Samsung Flip and Cisco Webex Unite To Reinvent The Professional Meeting Room As We Know It

• Samsung and Cisco announce the latest addition to their collaboration with Webex on Flip

• This innovative meeting room tool enables real-time, two-way white boarding from any location

London, UK – 9th  July, 2020 — Samsung Electronics UK. today announces the latest addition to its collaboration with Cisco, with Webex on Flip. This new development combines Samsung’s innovative interactive digital flipchart technology and Cisco’s advanced meeting solution, to enable more accessible meetings, creative collaboration and seamless working.

With many businesses now operating globally and an increase in people working from home, workplaces are coming under pressure to modernise. The need for collaboration between teams in different locations, as well as external business partners, is becoming even more crucial. As a result, companies are seeking an advanced technology platform which enables them to share information and communicate easily and confidently, while maintaining productivity.

Recognising this need, Samsung has collaborated with Cisco to develop Webex on Flip, an innovative meeting room tool that enables businesses to reshape how they conduct meetings, regardless of their location. The partnership sees the industry expert in visual display technologies and the market-leading video collaboration solution, come together to create innovative meeting room technology which answers the needs of modern businesses.

“As the meeting room of the future becomes a modern reality, Samsung is committed to providing the tools and technology to make collaborative working as easy and effective as possible”, explains Damon Crowhurst, Head of Display for Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd. “With WebEx on Flip we have successfully combined the intelligence and video capabilities of Cisco’s Webex Room Kit Series and Samsung’s SMART Signage technology to transform modern meeting space into the highly productive environments our customers’ need.”

Creative collaboration

Understanding that creative collaboration and output in meetings is key, Webex on Flip enables real-time, two-way white boarding. This means that meeting participants in different locations can share the same screen and make edits directly. Users can utilise the annotation tool, delete or add content, all at the same time, creating more efficient and productive meetings.

Intuitive and interactive digital flipchart

The Samsung Flip includes several innovative features to make meetings as productive and efficient as possible. Meeting participants can enjoy a simulated pen-to-paper writing experience and change or contribute new content by using the intuitive editing and annotation tools. With Samsung Flip, everyone taking part can be fully engaged with the task at hand ensuring maximum output and time efficiency.

Smooth and seamless video conferencing

Cisco’s Webex Room Kit Mini provides quality video and audio-conferencing features for smooth and interactive meeting experiences. The technology incorporates AI-powered capabilities to provide a more convenient way of communicating, for example automatically positioning the face of meeting participants in the center of the screen. Background noise suppression further ensures a smooth video conference experience with no delay.

Fast and easy connectivity

Webex on Flip allows users to utilise their own laptop or mobile with a wireless connection to easily share content with others. It provides direct access to a web browser meaning that no additional device or document viewer is necessary. Users can connect via HDMI or Wi-Fi and can share content via email, Wi-Fi direct or send to a printer. This ensures intuitive and convenient operation without the need for any hardware or technical difficulties.

The Webex on Flip is available from Ingram Micro. For more information on the Webex on Flip range, please visit https://displaysolutions.samsung.com/industries/corporate/samsung-cisco-video-conference-solution