Zoom is preparing to explore products beyond videoconferencing. The company’s stock price has risen more than 500 percent due to the unprecedented surge in remote work due to the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
However, the company is expanding beyond workplace video chat and into new territories, specifically email and calendar services. Zoom is already working on the email product and the report states will be a web email service that may begin testing as early as next year.
However the uncertainty with the calendar app still goes on with the development on the roll. Now the ideas for Zoom to explore may soon come into implementation. But there might be a different scenario in case companies start bringing employees back to the office.
The use of video conferences might reduce once the employees are back to offices as COVID-19 vaccine distribution picks up through 2021. Major competitors which are video conferencing platforms bundled as part of broader enterprise app suites.
One among the platforms is Microsoft with its Office 365 platform and Google with its competing Workspace bundle. Calendar, email, and videoconferencing products are the services provided in the way Zoom is planning to launch email and calendar.
The company is planning to build a full enterprise app suite, including job postings for “exciting chat features” and its existing integrations. The other apps like Asana and Dropbox are among the featuring platforms.
