Youtube for businesses? Microsoft introduces Office 365 Video

Office 365 Video still need Sharepoint to work.

Microsoft has announced a new feature called Office 365 video which it calls a "NextGen Portal" and generally characterise go-to solutions that are often put in place by customers using Sharepoint; these include search, dashboard, wikis, company intranets and blogs.

Office 365 Video will allow organisations to post, share and discover video content within a secure perimeter rather than having to post them to an external third party like Vimeo or Youtube.

The service is powered by Microsoft's Azure Media Services and will be available to all enterprise Office 365 users (E1, E2, E3, E4) as well as Academic (A2, A3, A4) with government plans coming at a latter stage.

Videos are stored in the Sharepoint pooled storage and are encrypted at-rest and in-transit. Future improvements to the service, according to Mark Kashman, senior product manager on the Office 365 group, include broader mobile device coverage, recommendations powered by Office Graph and the ability to embed videos anywhere on an intranet.

Microsoft, it seems, is using the Office 365 brand more liberally with a number of services being added lately like Sway and Delve. Video is the first of these "NextGen Portals" that Microsoft will be rolling out for its enterprise users.

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LG introduces 34-inch curved business monitor

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LG 34UC86

LG had a 34-inch curved monitor destined for a creative professional crowd at IFA on its booth; it is the first time that this format has reached computer monitors.

The 34UC87 is a 21:9 ultrawide QHD (that's 3440 x 1440 pixels) business monitor with an IPS panel and covers over 99% of the sRBC colour space. As for connectivity, It comes with a pair of Thunderbolt 2 ports plus a 4-port USB hub.

LG has also integrated two 7W stereo speakers with Maxx Audio capability and bestowed it with an adjustable, ergonomic stand. A gamer version the 34UC97, is also available with a 144Hz refresh rate.

Price and availability have yet to be confirmed. Ultrawide QHD are only just starting to become popular as an alternative to full HD and QHD monitors.

However, their appeal is likely to be short-lived as the price of 4K monitors, which offer 67% more pixels on a much smaller screen diagonal (and hence, a higher pixel density) falls down.

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