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Zoom acquires employee communications platform Workvivo

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New Delhi: Video-based communications app Zoom has announced it is acquiring Irish employee communications platform Workvivo for an undisclosed sum.
Founded in 2017, Workvivo provides a feature-rich employee experience platform, combining advanced internal communication and engagement tools, a social intranet, and an employee app, all blended into one central hub, forming the heart of a company’s digital ecosystem.
Workvivo’s offering has seen triple-digit growth in the last three years and is used by hundreds of customers worldwide, including Liberty Mutual, Lululemon, Ryanair, Madison Square Garden, and Wynn Resorts.

“The power of Workvivo’s employee experience platform, with its robust communications and engagement offering combined with Zoom’s all-in-one collaboration platform, allows organisations to fully unlock the potential of their employees and evolve their company culture in a hybrid world,” said Kelly Steckelberg, Chief Financial Officer at Zoom.
The employee communication and engagement platform will give Zoom customers new ways to keep employees informed, engaged, and connected in a hybrid work model.
“Our platform replaces outdated, clunky, internal communications tools with a vibrant, familiar social experience, and has a proven history of unparalleled levels of adoption. With Zoom, we can build great things together,” said John Goulding, CEO and co-founder at Workvivo.
Workvivo’s founders John Goulding and Joe Lennon, and the entire Workvivo team, will be instrumental in driving employee experience innovation strategy, said Zoom.
The transaction is expected to close in Q1 FY2024.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 15, 2023
NCDC Free Zoom Online English Class: Aji R to attend Valedictory Ceremony as Chief Guest

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Headmistress, G.M.B.H.S.S. Kozhikode, Kerala, Aji R, will be attending the Valedictory Ceremony of Free Zoom Online Spoken English Class as Chief Guest. The programme is being conducted by National Child Development Council (NCDC).
Earlier, the Spoken English Class intiative of NCDC were started by its Master Trainer Baba Alexandar, who is the founder of One Word One Language Movement.
As per the official statement, “Miss Aji R will be officially attending the valedictory ceremony of Batch F8A of Free Zoom Online Spoken English Class, as Chief Guest, and will share her views about the course.”
During the function, the Welcome speech will be presented by Reji Noby, while Presidential address will be presented by Shimi Noushad.
Similarly, the keynote address will be presented by NCDC Master Trainer, Baba Alexander, while vote of thanks will be presented by Roshi.
Notably, NCDC is a self-governing national child welfare organization established to promote women and child welfare and ensure child education in India.
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 11, 2023
SC closes petition seeking to ban Zoom app

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed a PIL seeking a ban on the use of the Zoom application over security and privacy concerns.
Senior advocate Arvind Datar contended before a bench headed by justice Sanjiv Khanna that the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had found nothing wrong in the usage of the application.
Datar further contended that many use Zoom and the petition against it does not survive. He pointed out that the concerned ministry had said there is nothing wrong in using Zoom, and queried why only target us and not WebEx etc?
The petition was filed by one Harsh Chugh, who had sought a ban on the use of Zoom for official and personal purposes. The petitioner had argued that the software gives rise to several privacy and security concerns.
After hearing Datar’s submissions, the bench, also comprising justice M.M. Sundresh, closed the proceedings in the matter. The top court also declined to entertain an intervention application to place the additional documents in the matter.
During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel contended that the government had issued certain notifications that Zoom shouldn’t be used and further added that let the government say that Zoom is good to use.
The bench said it has considered the minutes of the meeting of the National Security Council Secretariat held in December 2020, regarding the security features of Zoom, VC platform, and nothing survives in the petition in view of this document.
The plea had also sought directions to the government to carry out an exhaustive technical study into the security threats posed by the use of the app.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 14, 2023
Zoom lays off 1300 employees, CEO takes 98 pc pay cut

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New Delhi: Video communication app Zoom is laying off about 1,300 people, or 15 per cent of its workforce, its CEO Eric Yuan has announced.
Yuan also said that he is reducing his salary for the coming fiscal year by 98 per cent and foregoing his FY23 corporate bonus.
“Members of my executive leadership team will reduce their base salaries by 20 per cent for the coming fiscal year while also forfeiting their FY23 corporate bonuses,” he announced.
During the pandemic, Zoom usage surged significantly as millions stayed home.
Yuan said the company is still seeing that people and businesses continue to rely on Zoom.
“But the uncertainty of the global economy, and its effect on our customers, means we need to take a hard – yet important – look inward to reset ourselves so we can weather the economic environment, deliver for our customers and achieve Zoom’s long-term vision,” he said in a blog post.
“We have made the tough but necessary decision to reduce our team by approximately 15 per cent and say goodbye to around 1,300 hardworking, talented colleagues,” Yuan informed.
Departing full-time employees in the US will be offered up to 16 weeks’ salary and healthcare coverage, payment of their earned FY23 annual bonus based on company performance, and stock option vesting for six months for US employees and through August 9, 2023 for non-US employees.

“I know this is a difficult message to hear, and certainly not one I ever wanted to deliver,” said Yuan.
Zoom will announce its earnings for 2022 on February 27.
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February 8, 2023