The Advancement of Technology TodayImagine: Conducting a business meeting with people in ten different global locations. Video and audio calls running through your room’s integrated microphones and ceiling speakers. Data visible on plasmas, LCDs, or projector screens. No more having to deal with the inconvenience of travel time, traffic jams, or airport delays – all controlled by simply touching a touch panel. Until the mid 90's, video conferencing equipment was too expensive for most organizations due to the hardware costs. As a result, most companies had multiple rooms to serve different purposes: there would have been a conference room, a training room, a presentation room, and so on. Although advancements in technology brought about impressive products, they did not necessarily work together – perpetuating the division of rooms to meet different objectives. However, advancements in technology have made video conferencing solutions an affordable and economical solution for today's organization..Today’s technology allows us to combine all of these objectives into one fully integrated multimedia video conference room, where every piece of equipment works in seamless collaboration to create an end-to-end solution. The results: communication is streamlined and the return on investment is nearly instantaneous - and all with the simple addition of video conference equipment. And what's more, Solutionz offers an all-in-one solution for video conferencing equipment, telepresence, installation, integration, and video conferencing services. Top 10 Reasons to Use Video Conferencing- Video Conferencing: Allows for real-time face-to-face communication
- Video Conferencing: Reduces travel costs, time out of the office, and security concerns
- Video Conferencing: Presents a quick return on investment
- Video Conferencing: Ensures ease of use and management
- Video Conferencing: Speeds up sales and product development cycle times
- Video Conferencing: Boosts efficiency and productivity
- Video Conferencing: Allows meetings to be scheduled anytime, any place
- Video Conferencing: Provides a low-cost, high impact way to extend distance learning (seminars, workshops, training, etc.) through live streaming and recording for Tivo-like playback
- Video Conferencing: Unifies corporate structure by allowing more people to be included in the decision-making process
- Video Conferencing: Provides upper management with better visibility of employees, allowing them to connect more often and more quickly
Time Savings at a Glance| Task | Business Trip | Video Conferencing |
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| Make bookings for flights, hotels, etc. | 1 hour | 0 hours |
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| Schedule and book the meeting room | 1 hour | 1 hour |
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| Prepare materials for the meeting | 1 hour | 1 hour |
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| Drive to the airport | 1 hour | 0 hours |
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| Check-in and pre-flight waiting | 2 hours | 0 hours |
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| Flight time to the meeting | 3 hours | 0 hours |
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| Drive from the airport to the meeting | 1 hour | 0 hours |
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| Wait time for the meeting to start | 1 hour | 0 hours |
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| Meeting duration | 4 hours | 4 hours |
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| Drive from the meeting to the airport | 1 hour | 0 hours |
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| Check-in and pre-flight waiting | 2 hours | 0 hours |
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| Flight time from meeting | 3 hours | 0 hours |
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| Drive from the airport | 1 hour | 0 hours |
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| Recover from the trip and jet lag | 2 hours | 0 hours |
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| Follow-up from the meeting | 2 hours | 2 hours |
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| TOTAL | 26 hours | 8 hours |
Video Conference - The Green FactsBusiness travel is responsible for 18% of an enterprise’s carbon emissions. Video conference equipment, however: - Lowers an organization’s carbon footprint by reducing the need for travel and travel related CO2 emissions
- Enables dispersed workgroups in today’s global enterprises to meet and collaborate “virtually”
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