Because of High Definition, Many Companies are Moving to Video Conferencing
WHY?
Reason #1 – Enhanced Sound Quality
“I Can’t Hear You” becomes a scenario of the past for video conferencing.
No one disputes that connecting managers and project teams through video conferencing is cost effective…
… but let’s face it, conferencing can be frustrating and many do not take advantage for this reason. For some it’s the quality of Web cams at the low end and the cost of video conferencing systems at the high end. For others it is the complexity and seeming capriciousness of the equipment, network access, etc. For still others it is the sound quality.
High Definition Sound Quality
Quality of images is one thing. But sound quality, perhaps the most crucial component of communication, is quite another. It can be hard to hear all participants using existing phones and conference fatigue is bound to set in. But High Definition sound quality has video conferencing turning the corner.
What’s different with LifeSize?
LifeSize revolutionizes this experience with the new LifeSize® Phone™, designed with 16 always-on microphones that deliver 2X the room coverage and 10X lower distortion from HVAC and projector noise.
Reason #2 – Simple to Use
You know it’s just too complex when the IT folks are mumbling to each other as company execs and customers wait for the conference bridge to launch.
“The conference was scheduled for 11:00 am. We were connecting participants from Reno, Carson City, Elko and Amargosa Valley. Two IT engineers worked on it for thirty minutes when we finally just did a conference call on the phone.”
What’s different with LifeSize? Simplicity
Walk into a “LifeSize room” and get involved in a high definition video and audio session where the technology is transparent meaning anyone can launch and maintain it. The user interface with context sensitive on-screen controls and the ability to dial video calls from the integrated speakerphone means LifeSize Room defines simplicity in the video conferencing industry.
Standards-based
LifeSize Room is based on the latest H.264 standard and provides H.263 support for interoperability with all standards-based video communications systems. This means that companies can rely on the technology.
Bandwidth
Even though bandwidth was something to brag about, it doesn’t matter now. Whatever the bandwidth, LifeSize works with it. Unless your bandwidth is lower than 128K.
Reason #3 – Secure
Inter and intra company communications must be secure for privacy, data security and regulatory compliance with IT standards.
LifeSize is committed to standards-based, end-to-end security methods to deliver the ultimate high quality, secure communication. All LifeSize systems support the standards-based H.235 encryption standard.
What’s different with LifeSize?
Today's enterprise must set up a secure environment that allows communication intra and inter company.
Reason #4 – Make Your Business Meetings and Education Carbon Neutral
A “green” decision is responsible. The carbon footprint of a company can be significantly reduced by HD video conferencing. High Definition audio and video images bring communications to a natural feel.
While all reductions in carbon dioxide emission are desirable, a single jet trip can completely outstrip the carbon dioxide savings made in other areas. Video communications can reduce or eliminate the need to make routine plane trips all together.
The electricity used for video calls is negligible in comparison to the energy used to travel. Each video call that saves a trip can have a direct impact. If we were all to do it, the impact on the carbon output would be measurable.
Do More, Travel Less, Turn Green (Cash and Environment Both)
We know that telepresence is good for business as well as the environment. At LifeSize, the use of video communications instead of travel has helped build a world-class, high-growth company with global development, manufacturing and sales operations with greater speed, better business results and less pollution. LifeSize does more, but staff travels less. You can too.
Jet exhaust is mostly carbon dioxide (CO2), and jets deliver this greenhouse gas directly into the most sensitive portion of our atmosphere, the delicate upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, five to seven miles up from Earth’s surface.
Reason #5 – Because Video Quality Matters
Until recently, video conferencing equipment did not provide a satisfactory experience. Blurry, jerky video doesn’t deliver the quality experience needed to result in action, business decisions that achieve everything and more that a personal visit would produce– people want a video call to feel as natural as being in someone’s office.
LifeSize systems deliver a communication experience so realistic and natural that it is preferable to travel and affordable enough for mainstream adoption.
Reason #6 – There Isn’t an Airplane Fast Enough
Capital and ideas flow around the world. You’ll find both in out-of-the way places. With development in Xuedong Province, Design in Ireland, Banking in London and Research in Palo Alto, jetting around the world for meetings is just not practical. Sure, executives still do it. The question is; why?
Our presumed need for personal, visual interaction is at odds with the modern world. The global economy is now everywhere. Design, manufacturing and marketing teams are distributed across continents. But while the planet may seem smaller, the distances between cities, countries and continents are very real. The flight from San Francisco to Osaka is not likely to change anytime soon from the 10.5 hours one way (westbound) it takes today.
Reason #7 – Reduce the Cost of Doing Business
What impact does rising air fares, increases in fuel prices and the rising costs of almost everything else have on your business?
You’ll find both in out-of-the way places. With development in Xuedong Province, Design in Ireland, Banking in London and Research in Palo Alto, jetting around the world for meetings is just not practical. Sure, executives still do it. The question is; why?
Our presumed need for personal, visual interaction is at odds with the modern world. The global economy is now everywhere. Design, manufacturing and marketing teams are distributed across continents. But while the planet may seem smaller, the distances between cities, countries and continents are very real. The flight from San Francisco to Osaka is not likely to change anytime soon from the 10.5 hours one way (westbound) it takes today.
