$1.3 Trillion on Business Travel & Videoconferencing

Grant's Perspective on ... radio "Tough Trivia" contest reminds me that videoconferencing can save money.

I was listening to the local 92 CITI FM Winnipeg radio show this morning as I got ready to leave for the office. They have a Tough Trivia contest every weekday morning and today's question was "1.3 trillion dollars is spent on this annually." The winning answer was business travel.

This reminded me of the travel savings that videoconferencing can deliver. I encourage anyone interested in spending less time on the road and/or in the air to look at the online Videoconferencing Business Advantage Calculator to see how much money  they can save (never mind the improved family life!) by using technology.

Videoconferencing Business Advantage Calculator

 Grant

Bandwidth Cost & Managed Videoconference Services

Grant's Perspective on ... getting more from your videoconference system with Managed Services.


Inland AV recently launched Managed Services to help people get more from their existing videoconference system.


We sat down with one client and discussed their company requirements. They had 3 locations that required systems. They needed to buy a videoconference system for each location, more network  infrastructure, TMS licences and to increase their bandwidth. We then compared the cost of the client buying 3 basic videoconference systems and using Managed Services to take care of the rest of the infrastructure and management issues.


The difference in cost and services were huge! Their increased bandwidth alone was approximately $1,000.00 per year. Their complete Inland AV Managed Services package that included their additional bandwidth (and so much more) was $750.00 per year. Add on the cost of the annual TMS licences, additional network infrastructure and the extra staff costs to manage the system make it a "no brainer" to go with Managed Services.



The Inland AV website has posted a page with more Managed Services information.

Grant

VideoChampion.com

Grant's Perspective on ...Getting Your Organization Into Videoconferencing


Many organizations discuss the idea of implementing videoconferencing. Often someone is appointed to research the technology and report back to the group. This person typically will start their research on the internet to find the pertinent information relating to videoconferencing and the associated costs. They then do a Return on Investment Calculation to see if the investment makes sense.

The report is presented and the group thinks the project should go ahead. Then either the researcher, or perhaps an IT person, is assigned with implementing a videoconference system because either they have the best understanding of it or it is believed this area falls under their profession.

This person is now the company's video champion.

TANDBERG has a website dedicated to supporting the video champion. With sections dedicated to securing executive sponsorship, getting set up, promotion, training, measuring success and more.



This leads me to two points:
1) Hats off to TANDBERG for doing this – once again they’ve demonstrated the leadership that clients I work with love.
2) All who work with video conferencing should register and use the video champion website.


Grant