VQ’s Monthly News
January 2025

Our January newsletter features an overview of the new VQ Conference Manager 4.5 release and we share details of our upcoming webinars. We also take a look at the VQ Team’s travel plans for Cisco Live EMEA and LEAP.

This month marks the latest release update for VQ Conference Manager. Version 4.5 brings several new improvements and features for DMA and Meeting Services, including:

  • DMA Certificate Management (for devices)
  • DMA Macro Management
  • Meeting Services Pane Placement enhancements

You can read the full release notes here.

On Tuesday 28th January at 4PM (GMT), we will be hosting a webinar exploring the new functionality coming with this update including live demonstrations. 

The webinar will also feature a preview of our 2025 product roadmap, and a Q&A session with the VQ Team.

Register for the webinar here.

On Wednesday 19th February at 3pm (GMT), we’ll be hosting a webinar on the latest update for VQ Metro.

The 1.2 release includes added functionality for:


If you have any questions about this Metro release or upcoming features, we recommend attending this session.

Register here.

The VQ Team has an event-filled month right around the corner, as we’ll be exhibiting at two global conferences this February. Here’s our upcoming schedule:

LEAP 2025 – 9th to 12th February: We will be attending LEAP in Riyadh and exhibiting on the Cisco stand in Hall 1. We’ll be sharing a preview of what’s on the way for DMA, Meeting Services and more.Cisco Live EMEA – 10th to 14th February: We’ll be exhibiting in Amsterdam on stand B09 in the World of Solutions. We’re also excited to share that at Cisco Live, Barry Pascolutti and Isidro Fernandez will be hosting a Speaker’s Corner session on Monday 10th February at 1:40pm. Find out more here.

For full details on our upcoming schedule and to arrange meetings with the team at either conference, go to our events page.

Do you still have customers using Cisco TMS? As this platform approaches its end of life, many customers need a suitable replacement.

VQ DMA is the Cisco-recommended replacement for Cisco TMS and has been built to replicate and improve on many of it’s top features. 

In this upcoming session for the Partner and Cisco community, the VQ team will be covering:

  • How does DMA compare with TMS?
  • What is the migration process from TMS to DMA?
  • What environments is DMA suitable for
  • The benefits of migrating to DMA
  • Key selling points of DMA
  • How to quote DMA to your customers

This webinar will be on Thursday 30th January at 2pm (GMT). Register for the webinar here.

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