About Video Conferencing

Teleconferencing, Sound, and Video Recording Equipment 

What is Video conferencing and What are the Benefits of Video Conference Equipment?

About Video Conferencing - Video conferencing is an interactive tool that incorporates audio, video, and computing, and communications technologies to allow people in different locations to electronically collaborate face-to-face, in real time, and share all types of information including data, documents, sound and picture. In essence video conferencing removes the barrier of distance that separates us.

At Ezehire we want to help prepare you for the future by providing you with a better understanding of what video conferencing is really all about. Not only do we want to share the benefits of video conferencing with you, but we want to explain the fundamental components, inform you about different types of systems, and offer realistic solutions. The better understanding you have of the entire video conferencing scene, the more confident you will be when it comes to making decisions that affect the future of your business and video conference equipment hire or purchase from Ezehire.

For further information or quotes on our Video Conferencing Equipment packages or Services email to info@ezehire.com

Benefits of Video conferencing

Increases Productivity

The ability to be in several places at once without leaving your office is the next frontier. The 1990s saw a tremendous increase in productivity for companies. The goal was to do more with less. Websites and the Internet let us quicken the speed of communication. We believe that the use of video conferencing will be the next driver for productivity because you will be able to keep in closer contact with customers. This closeness will lead to new ideas on how to speed up the development of new products and services.

Improves Communication & Reinforce Relationships

During a video conference you can see the facial expressions and body language of conference participants. These are both important aspects of communication that are lost with a basic telephone call. Video conferencing also allows the opportunity for more of your staff to have contact with your customers. From your customer's perspective, the only person ever seen is the salesperson from your company. Wouldn't it improve your business relationship with your best customers if they got to meet more of your internal employees?

Reduces Travel Expenses
In today's economy, cutting down on company travel expenses is usually a real attention grabber. In practice, the results are mixed. Individuals still like to go places and visit clients and associates in person. Nothing can replace meeting someone face to face for the first time and shaking hands. There are, however, numerous situations where you can save a lot of money on airfare and hotel costs, not to mention saving the loss in productivity from being out of the office.

Allows Multi-point Meetings Across Time Zones & International Boundaries
Video conferencing lets you put together a meeting of various people, from different locations, for a common discussion. Participants can be across the country or on the other side of the globe. For example, you can have sites in Australia, USA and Malaysia, all with multiple personnel, participate in the same video conference!

Improves Effectiveness

We all know that "a picture is worth a thousand words." Video conferencing is the perfect example of how true this statement is. A live video call is much more effective than a phone call in many situations. For example, your engineering staff needs to show one of your vendors a problem with a purchased component. Visually seeing the part during a video conference is far more effective and meaningful than trying to describe it over the phone.

Business

Video conferencing provides businesses with the ability to meet and to work with others over a distance. The following list includes several examples of the benefits for businesses using video conferencing:

• Reduce travel costs. 
• Improve use of executive time. 
• Speed up decision-making. 
• Keep meetings brief and more focused than face-to-face meetings. 
• Enable top management to quickly and effectively communicate with employees sitting in multiple locations. 
• Allows virtual project management via video and data conferencing with geographically dispersed peer groups at short notice. 
• Provides an effective way of delivering cost-efficient training to individuals without the requirement to consistently travel to central locations. 
• Creates a medium for conducting interviews. 

Distance Learning

Video conferencing is an exciting technology for education. Teachers and students are able to see each other, share documents and discuss topics together in a situation similar to a traditional classroom setting. The main difference being that the teachers and the students may be in different states or even countries.

Distance Learning Video conferencing increases efficiency by:

• Saving travel time and expenses. 
• Increasing an instructor’s audience. 
• Maintaining the ability for interaction between teachers and students. 

Many schools are currently using video conferencing systems for a variety of purposes, including:

• Traditional courses. 
• Connecting with guest speakers and experts. 
• Multi-school project collaboration. 
• Enabling teachers to share information and team-up with teachers in remote sites. 
• Virtual field trips to museums, zoos, aquariums, institutions and other interesting locations that are geographically distant from the school. 

Telecommuting / Home Office 

Telecommuting empowers companies and employees to make more efficient use of their time.

• We can reduce time lost commuting between home and the office and between offices. If you can measure the productive value of a job then regaining even half of that travel time will profit the company.
• By re-engineering the customer/vendor and company/employee process on the road time can be reduced.
• Paper documents can be replaced with electronic copies.
• Home or base workers can be more productive with less stress or workplace interruptions.
• Employers can setup hot desks and reduce office space once new workforce patterns are established.

Savings in rates, rent, heating and lighting are all Telecommuting benefits.

Legal Environment

The use of video conferencing technology is becoming more prevalent in law today. Video conferencing systems are used in law offices mediation rooms and courtrooms. It enables mediation without travelling and testifying witnesses to “appear” in court without having to travel to court. Expert witnesses, prisoners, and various other witnesses can also provide the same testimonies from remote locations. Video conferencing in the court system offers significant cost savings and improved security by reducing the need for high-security prisoner transport. The entire courtroom experience is then made shorter, safer and more cost-effective.

Telemedicine 

There are times when a person needs medical advice but is unable to visit their personal physician or even more likely, a specialist. In such situations using video conferencing can make all the difference. A patient in a rural location can easily “meet” with a specialist from anywhere in the world. Video conferencing enables patients to get the necessary information and expert guidance they need quickly and easily. While video conferencing cannot replace all visits to a medical professional, in some instances it can be the only method of meeting with a specific doctor, and in a difficult situation it may prove to be a lifesaver.

For more information call Ezehire now on 1300 789403 or email us info@ezehire.com.au

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