video conferencing

April 13, 2015

COLLABORATION

Collaboration Technologies Can Help Reduce Travel Costs Without Reducing Relationships

Did you know these corporate travel facts? On average, companies spent more than 10% of their total annual budget on expenses related to business travel in 2014, according to Aberdeen. Non-compliance with corporate travel policies is a top-three challenge for 57% of executives surveyed by Travelpor…

March 17, 2015

COLLABORATION

We’re Happy to Oblige

My biggest take-away from today’s set of announcements? Customers just cannot get enough of Cisco video collaboration products. Our new Cisco TelePresence MX800 Dual, for example, was not a planned product. But after experiencing the vast, single 70-inch screen of the original MX800 (now called MX80…

January 28, 2015

COLLABORATION

4 Ways Video Conferencing Makes a Difference

It’s not an industry-specific thing. Video conferencing can provide business benefits no matter the industry. Retailers and financial institutions are employing video to interact with customers. Medical professionals are consulting with one another across distance. Manufacturers are addressing produ…

January 12, 2015

COLLABORATION

6 Ways HR Can Benefit from Video Conferencing

With the near year come new resolutions.  For many people, among those at the top of the list is getting a new job. For human resources leaders, the resolutions may be to get more creative to find new talent, and to retain and grow the existing talent. This challenge is even greater when you are att…

December 17, 2014

COLLABORATION

Use Video to Make Internal Communications Count

As I am sitting in heavy traffic on the way home from work, my finger tips tapping impatiently on the steering wheel, my mind wandering… I suddenly think of the Chinese program that I am so glad to have recorded on TV. Without this convenience, I would have missed it. I can’t help but reflect…

December 1, 2014

COLLABORATION

Put People First: Using Video to Enhance Relationships

How can you make the most of every opportunity to delight your existing client base? How do you identify new areas to expand your business? How can you improve employee engagement? These are just a few of the challenges that organizations face today. Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends 2014 survey explo…

November 17, 2014

COLLABORATION

The Most Sophisticated Collaboration Experience on the Planet

When we said that we strive to deliver “no-compromise” collaboration experiences, nowhere did we mean it more than with our latest endpoint product. Today culminates 24 months of refreshing our endpoint portfolio as we unveil our flagship triple-screen immersive system, the Cisco TelePresence IX5000…

November 3, 2014

COLLABORATION

A-E-I-O-U: The Nucleus of Video Collaboration

I’ve been on a journey with my team over the last 18 months to redefine our approach to video collaboration. Vowels form the nucleus of any word, so I call this the A-E-I-O-U approach as it represents the core principles of video collaboration. Every product we introduced this year has these p…

October 27, 2014

COLLABORATION

Connecting Basketball Fans with Teams at the NBA D-League Draft

It’s almost November, which means we’re about to begin what is now an annual basketball tradition. For the fourth year in a row, the NBA Development League Draft will be conducted entirely via WebEx! On November 1, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Eastern, all 18 teams will make their picks from the D-League…