Video Conferencing, Telepresence, Audio Visual & Video Conference
There is a dramatic shift underway in the workplace, driven by changing demographics, the advent of mobile devices, the cloud and greater comfort with social tools, virtual and video interaction in everyday business.
What we are witnessing in the video communications industry is the emergence of Skype colliding against telepresence becoming more affordable to the SME market…
At Cisco Live 2011 in Las Vegas Dr. Guido Jouret, CTO, Vice President and General Manager of the Emerging Technologies Group discussed Cisco’s vision and opportunity for pervasive video in the business environment.
A medianet is an end-to-end architecture for a network comprising advanced, intelligent technologies and devices. Offered by Cisco, medianet architecture integrates a smarter network with smarter endpoints to simplify the deployment and operation of various media and applications.
According to a recent Hazard Warning Report by Zurich Insurance which surveyed senior managers from the UK manufacturing sector, a growing number are considering expansion into high growth markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC).
Video conferencing systems have been deployed in large enterprises for a number of years. The use of video communications has been easily justified for multi-national businesses because the ROI calculation is simple.
Grounded flights have a huge impact on businesses; video communications technology is the answer for organisations with effective business continuity planning.
Teleworking is growing in popularity but at a relatively slow pace as employers still seem nervous about giving staff too much flexibility.
As we continue to trade in difficult economic conditions, UK businesses are being forced to become more and more efficient. And with an economy that relies heavily on SMEs (99.9 per cent of all UK companies) these businesses could be the key to stimulating the UK’s recovery.
”It’s crazy these days for people to go to work when work can come to people” says Transport Minister, Norman Baker. In an attempt to ease congestion in the capital city, minister’s ague that its ‘even crazier’ that commuters take to trains and the Tube at the same time every day when other options could be available.