conscious of the implicit trust they are granting, including videoconferencing.

@danlahl A1: No we stopped using Webex. Prefer On24 for webinars and Zoom/Slack for collaboration. These newer tools are more dynamic, easier to use, more cost effective.

@danlahl people either love it or hate it.

@Molly_J_Presley we've actually been using Zoom for webinars - it's not the ideal solution but it has made some of the activities and integrations a bit easier since it's one core platform

A1: Data breaches are becoming so commonplace that peoples tolerance for them has increased. I tend to agree with Ryan from Intel. I don't see a massive shift away from Zoom domination anytime soon. Doesn't make it right

@sethaelliott Our biggest concern with Zoom for webinars is that it doesn't have a private speaker room. Have you solved that?

@Molly_J_Presley ha - alas no - and it has a number of other drawbacks as well

A2: Depends on the employee role, team or function I believe in terms of productivity gained, lost or flat. I have noticed an increase in productivity in certain areas and a timeliness to make meetings.

great to be here Chris and folks

Thanks, Dan!

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