Now Your Business Can Take Advantage Of Video Conferencing

Telepresence News and Events October, 2008

WOW! What an amazing month for the Telepresence Industry! First off, did anyone see the Cisco TelePresence Human Network commercials that are airing during this seasons NFL Football games? A great sign that public adoption of Telepresence is near.

In other news from the 24/7 Telepresence Breaking News reel at the Telepresence Forum, BT announced that they’ve launched their inter-company Telepresence solution, Proctor & Gamble implemented new Telepresence rooms, Polycom received a “Rising Star” for their innovations and Verizon Teamed with Cisco to offer new productivity enhancing services using Cisco’s collaboration portfolio. Did I mention this was just a few of the Telepresence highlights from this past week? Hundreds of Telepresence news articles hit the wire this last month, and if the past is any indication of the future, we’ll see those Telepresence news posts double by Spring 2009.

I also noticed that companies like Digital Video Enterprises, Telepresence Options and of course our Telepresence Forum were listed in the Open Directory Project at www.DMOZ.org. Pretty big news considering Telepresence didn’t exist, or even have a category just a month ago or so in the human edited ODP.

Our website traffic amongst our 345+ Telepresence related domains has tripled since early August, another indication that Telepresence is getting ready to explode onto Main Street. People are “hearing” of it, people are “researching” it, and once they’ve performed their due diligence, they’ll “see and feel” what the pioneers of the Telepresence industry have been saying. Telepresence is near; Telepresence is here.

Well that’s it for now Readers. We hope you stop by the Telepresence Forum to learn a little about what the differences between plain old video conferencing and Telepresence are. C'mon by, sign up (free by the way), watch a Telepresence video or two, and drop us a line or comment with your Telepresence thoughts and experiences.

Take care , hope to see you on the Forum!

Your Editor and Administrator - L II
"Ride on the Next Plane of Existence" TM

Does your business have job sites scattered all across the country or the globe? Do your employees have to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles to make important meetings, while their expense accounts add up? With advances in technology and reductions in costs, now your business can take advantage of video conferencing, too.

As employees travel great distances away from their normal job sites to attend important meetings, hours of employee productivity are lost. And after you reimburse all of these employees for their travel time, air fare, car rental, hotel, and food, the cost can become astronomical. When you invest in video conferencing capabilities, the equipment can potentially pay for itself in one meeting, depending on your own unique business needs.

How many times have you gathered your employees together, taking them away from their usual job sites, only to realize too late that they have forgotten some important piece of data, or a resource crucial to the success of the meeting? Video conferencing eliminates the worry and hassle associated with traditional travel and meeting options.

And, imagine how relieved the employees of your business will be, to know they no longer have to spend days or even weeks away from home, far from their families. When you invest in video conferencing equipment, you can have important meetings with all the advantages of face to face, instantaneous communication, without any of the disadvantages or hassles.

Video conferencing also allows you to call important meetings without having to spend weeks or even months coordinating, scheduling, and planning. With just a few phone calls, meetings can be set up and conducted, almost at the drop of a hat. This means no more missed opportunities or time wasted waiting for employees to travel.

The equipment needed for your business to take advantage of video conferencing costs much less now than it did only a decade ago. Many businesses are not taking advantage of this technology because they believe it is still too expensive for them.

Ten years ago, video conferencing packages could easily cost as much as $50,000 per site. But now packages are available for less than half of that. Some businesses find the equipment pays for itself after only a few meetings. And some video conferencing providers allow businesses to rent or lease the equipment for monthly payments less than $100.

Because video conferencing integrates video and audio signals, employees are able to see and talk to each other the same as if they were still meeting face to face in the same room. But, they can remain on their regular job sites, with their data, their resources, and ? even more importantly ? their families close at hand.

Video conferencing eliminates costs, headaches, and hassles associated with gathering employees together for important meetings. Big decisions can be reached more quickly, no more hours get lost to travel time, no more money is wasted on traveling expenses, and employees are happier and more productive. Video conferencing benefits everyone involved, but it benefits your bottom line the most of all.

Robert Michael is a writer for A Conferencing which is an excellent place to find conferencing links, resources and articles. For more information go to: http://www.aconferencing.com

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Telepresence Today - Telepresence information and editor qualified headline news

On Telepresence - Information, videos and fact sheets "on Telepresence"

Telepresence 101 - All Telepresence, all the time. Telepresence 101

Telepresence.cc - Telepresence vs. Video Conferencing

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