Videoconferencing: why it makes sense to videoconference

The way successful business is conducted today means videoconferencing must be the first choice for fast, cost-effective communications. An integrated videoconferencing solution from Internet Videocommunications provides a wealth of business and quality of life benefits.

5 reasons to videoconference today

1. Videoconferencing reduces travel costs: an integrated videoconference solution will pay for itself many times over in the first year in terms of saved air, train, car, hotel and other expenses. Videoconferencing delivers fast, cost-effective communications across domestic and global operations. Reduced travel budget is the primary motivator for many businesses when they invest in videoconferencing.
2. Videoconferencing reduces travelling time: journeying to and from meetings often takes longer than the meeting itself – with a videoconference you can meet face to face across the world without leaving your office.
3. Videoconferencing increases business efficiency: use videoconferencing for faster decision making and increased productivity that delivers real competitive advantage. For many businesses, videoconferencing is a critical business tool that helps develop more products and services more quickly for increased speed to market. Integrated videoconferencing technology can deliver a customised solution that enables interactive collaboration and annotation for faster problem solving.
4. Videoconferencing reduces the environmental impact of your business: videoconferencing slashes miles travelled which saves fuel and reduces the harmful effects of pollution on the environment; videoconferencing reduces congestion, with fewer people on the roads stuck in traffic on their way to and from meetings.
5. Videoconferencing brings personnel benefits: when you videoconference you need to make fewer long distance trips, which means less time away from home and more quality time to spend with family and friends. Videoconferencing improves quality of life.


Internet Videocommunications’ managing director, David Rowe, explains why videoconferencing is a critical business tool for so many organisations, and how videoconference technology is spearheading the fully integrated communications solution for voice, video, data and web collaboration – and will change the way we work for tomorrow.

“Globalisation and advancements in telecommunications have transformed the workplace, with geographically dispersed teams the norm. Developments such as the IP revolution are changing the way organisations communicate and collaborate. Now is the time to embrace the new technology and develop a new culture of conferencing: videoconferencing, audio, voice and web collaboration. In our experience, establishing videoconferencing in the company culture – ‘the way we do things round here’ – is worth the initial efforts. Demand for videoconferencing facilities is high, videoconference rooms are fully booked up and the business enjoys real return on investment. Employees relish the fact that with a videoconference, ideas can be shared immediately and feedback is instant. Videoconferencing generates a more collaborative environment across domestic and global operations. Senior management appreciate the business benefits that videoconferencing brings, freeing up valuable management and development time.

The technology for fully integrated, end-to-end converged communications for voice, video, data and web collaboration is already here, such as The Polycom Office, and Tandberg Meeting Solutions, Internet Videocommunications provides total project management, from installation of hardware, room design and training, to on-going 24 hour aftersales support, that ensures our clients’ investment in videoconferencing facilities pays for itself many times over. I believe videoconferencing is the future – our videoconferencing solutions deliver business efficiency and productivity improvements through unprecedented ease of use and manageability. “