Many companies are now allowing employees to work remotely indefinitely. While convenient in many ways, it also creates barriers to collaboration. Luckily, there are many programs and services to help bridge the gap. Here are a few of the most popular cloud computing services, video conferencing, and chat options to choose for your office.

Webex

Webex by Cisco® is one of the oldest video conferencing services. Your team can host meetings for hundreds if not thousands of people depending on the subscription type, and each meeting can run for 24 hours uninterrupted. Within these meetings are many helpful features, such as real-time group polling, whiteboarding, and screen sharing. These helpful tools improve in-the-moment decision-making to streamline workflow among remote employees. Webex can also record meetings and allows attendees to break out into groups for creative huddles.

Zoom

Zoom can also host thousands of guests and for a duration of 30 hours. There’s also polling, breakout groups, one-on-one conferencing, and the media-sharing features that Webex has. Zoom also integrates with cloud computing services to record and save your meetings—a feature that Webex also has. One of its greatest assets is integrating with other apps. You can connect with over 1,000 third-party applications like PayPal and Salesforce to expand your collaboration needs. This is especially helpful when your remote team uses a wide range of graphic design, programming, software development, and data-tracking software.

Microsoft® Teams

Like Zoom and Webex, Microsoft Teams has both a free, limited version and a paid subscription version. Teams can host up hundreds or thousands of guests depending on subscription type for 24 hours and shares the same content- and screen-sharing features as Zoom and Webex. This distinguishes itself by connecting to the Microsoft 365 cloud computing service because employees can easily share Word documents, Powerpoints, and content from other Microsoft software. Teams also has one of the best text chat features where users can communicate one-on-one or in groups between video conferences.

If you’re planning to integrate collaboration software or cloud computing services into your workplace, contact Intellicom. Serving Kearney, NE, and the Greater Nebraska areas, this IT support partner will help you find the right telecom solutions for your business. Start exploring wireless Internet, phone systems, and managed services on their website, and connect on Facebook for more tips. Call (308) 237-0684 to schedule a consultation.