Cisco Spark reinvents the collaboration experience
Cisco Spark Complete Enterprise Collaboration Solution.
Cisco has taken another step forward in improving the Spark collaboration experience, a solution that combines in a single cloud-managed offering the three types of communication most in demand by users at work: meetings, messaging and calls.
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What is CISCO SPARK?
It consists of three parts, which are offered separately and provide a unique experience for the user:
- Messaging
- Meetings
- Calls: to be able to make calls from any device.
Cisco Spark is an application that simplifies work by providing the tools to have smooth conversations. The application allows you to send messages, share files, meet with different teams at the same time and facilitates video communication, all in one place.
Some of the functionalities offered by the application are:
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Chat rooms: Set up chat rooms easily and quickly – work on all types of devices
– where everyone can interact, share files and make decisions together. – Unlimited chat rooms, public or private.
– Create chat rooms synchronized with calendar and contacts (mobile only)
– Easy file management, drag and drop files into chat rooms. -
Videocalling : With just one click create high quality video calls with one person or a group of people.
– Make video calls from any device
– Share your screen (MAC and Windows from web, Firefox only)
– View shared screens from any device -
Security: Share with confidence knowing that your messaging and files will only be seen by the people for whom they are intended.
The new proposal offers the ability to conduct meetings, messaging and calls in the cloud
- Secure and easy collaboration. Today, most workers use unconnected solutions to hold virtual meetings, share messages with their teams and make phone calls. The new Cisco Spark offering combines meetings, messaging and calls in a single solution in a very simple way. For example, with a single click it is possible to turn a phone call into a video meeting or transfer a video call from a virtual meeting room to the user’s cell phone and move it to another room so that communication is never lost even when on the move.
- The ability to connect telephony systems to the cloud. Organizations have invested heavily in telephony systems and other equipment installed in their offices. Cisco Spark Hybrid Services makes it possible to connect this equipment to the cloud. For example, making a call from a Cisco IP phone automatically creates a meeting in a Spark room that both parties have access to and can share content with a simple click. This is a completely seamless experience for users, as there is no need to set up the room, which is available when needed. In addition, Cisco Spark Hybrid Services can interconnect on-premise hosted calendaring functionality to the cloud, greatly simplifying the preparation and management of virtual meetings even from the mobile device; just type “@spark” or “@webex” in the location details when creating an invitation and Cisco Spark will create a room for the group to share ideas and content.
- A great facility to set up desk phones and video rooms, as easily as through a QR code.
- Open APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for third-party developers to design innovative applications that extend the value of Spark through Cisco Spark for Developers.
- Rowan Trollope, senior vice president and general manager of the Collaboration, Data Analytics and Internet of Things divisions at Cisco: “At Cisco, we are committed to making work tools enormously simple and enjoyable to use. Spark provides an amazing new experience for users in organizations of all sizes and industries, and this is just the beginning.”
