Archive for 'Video conferencing'
New LifeSize Unity Series brings video conferencing together
Share Can video conferencing grow simpler? LifeSize thinks so. That’s why the company this week launched its new Unity Series, which are all-in-one HD video conferencing solutions specifically designed for simple setup and ease of use. Even small companies can use the LifeSize Unity 50 or LifeSize Unity 500 to enjoy the benefits of HD telepresence, without [...]
Full StoryMobile Videoconferencing Drives Unified Communications Systems Demand
Share Unified communications solution providers are seeing more demand for video applications and mobile support. The costs of business travel and the rise of the mobile workforce make mobile videoconferencing more appealing to business customers, VARs said. Increasingly, video solutions are moving away from high-end room-based systems to technologies that can help bring video [...]
Full StoryTelehealth Solutions a Reality – Today
Share Physicians, hospitals and insurance companies that have taken a wait-and-see approach to telehealth solutions may be surprised to find that the future of medicine via phone and video conference has quickly become reality. Recently, Consult A Doctor took its services up a notch with its MyHealthPlan 24/7, a cloud-based telemedicine platform solution designed to [...]
Full StoryCelebrate Telework Week 2012!
Share This week is national Telework Week 2012. How is your business celebrating? Telework Week is the second-annual initiative encouraging government agencies, businesses and individuals to pledge to telework during the week of March 5 through March 9. Last year, during Telework Week 2011, nearly 40,000 individuals and organizations pledged to telework, collectively saving $2.7 [...]
Full StoryVideo Conferencing Solutions: Should you video conference in the cloud?
Share When it comes to video conferencing solutions, many businesses have a burning question. What does the cloud have to do with it? Companies that specialize in unified communications solutions, including video conferencing technologies, all seem to be developing cloud-based offerings. So should your company care about the cloud? Or is your own, premise-based video [...]
Full StoryLifeSize makes play to simplify, scale video conferencing infrastructure
Share It’s one more reason companies avoid purchasing video conference equipment. IT executives and other decision-makers wonder if their infrastructure will be able to handle new hardware and bandwidth requirements today. And what about tomorrow, when demands become even greater? To address that problem, LifeSize recently announced its UVC Platform, which is totally virtualized for [...]
Full StoryTelehealth market zooms, thanks to telemonitoring technologies
Share New opportunities are arising in the telehealth market, thanks to telemonitoring. This cornerstone of the telemedicine industry is helping insurers and healthcare providers manage costs for patients with chronic conditions. With telemonitoring, doctors and nurses can keep an eye on patients at home, in the hospital, or even in the intensive care unit. In [...]
Full StoryNew, affordable whiteboard changes video conferencing
Share Want to take a video conference from interesting to effective? Few things can drive home the important points brought up in a meeting than a whiteboard. But how can the whiteboard experience of the conference room be expanded to the virtual meeting? Until now, creating a whiteboard in a video conferencing setting required an [...]
Full StoryGovernment goes to video … shouldn’t you?
Share The federal government is embracing video conferencing in lieu of travel by government employees. Wouldn’t the same strategy work in your business? Check out this recent LifeSize blog post on the latest efforts by President Obama to encourage video conferencing by government workers. I applaud his direction and would certainly hope that he immediately [...]
Full Story5 ways to prepare for live business communications
Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. Live business video is poised to break out of the shackles of the corporate conference room. In recent months, industry giants like Microsoft and Google have taken their first steps into strategies that ultimately will make live video at the corporate desktop an everyday reality. Google [...]
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