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Video Conferencing

A major cost of starting up or expanding a business is the price of organising and attending meetings with clients and colleges. What's more, the vast amount of travel involved in attending these events, especially those held abroad, makes it hard for companies to meet growing demands to minimise their negative impact on the environment. Nevertheless, holding effective meetings is an essential part of running any successful business; as the Icelandic volcanic cloud proved when it grounded all flights, companies can grind to a halt when these conferences become impossible. Effective conferences and meetings are expensive, time consuming and damaging to the environment, yet they are essential for successful business and, in the greater scheme of things, the economy. As a new business with a relatively unstable or irregular turnover, finding the time and money to invest in these events is a challenge that is not easily overcome. Whether it's the financial cost of finding travel, a

Public Sector

A key initiative in the Obama Administration is to use innovation and the influence of technology to improve overall performance and lower the cost of government operations. With an unstable economy and reduced operating budgets, local and federal municipalities have been forced to act. Turning to online communication and collaboration solutions as a way to streamline daily operations, online video and web conferencing technology has become a crucial weapon in how government entities communicate. The use of online conferencing services gives government and public service agencies the ability to reduce obstacles brought on by location, as well as cut back on travel related costs. In addition, by using video and web conferencing services, local, state and federal organizations are benefitting by increased productivity and participating in a more eco-friendly environment. Here are some ways these solutions are being implemented: Emergency Preparedness Webinars - When disaster strikes, cit

Perfect Software

The days of traveling all over the place for hours on end just to go to a meeting that only lasts a couple of hours are now a thing of the past thanks to video conferencing. If you have the right kind of software then internet video conferencing is very easy and can save you a lot of time and energy. This is great for business use and for personal use as you can keep in touch with your friends and family too while you are away from home in your job. Here are a few things you need to know about video conferencing. If you are just looking for something that is quite easy to use for a one on one conversation then you could use instant messenger or any other of the freeware chat portals that are available. However if you are looking to use the video conferencing for your business use then you will need something a little more up market that can deliver your message to a host of different people in various place at once. There is numerous conferencing software packages about that have the c