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CGI enables unified communications for newsrooms via the integration of CGI OpenMedia with Microsoft Teams
CGI enables unified communications for newsrooms via the integration of CGI OpenMedia wit...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n CGI enables unified communications for newsrooms via the integration of CGI OpenMedia with Microsoft Teams\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntar{\nTEXT-ALIGN: RIGHT\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n Stock Market Symbols\n \n \n \n GIB.A (TSX)\n \n \n \n GIB (NYSE)\n \n \n \n cgi.com/newsroom\n \n \n \n \n \n MUNICH\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Sept. 9, 2022\n \n \n /CNW Telbec/ - CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) has integrated its\n \n OpenMedia\n \n end-to-end newsroom solution suite with Microsoft Teams to deliver a modern unified communications platform for today's journalists and producers. With this enhanced platform, newsrooms can address workflow challenges resulting from an increase in broadcasting channels, as well as remote newsgathering and production.\n \n \n In line with increasing digital transformation priorities over the past few years, a growing number of broadcasters worldwide are adopting central communications platforms to help production teams collaborate while working across multiple channels and from remote locations. These platforms can help address common data sharing and collaboration workflow issues. For example, essential data may not be entered from a remote site into core newsroom systems, and, as a result, the data is not accessible to a majority of users. A unified communication platform overcomes challenges like this, enabling more effective data sharing and collaboration.\n \n \n As a Microsoft Gold Partner, CGI integrated Microsoft Teams' workspace chat and video conference features with its OpenMedia solution to streamline communication channels for journalists and producers in newsrooms.\n \n \n \n Michael Pfitzner\n \n , Vice-President for Newsroom Solutions at CGI, highlights that this integration will resonate strongly with news, current affairs, and magazine program teams everywhere. \"More than ever before, news teams are more likely to be dispersed physically and/or working on multiple stories via multiple channels simultaneously,\" he said. \"The challenges related to this evolution have been heigh...