Companies today are facing several critical business challenges brought on by the increasingly virtual nature of the workplace. Employees are scattered across cities, regions, nations, and continents. They must be able to communicate and collaborate with one another, as well as, with business partners and customers at any time from anywhere.

Imagine meeting your colleagues, your peers, and your business partners without having to travel. However, you don’t have to imagine it anymore since the ability to meet and communicate without travel is here. High definition videoconferencing brings people in remote locations together with life-size images, full motion views, high fidelity audio, and high resolution content. This communicative experience can be custom tailored for point-to-point sites or multiple sites of large classrooms, boardrooms, and auditoriums. End users can collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, slide decks, and other documents seamlessly which not only save time, but also travel budgets.

Videoconferencing is changing the way companies do business and how people communicate with each other. It facilitates a face-to-face meeting environment across boundaries, clearing the way for efficient and effective communication and collaborative decision making both within and between organizations. It is proving to be a highly effective form of communication with distinct benefits. Today, more than ever, it is proving to be an extremely powerful tool, transforming day-to-day operations by helping to increase effectiveness, maximize resources, and optimize productivity.

There are five essential components that comprise a videoconferencing system: a camera, microphone, display system, audio system, and a standards compliant codec. The camera and microphone capture the image and sound at one location. The codec converts the video and audio into a digital signal and compresses it before sending it out over the network. At the other end, the codec decompresses the signal and feeds the picture to a display device and the sound to an audio device. By implementing systems that conform to industry standards, you are assured the systems you purchase today can be efficiently expanded in the future.

Videoconferencing technology has progressed beyond the early days of jerky videoconferences resembling B-grade, out-of-synch foreign films. High Definition video and new video handling algorithms have made the collaborative videoconferencing experience more pleasurable and natural.

• Lets you be multiple places at the same time which translates to more meetings

• Allows for faster decision making and time to market

• You can have more frequent contact with team members and colleagues, partners, suppliers, and customers without having to leave the office

• Provides increased employee safety since travel involves some risk

• Allows for more disciplined, productive meetings

• Allows for ad hoc meetings letting you discuss urgent matters and take immediate decisions

• Reduced travel costs

• Reduced fatigue since business travel is frequently a tiring experience

• By letting you save time, resources, and money, it improves the effectiveness of your working day and your quality of life

• Sets your company apart from your competition

• Contribute to the “GO GREEN” movement by reducing carbon emissions and energy usage.