{"id":29404,"date":"2017-08-18T18:47:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T10:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=29404"},"modified":"2017-08-18T18:47:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T10:47:16","slug":"pldt-enterprise-launches-1st-cisco-spark-board-in-phl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2017\/08\/18\/pldt-enterprise-launches-1st-cisco-spark-board-in-phl\/","title":{"rendered":"PLDT Enterprise launches 1st Cisco Spark Board in Phl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Telecommunications and digital services provider PLDT, together with Cisco, unveiled the first Spark Board in the Philippines, Cisco\u2019s all-in-one collaboration device. The Cisco Spark Board provides tools and capabilities to enhance team communication and collaboration within the workplace. It has the ability to combine wireless presentation, digital whiteboarding, and video conferencing all at a touch of a finger, as it integrates into Spark, Cisco\u2019s cloud collaboration platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29405\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PLDT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29405\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PLDT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PLDT.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PLDT-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Pettersson of Cisco introduces Cisco\u2019s newest innovation- The Cisco Sparkboard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Cisco Spark Board looks like a big tablet computer and comes in 55\u201d or 70\u201d screen options. Each unit is powered with a 4K camera and 12-microphone array that utilizes VoiceTrack technology to locate and allow focus on the person who is speaking during video conferences. The design aims to cut the clutter within conference rooms, as the all-in-one configuration can replace video screens, whiteboards, phones, cameras, projectors, microphones, and eliminate the need for cables required to interconnect each of these.<\/p>\n<p>PLDT Enterprise VP &amp; Head Core Business Solutions, Jojo Gendrano stated the significance of the introduction of this technology to Philippine enterprises. \u201cThe emergence of smart devices coupled with the rise of Bring-Your-Own-Device policies, Enterprise Social Networking and the Internet of Things, levels of workplace interaction have profoundly elevated. The Cisco Spark Board brings a quantum leap to enterprise collaboration, increasing productivity and efficiency across all levels in the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe importance of collaboration in the workplace today is more evident than ever, and PLDT recognizes the need for the right innovations to further improve this process,\u201d added Jovy Hernandez, SVP &amp; Head of PLDT Enterprise. \u201cThrough this new technology brought in partnership with Cisco, we are empowering our clients to promote easier and more productive collaborations within their businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cisco Spark Board provides tools and capabilities to enhance team communication and collaboration within the workplace. It has the ability to combine wireless presentation, digital whiteboarding, and video conferencing all at a touch of a finger, as it integrates into Spark, Cisco\u2019s cloud collaboration platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19],"tags":[410,5444,379,96],"class_list":["post-29404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laptops-computers","category-headlines","tag-cisco","tag-cisco-spark-board","tag-pldt","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}