Top tips: Investing in a video solution for your business
Video conferencing continues to rise in popularity, but how do you go about choosing a video solution? As with any tech investment, you don’t want to rush in and it’s important to make sure your choice...
View ArticleBlue Jeans CCO: “We’re changing the video conferencing game”
“Well, if you had video conferencing equipment, this wouldn’t have happened”, quipped James Campanini, VP / GM EMEA of Blue Jeans, as I burst into our briefing a full ten minutes late after a Google...
View ArticleNumber of post-Christmas business meetings rockets by 118%
If you feel like you spend every hour of your day in a boardroom, you may be interested to know what technology is doing to shape the future of the modern meeting. According to Blue Jeans, a...
View ArticleBlue Jeans Q&A: The future of video conferencing
Recent headlines have been filled with the fact that the University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS) has become the first hospital in Europe to allow doctors to consult with their patients via...
View ArticleCisco takes the boardroom on the road through cloud meeting service
Cisco is ready to unleash a new breed of interactive services that will provide video conferencing in every room using a new cloud-based network. Related: Collaboration in the cloud: Top reasons...
View ArticleHigh costs and time constraints push 60% of companies to choose conference...
60 per cent of businesses opt for conference calls over face-to-face meetings as the global nature of most industries push firms to opt out of traditional meetings. Related: Blue Jeans Q&A: The...
View ArticleZTE enhances video conferencing through Blue Jeans Network partnership
ZTE is teaming up with Blue Jeans Network to bring its cross-platform video conferencing into the cloud for its customers across the US, Europe, Australia and Singapore. Related: Blue Jeans Q&A:...
View ArticleThe death of the phone call: How 4G revolutionised video conferencing
A study by Virgin Media Business recently predicted that by the end of the decade 60 per cent of UK staff will regularly work from home. This makes sense: working remotely increases productivity,...
View ArticleVideo conferencing tools too difficult to use, research shows
If you’re frustrated by your company’s video conferencing solutions and the fact that it’s simply not working properly – you’re not the only one. According to a recent research by Blue Jeans Network,...
View ArticleTwo video-conferencing innovations set to make conference calls cool again
Let’s face it: today’s video-conferencing is anything but bad. After all, we can talk to one or more people through great free and efficient tools like Google+ Hangout, Skype, Hall and many others....
View ArticleVideo conferencing gets personal
With its roots in the Google development labs, and championed by companies like Facebook and Amazon, WebRTC (short for Real Time Communications) is an open-source project that has transformed ordinary...
View ArticleWhat are the business benefits of video conferencing?
With the ever-improving quality of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, and the rise in expectations of an increasingly tech-savvy consumer base, more and more businesses have embraced audio...
View ArticleHands on with the Polycom RealPresence Trio 8800 conference hub
Remote working, globalisation and multi-site operations all mean that modern businesses rely heavily on conference calls to hold virtual meetings. To do this effectively you need something a bit more...
View ArticleLogitech announces Intel-powered ‘ConferenceCam Kit’ for video conferences
In the year 2016, you would think videoconferencing would be very prevalent in business offices. Unfortunately, many solutions are expensive and confusing – audio-based conference calls are still quite...
View ArticleSkype, a collaboration mindset and its Star Trek business plan
Today at UC Expo I sat down with Andrew Sinclair, GM of Skype for Business at Microsoft, to discuss the future of communication and collaboration in the workplace. Digital transformation is affecting...
View ArticleVideo conferencing: Don’t go live today with yesterday’s hardware
Communication in business is key. The language you use, the gestures you make, even the way you dress can make or break a relationship. How many times have you been on a call and the other person has...
View ArticleHow pro AV can hit the mainstream without being swallowed up by IT
Institutions have historically viewed AV as a bespoke add-on, utilising it on a limited project-by-project basis. However, with demand for both collaborative solutions and more impactful staff/customer...
View ArticleVirtual reality: The new face of business?
Once only thought a possibility in dreams and science fiction, virtual reality has propelled onto the tech scene and is taking the world by storm. And everyone seems to be buying into the hype –...
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