Whitepaper
Unified Communications: The Business
Benefits of Desktop Video Collaboration
Advances in the quality and simplicity of affordable desktop video equipment are allowing organizations of all sizes to tap the power of unified communications and cut costs, increase efficiency,
and improve business performance.
In today s changing global economy,
more and more companies operate geographically dispersed offices, and deploy mobile workers in unprecedented numbers. The number of mobile employees accessing enterprise systems worldwide will top 1 billion this year, on its way to 1.2 billion by 2013, according to market research firm IDC1. In addition,
turbulent economic conditions are putting more pressure than ever on companies to attract far-flung talent and utilize their most valuable people as productively as possible.
The result is an increasingly virtual workplace that places a demonstrable premium on the ability to communicate flexibly and effectively among remote locations. Whether working in traditional offices, satellite locations, home offices,
cars, airports or hotels, employees need to work together. Yet in an environment that defines success (or survival) as doing more with less, cutting travel and commuting costs and eliminating downtime is just as imperative.
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IDC Worldwide Mobile Worker Population 2009
2013 Forecast, Dec 2009
White paper: Unified Communications: The Business Benefits of Desktop Video Collaboration
To gain these efficiencies without losing the richness and nuance of faceto-face communication, companies are integrating a range of familiar, yet previously discrete, communications capabilities under the umbrella of unified
