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From a 100% enterprise-focused communication company to 鈥� using the 鈥� a 鈥渨orld infrastructure company鈥�, the story of Zoom鈥檚 rise is a truly fascinating one.

Zoom in 2020 and its stock surged over 600%. Just two years ago, the company was valued at . In 2020 its market cap reached about $106.7 billion. Zoom has been 鈥減owering鈥� the world: Zoom traffic rocketed up to 3,000% in May 2020.

However, Zoom鈥檚 stock price growth has started to slow down during 2021 hinting at investor scepticism as to how the company would fare in a return to normality. In addition to many competitors鈥� (Google, Microsoft, etc.) aggressive presence in the market, globally some restrictions have been lifted, and more activities resume face-to-face interactions. Zoom needs to, and is, working towards diversifying its 91视频地址下载and improving the core one, which is videoconferencing and technological support to distance and remote-working.

In terms of diversification, , a leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact centre, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $14.7 billion. The acquisition is expected to help enhance Zoom鈥檚 presence with enterprise customers and to allow Zoom to create a $24 billion customer engagement platform that will help redefine how companies of all sizes connect with their customers.

Back in June, Zoom already announced German company Kites, which develops real-time machine translation, and entered into discussions to invest $5 billion in the to complement Zoom's expanding live-events strategy.

Zoom鈥檚 plans do not stop here. The words CEO Yuan uses to define Zoom鈥檚 ambitions are themselves a post-pandemic promise: the company aims to 鈥渄eliver even more happiness and value鈥� to its customers by providing a robust and reliable communications technology enabling 鈥渋nteractions that build greater empathy and trust鈥�.

Since 2020 the company has been expanding its core video conferencing 91视频地址下载through several product launches: Zoom events, a platform for hosting interactive and immersive virtual events; Zoom Phone, a modern, cloud phone system; and more recently which offers ways for users to chat, brainstorm, play games and even take regular healthy breaks within the virtual meeting tool.

Some believe the platform鈥檚 expansion comes at a time of high remote-worker burnout, with meeting overloads and a sort of 鈥�.

So, is the company right to insist and invest on expanding its business?

With a recent Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) survey showing that many employers (44%) plan to take additional measures or to increase investments to enable greater homeworking in the future, it would seem Zoom鈥檚 investment could pay off. Yet only time will tell if their future holds the same meteoric success as their past.