Cisco Video IP Phone with Zoom logo

Join a Zoom meeting with your Cisco Video IP Phone

Cisco and Zoom recently announced a significant partnership aimed at improving the compatibility between Cisco devices (Room Bar, Room Kit, Board Pro and Desk Pro series) and the Zoom meeting platform. Eric Yuan, Jeetu Patel, and other Cisco executives made clear that work happens on multiple meeting services. But what about Video phones? In this article I’m presenting the results of my tests/experiments to exemplify what options are available for video phones registered to Webex Calling that want to join a Zoom meeting....

February 21, 2026 · 8 min · Fil
Survivability Router can provide queues, music on hold and automatic call distribution while there is no connection to the cloud.

Survivable Queues for Webex Calling

Businesses that consider hosting their telephony in the cloud often think about survivability as a critical requirement 🔥 It is therefore no surprise that vendors are trying to provide their respective solutions for “survivable” cloud telephony (i.e.: provide service when the cloud is unreachable): I’ve already discussed about Site Survivability for Webex Calling and its architecture (you can check the article here); then there’s Microsoft, which is actively improving their Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) solution; or Zoom, leveraging their “node” architecture to provide survivable telephony for Zoom Phone....

October 14, 2024 · 5 min · Fil