Cisco has unveiled new AI-powered solutions to improve employee connection and collaboration. The company announced several new innovations, including Cisco Spatial Meetings, Ceiling Microphone Pro, the new Cisco AI Assistant for Webex features and much more.
Today, employees and IT teams are looking for solutions that enable seamless and intelligent collaboration. From delivering improved meeting quality to enabling increased productivity and streamlined device management, Cisco’s new AI innovations are designed to transform work and workspaces.
“With AI built into every part of the Cisco product portfolio, we are helping organizations future-proof their workspaces with solutions ready for the next generation of how and where they work,” said Jeetu Patel, vice president Executive and Chief Product Officer at Cisco. “We provide our customers with intelligent, adaptable and easy-to-manage technology that improves the experience of their employees and customers. »
Offering Zero Distance experiences
In the age of distributed work, employees need experiences that make everyone in the meeting feel like they’re in the same room, even if they’re not – a concept Cisco calls Distance Zero. Cisco is leveraging AI to reinvent intelligent workplaces and enable equitable and inclusive meeting experiences for everyone, no matter where or how they work. New innovations include:
- Cisco Space Meetings: Transform any space equipped with a Cisco Room Bar Pro into a stunning immersive studio and stream spatial video over Webex for Apple Vision Pro users – easily with a simple software upgrade. With any Room Bar Pro device and an Apple Vision Pro, users can complete tasks such as product demonstrations, remote learning, training and more with videos of incredible depth and breadth. remarkable size.
- Cisco Pro Ceiling Microphone: Capture natural conversation from anywhere in a variety of workspaces. This industry-first adaptive microphone uses AI to automatically adjust to speaker position and changes in room layout. Compatible with Cisco cameras and room systems, the Cisco Ceiling Microphone Pro delivers a fully integrated and immersive meeting experience that is easy to manage. Microphone setup is now faster than ever, taking minutes instead of hours.
Managing smart workspaces
With the rise of flexible working, IT responsibilities have expanded alongside increased employee expectations. To solve this problem, Cisco is empowering IT teams and facilities to streamline their work with:
- Workspace Designer: Fully automates the design and customization of workspaces. It provides a 3D view of audio and video coverage and accelerates the deployment of video-enabled hybrid workspaces.
- Intelligent diagnostics in Control Hub: Enables IT to dynamically identify and resolve meeting room issues in real time.
- ThousandEyes Integration for 9800 Series Desk Phones and Webex Calling: Helps monitor and troubleshoot in real time, reducing downtime by tracking the origin of call issues.
Improve employee productivity and engagement
- Automate workflows with integrations with enterprise applications like Salesforce, ServiceNow, Zendesk, and more.
- Integrate with Glean, enabling mutual customers to improve discussions and accelerate decision-making with its knowledge graph and connectors, including Outlook, Salesforce, and ServiceNow.
- Choose the Large Language Model (LLM) that best fits their needs with Amazon Bedrock.
- Share summaries and recaps across third-party platforms, including Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and Slack.
Additional new features aimed at improving employee engagement include:
- Video streaming improvements: New features like Highlights, Chapters, and Transcripts enhance asynchronous video capabilities. AI-generated Vidcast will soon allow users to upload a PDF or PPT and automatically generate a script and voiceovers in the language and tone of their choice. This saves considerable time and will improve the user experience.
- AI-generated Slido surveys: Meeting participants can use AI to generate Slido polls during webinars and large meetings.
