With Microsoft gearing up to begin shipping its Surface Hub, which combines videoconferencing and whiteboard functionality inside 55 and 84-in. interactive displays, the stage is set for the company to change the way organizations think about collaboration and sharing data.
Mark Skoog, CTO for line of business solutions at the Microsoft Technology Center in Chicago, says the touch-enabled systems are only the beginning of Microsoft’s effort to transform how people use everything from whiteboards to business intelligence applications inside their organizations.