Among Zoom's new features is Spots, designed to offer the virtual equivalent of the office water cooler. Image: Zoom

Zoom, which boomed during the pandemic and became nearly synonymous with video chat, could yet find itself squeezed out despite a recent push to expand into new areas. Industrial Machinery Spares

The big picture: Businesses tend to like to get their services from as few vendors as possible, a trend that encourages bundling and makes it hard for ambitious, innovative start-ups to succeed.

Driving the news: Zoom will report its latest quarterly earnings on Monday, where it is expected to post per-share quarterly earnings of 84 cents, per Zacks, down 24% from a year ago. Revenue, meanwhile, is seen growing 4%, to $1.1 billion.

What they're saying: "Zoom recognizes that good video meetings are not enough, which is progress compared to what (CEO) Eric Yuan was saying 3 years ago," Creative Strategies analyst Carolina Milanesi told Axios.

Yes, but: Most companies already have an email and calendar system.

Of note: Early next year Zoom also plans to launch Spots, a "virtual coworking space" that aims to "bring the fluid interactions of in-person work to distributed, hybrid teams."

Washing Machine Cover Between the lines: Analysts say Zoom is doing the right things, but still could be in trouble, as Microsoft, Google and Cisco all offer their own video conferencing options that can be bundled with other software.