On Premises Collaboration

When people think of WebEx the first thing that comes to mind is cloud collaboration and while that definitely is a viable and powerful collaboration tool, Cisco just recently has released an on premise version of WebEx.

The benefits of collaboration are numerous. Being able to share on the fly or scheduled is nowadays critical in a work force that is distributed. Couple that with video and its even more powerful. Read More »

The Case for Video Conferencing – The Eyes Have IT!

Have you even been on a conference call and wondered

  • “Did they really understand what I just said?”
  • “Are the listening to the call, or are they distracted doing another task?”
  • “Did they completely disagree with what I just said?”

These have been ongoing issues when using a simple audio only bridge for communication.  Based on a 4 year old study, the findings still hold true.  People remember 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see, and a huge 70% of what they see and hear. After all, with 30% of the brain’s cortex being devoted to the sense of vision, the vast majority of communication can tend to be non-verbal. Read More »