Mullets. Parachute pants. Cabbage Patch Kids. All things that were very hip and cutting edge in the 1980s, but seem rather antiquated and past their expiration dates today. To that list you should add traditional conference calls. In the ‘80s, when PCs dominated the tops of desks while providing 1/16th the computing power a 10-year-old carries in her pocket today, the gold standard for collaboration between co-workers in different locations was the conference call.















