Video and Conferencing

The Telepresence Options Interview - Aaron McCormack, CEO of BT Conferencing is interviewed by Telepresence Options publisher Howard S. Lichtman. The two discuss telepresence conferencing, BT’s portfolio of multiple telepresence conferencing solutions including systems from Cisco, Polycom, Tandberg, and Teliris, the network and managed services that BT Conferencing provides to simplify deployment, and the coming BT telepresence CoIN, and the future of telepresence at BT.

Get a transcript and update on telepresence at BT Here:
http://www.telepresenceoptions.com/2008/02/the_telepresence_options_inter_4/

For more information on BT Conferencing, Please visit:
http://www.btconferencing.com/btc/product_services/videoservices/

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Video conferencing - CBS Evening News With Katie Couric (Recorded May 24, 2007, WCBS)

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Video and Voice Conferencing, it sounds complicated, difficult to use and understand, and not for the average person. Well Not anymore!

Recent developments in video and voice conferencing and improved internet bandwidths have made it possible for anyone to use. Many systems are available from the highly sophisticated and expensive employed by the large institutions, to the free internet browser based video and conferencing that anybody who surfs the web can use with ease.

So who is using video conferencing? and why or how are they using it?

1. Educational establishments are embracing video conferencing as school and universities use the technology to provide live classroom tutoring and offer online courses. Meanwhile the teachers and administration staff are able to conduct and schedule meetings without restrictions.

2. Medical industry with expensive equipment and purpose built buildings use video and conferencing to allow students, researchers and consultants to be a part of the procedure. Improving knowledge and allowing these professionals to give guidance, although they may be in another building or another part of the world. The ease of use, reducing costs and improvements in videoconferencing has enabled patients to speak and ’show’ their ailments to their doctors, allowing timely and live saving diagnosis.

3. Financial industry especially banks and insurance companies are dramatically reducing travel between branches and international offices, reducing costs but more importantly increasing efficiency. An interesting development is the banks customers also are using the banks video and conferencing systems as they are secure, reliable and offer the facilities to conclude deals on the spot.

4. Churches are unlikely organizations but they find the ability to video conference is an important asset in communicating with priests in remote places. The simplicity of an online meeting also allows the church to promote their message to members of their congregation that are unable to attend services.

5. Media industry have fully incorporated the technology into their daily lives, improving communication and efficiency by allowing meetings on the fly, whilst reducing costs and saving time. Whether it is the television stations, movie makers, print industry or game manufacturers video and voice conferencing is an essential part of their daily lives.

6. Internet companies and software developers are promoting their products and offer unprecedented levels of customer support through one-to-one video conference presentations.

7. Businesses involved with sales have found that they are able to gain a competitive edge by training their staff and promoting their products to clients with this technology. In certain companies the client base has expanded well beyond the original physical borders as voice and video conferencing is accessible by staff and customers from virtually any location.

8. Families and friends who are separated are able to see and speak with each other, far exceeding previous levels of communication offered by the telephone. Even a gathering of friends or family on important days although they may be in different locations is possible with video and voice conferencing.

The video and voice conferencing examples highlighted above provide a brief insight, but is it for you? Well why not try it out for yourself. There are many video and conferencing systems try them for free or on a trial basis.

Video and Conferencing
Boosts Profits and Efficiency for your Business

Communication is the blood that flows through the veins of business, without it we could not create, develop or sell our products. … and yet the pressures of money, time and travel restrictions can force you to cancel important meetings, ultimately affecting profits. The simple answer is Video and Conferencing - meeting face-to-face online.

The point is we need to maximise the use of our time and video and voice conferencing can help to make those critical meetings. In the past a video conference also known as teleconference was impossibly expensive with specialised equipment and a dedicated conference room that only huge corporate companies could afford. Not any more things have moved on!

The computers sitting on our desks which have an internet connection and a webcam can be used to provide secure and high quality video conferencing online and it’s easy to setup as well. This makes it affordable for all businesses from the guy working from home to the small or medium sized business.

Imagine with a click of a mouse you could be;

Visually sharing and discussing the latest design changes and specifications with a colleague 500 miles away, or

Seeing the reactions of 10 international distributors to your promotional material for next months product launch, or

Telecommuting from home and sharing the offices applications and allowing them to share your desktop content.

In fact show anything on your computer to anyone anywhere during a face to face meeting online.

The main reasons that video and conferencing is now available to the general public at affordable prices is the reduction in pricing for high speed internet such as broadband, improved costs for video capture and display technology and improvements in cost and quality of the personal computer system.

This trend is set to continue and video conference meetings will become increasingly important in our businesses improving our efficiency, profitability and addressing environmental concerns by reducing our carbon footprint.

Is video conferencing for you and your business ? The best way is to try it out for yourself, the setup is simple, will only take a few minutes and best of all it’s free.

A number of companies provide video and voice conferencing, the market leader is a Cisco Systems Inc. company called WebEx with their MeetMeNow service. Once you are setup you will be able to gain access through any MS Office application or your system tray, and will have unlimited access from any internet enabled PC at your home or office, in your friends house, at the airport or virtually anywhere. This service will allow up to 15 attendees at the same time online even if they are on the other side of the world, in the next town or your neighbours.

Whether you consult, sell or teach, using Video and Conferencing will increase efficiency and boost profits. Test it out for the next two weeks for Free.

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