Day: 18 September 2024

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Zoom and Mitel announce strategic partnership to deliver differentiated AI-first hybrid communications and collaboration solution for enterprises worldwide

Mitel selects Zoom to jointly develop an exclusive hybrid offering with bi-directional capabilities between Zoom Workplace and Mitel communications platforms; enables Mitel customers with a path to transition to Zoom UCaaS on their terms

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) and Mitel, a global leader in business communications, announced a strategic partnership designed to empower enterprises worldwide with a unique hybrid cloud solution that combines Zoom Workplace and Zoom AI Companion with Mitel’s flagship communications platform in a modern, deeply integrated communication experience. The partnership will address growing enterprise demand for hybrid unified communications (UC) deployments with a “best-of-both-worlds” solution that delivers security and control for mission-critical communications alongside exceptional collaboration to enhance business productivity. The partnership will introduce a Zoom-first experience within Mitel’s hybrid portfolio, including access to the full Zoom Workplace platform, which works seamlessly with existing Mitel investments.

Modern work continues to evolve, with 82% of leaders planning to make their working styles more flexible in the next two years.* As these changes and the desire to improve employee productivity and customer engagement accelerate, the demand for greater flexibility and modern collaboration solutions is increasing. Enterprises need AI-first solutions that will help drive their business forward, while also maintaining a level of control, regulatory compliance, and security for their mission-critical communications. This complex balance of control and flexibility is prompting 91% of enterprises to prioritize a hybrid approach for their business communications.**

Leveraging Mitel’s Common Communication Framework, the unique Zoom-Mitel offering will deliver a fully embedded, feature-rich experience without add-ons or plug-ins, including UC and mobile app integration, hardware device-level integration, and advanced business process capabilities like bi-directional presence, call-to-video escalation, and centralized user provisioning and administration. Additionally, users will gain access to Zoom Phone with embedded support for Mitel PBX platforms, whether deployed on-premises or in the cloud. It also creates a compelling opportunity for Mitel’s more than 70 million global end-users to elevate their collaboration experience by allowing them to seamlessly access Zoom AI Companion***, Meetings, Team Chat, and more while leveraging their existing Mitel investments.

Partnership highlights:

  • Establishes Zoom as Mitel’s exclusive UCaaS offering within its overall UC portfolio for customers of all sizes.
  • Enables Mitel’s sales teams and over 7,000 partners globally to cross-sell the Zoom-first experience as a core part of the unique hybrid solution or to help customers migrate to Zoom if UCaaS is their preferred deployment model.
  • Enables Zoom sales teams to sell Mitel’s award-winning devices for Mitel hybrid customers requiring physical endpoints.
  • Supports growing customer demand for hybrid capabilities that “just work” across on-premises and private and public cloud models, offering flexibility, security, and control within the enterprise.
  • Provides on-premises enterprise companies an opportunity to introduce industry-leading collaboration capabilities through a model and pace that suits their needs.

“As organizations continue to prioritize hybrid UC deployments, it is critical that users across the globe have access to AI-first, reliable, and seamless collaboration solutions. Together, Zoom and Mitel are now able to address the largest segment of today’s communications market, particularly in EMEA, strengthening growth potential and enabling more users worldwide to reimagine the ways in which they work,” said Eric S. Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom. “Like Zoom, Mitel has a customer-first approach where providing a best-in-class, collaborative working environment is of the utmost importance. I look forward to watching this partnership progress and continuing to work closely with Mitel to meet the evolving needs of our users.”

“Effective communication and collaboration are the lifeblood of modern organizations, but they become transformative when tailored to meet each customer’s unique business objectives. Flexibility and choice are at the heart of every Mitel solution and partnering with Zoom strengthens our ability to deliver on that promise for customers around the world,” said Tarun Loomba, president and CEO of Mitel. “Zoom has a deep understanding of the enterprise market and the flexibility required to support the complex, nuanced needs of today’s distributed workforce. As hybrid communications emerge as the future of business, we see this partnership as a catalyst for driving innovation and growth, together with the Zoom team.”

The joint solution will be generally available for customers in the first half of 2025. Advanced capabilities are underway as part of the multi-phase partnership plan, and continued enhancements are being planned.

“This partnership recognizes the value of hybrid communications. The reality of modern business, today, is that requirements will change and get more complex,” said Dave Michels, founder and lead analyst, TalkingPointz. “Mitel offers powerful private cloud and single-tenant voice solutions, and Zoom has excellent enterprise video and team chat. Together, they create a seamless solution without putting an integration burden on the customer. This partnership brings the best of hybrid communication to market for those looking not to sacrifice flexibility, control, and resiliency, globally.”

* According to an August 2024 global survey conducted by Zoom and Reworked INSIGHTS titled, “Navigating the Future of Work: Global Perspectives on Hybrid Models and Technology.”
** According to a June 2024 global survey of 1,954 organizations conducted by Mitel and Techaisle.
***Included at no additional cost with the paid services assigned to Zoom accounts. Zoom AI Companion may not be available for all regions and industry verticals.

About Zoom
Zoom’s mission is to provide one platform that delivers limitless human connection. Reimagine teamwork with Zoom Workplace — Zoom’s open collaboration platform with AI Companion that empowers teams to be more productive. Together with Zoom Workplace, Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer care teams, including Zoom Contact Center, strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle. Founded in 2011, Zoom is publicly traded (NASDAQ: ZM) and headquartered in San Jose, California. Get more information at zoom.com.

About Mitel
A global market leader in business communications powering more than two billion business connections, Mitel helps businesses and service providers connect, collaborate and provide innovative services to their customers. Our innovation and communications experts serve business users in more than 100 countries. For more information, go to www.mitel.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @Mitel.

Zoom Public Relations
Rachel Shatz
press@zoom.us

Mitel Public Relations
Trever Kerr, Americas
Sandrine Quinton, Europe and Asia
pr@mitel.com

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Discussing water situation in Ibb


The Water Basin Committee in Ibb Governorate discussed, in its meeting headed by the Secretary-General of the Local Council of the Governorate, Amin Al-Warafi, the water situation in the governorate and requests to drill and deepen water wells in a number of directorates.

In the meeting, the Director of the General Authority for Water Resources Branch in the Governorate, Mohammed Al-Warafi, reviewed the level of implementation of the decisions of the previous meeting and the branch’s work plan for the coming period.

Source: Yemen News Agency

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Israel arrests 50 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces arrested 50 Palestinians on Wednesday, in a wide-scale raid campaign launched in various areas of the West Bank.

In a statement, Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) said the campaign focused in the governorates of Salfit, Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah.

The statement added that Israeli army stormed the citizens’ homes amid heavy gunfire and vandalized their property, on false claims the detainees were wanted.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Erdogan confirms to Mikati that efforts are continuing to stop Israel’s dangerous attempts in the region

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his sadness over the attack that took place in Lebanon during a phone call with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, stressing that efforts will continue to stop Israel’s attempts to expand the conflict in the region.

During the phone call that took place today, Wednesday, with Mikati, Erdogan warned of the danger of Israel’s attempts to expand the conflicts in the region, stressing that efforts will continue to stop them.

According to Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad, 12 people were killed and 2,800 were injured on Tuesday in Lebanon after Pager communication devices were detonated in the hands of those carrying them. Hezbollah held Israel fully responsible for the explosion of the communication devices, and promised it “just retribution” for this “sinful aggression”, while no official comment was issued from Tel Aviv.

On Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone call with Najib Mikati, in which he discussed the bombings that took plac
e in Lebanon, and offered his condolences for the victims, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.

The sources indicated that Fidan received information from Mikati regarding the explosions of communication devices in Lebanon, and the Turkish Foreign Minister expressed his condolences to the Lebanese people for the loss of life resulting from these explosions.

The Lebanese border and its south are witnessing an escalation in the mutual shelling on both sides of the Israeli-Lebanese border, coinciding with Israel’s threats to launch a ground war on Lebanon despite regional and international warnings of the region exploding and getting out of control if this is implemented.

Since October 8, Lebanese and Palestinian factions in Lebanon, most notably Hezbollah, have been exchanging daily shelling with the Israeli occupation army across the “Blue Line” separating them, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries, most of them on the Lebanese side./End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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Iraq imports more than 722 million tons of gasoline in three months

The State Oil Marketing Company “SOMO” announced that Iraq imported more than 722 million tons of gasoline during the second quarter of the current year 2024.

“SOMO” stated in a table that “Iraq imported 722 million, 566 thousand , and 970 tons of gasoline, from April to June 2024.’

SOMO added that “Iraq did not import any quantity of gas oil or white oil during this period.”

The Director General of the Oil Products Distribution Company, Hussein Talib, had said that Iraq’s consumption of gasoline amounts to 32 million liters per day./End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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Al-Sudani: Developing electrical transmission and distribution systems is an addition of new capacity to produce national electrical energy

Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani stressed that developing the electrical transmission and distribution systems is an addition of new capacity to produce national electrical energy.

A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office stated that Al-Sudani inaugurated, via a television circuit, a number of electrical energy projects in the governorates of Nineveh and Salah al-Din, which are concerned with solving bottlenecks in the transmission and distribution sectors.

The new projects included the Mosul Dam station with two transformers with a capacity of (2x 250 MVA), Yarmoukah South Power Station with a capacity of (132 KVA), adding transmission lines from Yarmoukah to Al-Kayara Station with a capacity of (3x 63 MVA), and inaugurating the expansion of the Baiji Transformer Station with a capacity of (2x 250 MVA) with the implementation of Baiji-South Tikrit transmission lines.

In a speech during the inauguration, Al-Sudani praised the efforts of workers in various sectors of the Ministry of Electricity,
expressing his appreciation for what they have accomplished in exceptional circumstances and timing, indicating that these projects suffered from procrastination for years, after being sabotaged by ISIS gangs, and were completed by qualified national cadres, equipped with the latest global sources, and employing new technology that is entering the national system for the first time, especially in the Mosul station.

Al-Sudani stressed that these projects come in accordance with the scientific diagnosis, which reveals that there is a problem in transmission and distribution that is parallel to the shortage in the production of electrical energy, and that any development in the transmission sector and solving the Bottlenecks of the national network will have a positive impact in the form of adding a new capacity to produce electrical energy.

The Prime Minister also indicated the government’s progress and orientation towards this development that allows transfer and flexibility in the transfer of energy, reduci
ng loads, and achieving stability in the hours of supply reaching the citizen, which will support the achievement of development in other sectors, In addition to confirming the direction to complete all stalled projects and finish them completely./End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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Iraq chairs the general discussion session of the International Atomic Energy Agency in the 68th regular session in Vienna

The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Iraq to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ambassador Bakr Fattah Hussein, chaired the general discussion session on the second day of the General Conference meetings, held during the period from September 16 to 20, 2024.

This nomination came after Iraq was elected, along with seven other member states of the agency, for the position of Vice-President of the Conference during the opening session of the General Conference, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. / End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency