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Critical Communications for Business

These days, any organization that doesn’t have a business continuity plan in place is critically out of date. Everyone’s aware of the big threats—terrorism, natural disasters, regional power failures, and so on. But with an increasingly remote workforce, more companies are open to more interruptions to their business—and in a virtual workplace, even if those interruptions hit on a local level, their effects reach far and wide.

Source: Polycom Posted Date:05/05/2010 Pages:15

For evidence of savings from collaboration solutions, look no further than Polycom

Organisations looking for hard evidence of the bottom-line benefits of high definition (HD) video and voice collaboration need look no further than Polycom, Inc.
In late 2008, Polycom took steps to ensure its competitiveness in a tough economy, targeting cost centres and eliminating any travel that wasn't absolutely necessary. The company realized an immediate return, including a 30 percent reduction in airline ticket purchases. In the process, Polycom has dramatically intensified its reliance on its enterprisewide collaboration environment, arguably the most extensive in the world. That environment allows Polycom's 2,600 employees, partners, suppliers and even customers to engage with one another through any combination of voice and video communications, content sharing, presence awareness and instant messaging.

Source: Polycom Published Date:04/09/2009 Posted Date:09/09/2009 Pages:2

The Art of Teleworking

There is a new class of workers out there-working from their homes nearly autonomously. Some call them teleworkers, some telecommuters. Armed with remote access to their organization's network, with tollfree numbers, VPN's and mobile phones, they escape traffic jams, bad weather, and high fuel prices, and are able to find the right balance between personal and professional life.

Source: Polycom Published Date:28/08/2009 Posted Date:31/08/2009 Pages:15