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| Video Conferencing brings a new way for teachers and lecturers to engage, empower and motivate students and promote interactive learning. Video Conferencing allows students and teachers to have a visual connection to those they are working with, extending access to learning, inviting guest lecturers and experts, and exploring distant facilities that would not be possible without the use of modern technology. VideoCentric offers the most comprehensive, affordable and easy-to-use solutions available today, and although we understand that video conferencing will never replace the classroom, it can enhance the learning experience by enabling collaboration through natural interaction, quicker decision making, and extending your global reach. In addition, video conferencing reduces operational costs, saves resources and promotes sustainable, environmentally friendly learning in todays global economic climate. See our VIDEO COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR EDUCATION for more information. |
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| Aachen University of Applied Sciences - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video Conferencing enables e-learning students to access recorded lectures and provides flexibility with their time management. |
| Canada Space Agency - Tandberg (Cisco) | Distance Learning reaches remote schools, encouraging technology careers and supporting space initiatives. |
| Clinical Communications - Tandberg (Cisco) | A pilot program testing the use of video conferencing for speech language therapy found no reduction in quality of service, with favourable results for all involved. |
| Coventry Local Education Authority - Tandberg (Cisco) | With one third of city schools using video conferencing, coventry children enjoy a fully immersive learning experience, speaking to other students in the UK and abroad. |
| Girls' Day School Trust - Tandberg (Cisco) | The largest group of independent schools in the UK reduced costs, time, and CO2 emissions associated with travelling and enhanced teaching and learning between sites. |
| Kentucky School for the Deaf - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video Conferencing connects students with other deaf schools, enables virtual field trips, and provides professional development. The school's biggest cost savings comes from not having to pay for contracted interpreters. |
| Queens Library - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video Conferencing bring famous authors to the reading public for free. With a conservative cost estimate of $5,000 per author visit, Queens Library saves tens of thousands each year and provides an opportunity not otherwise available. |
| Schools across Shropshire - Tandberg (Cisco) | Schools across Shropshire recognised that they would need to collaborate more closely than ever before to offer the new Diploma qualifications to all students. By introducing video conferencing into classrooms, they are now able not only to share lessons, but also to enrich the curriculum. Reduced travel between sites has simplified planning, cut costs and boosted the Local Authority’s green credentials. |
| University of Malaya - Tandberg (Cisco) | TANDBERG enables UM to become a premier educational provider by delivering innovative teaching methods, enhancing students’ learning experiences, and reducing staff travel expenses. |
| University of Basel - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing has significantly improved exchange between international research groups, broadened e-learning, and optimized administrative processes. |
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| Croatian Education System - Polycom | Polycom video conferencing solutions are enhancing the distance learning experience for Croatian schools and universities by enabling better student/teacher collaboration. |
| Covington Elementary School - Polycom | Covington Elementary School Uses Polycom SpectraLink Wireless Communications |
| Ethiopian University - Polycom | Polycom solution helps Ethopian university deliver enhanced educational services including lectures, multipoint conferencing, recording and streaming lessons and broadcasting graduation ceremonies. |
| Classroom of the Future - Polycom | National Defense University Builds Classroom of the Future with polycom Immersive Telepresence - interactive distance learning, access to content experts and guest lecturers and project coordination. |
| University Paris-Descartes - Polycom | University Paris-Descartes pushes teaching boundaries using Polycom Video conferencing solutions |
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| Case Western Reserve university - Lifesize | Case Western Reserve University chooses LifeSize® to deliver HD video to faculty and staff |
| Essex Schools UK - Lifesize | Meeting of the Minds: Essex Schools Use LifeSize® to Challenge Gifted and Talented Students Through HD Video |
| Hiroshima Bunka College - Lifesize | Community College in Japan Creates Satellite Campus Using LifeSize®HD Video |
| Los Angeles Community College District - Lifesize | LifeSize® HD video is clean, green, and right on the money for the Los Angeles Community College District |
| Norway Schools - Lifesize | A newly retired teacher tells exciting stories to over 200 children in 17 different locations via LifeSize® |
| University of Amsterdam - Lifesize | LifeSize® HD video is widely accepted at the University of Amsterdam |
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| University of Houston Downtown - RADVision | University of Houston-Downtown Expands its Video Horizons with RADVision Infrastructure and Desktop Conferencing - including SCOPIA Multipoint Conferencing Units, SCOPIA Desktop and iView Suite Management |
| Central Queensland University of Australia - RADVision | Central Queensland University, Australia, Implements IP Videoconferencing for Teaching with RADVISION Technology |
| University of Illinoise - RADVision | RADVision Enables Illinois Century Network school Video Services Solution - RADVision Video Conferencing Infrastructure including Multipoint Conferencing Unit (MCU), IP-to-ISDN Gateway and H.323 Gatekeeper |
| Piemonte Univesity - RADVision | Piemonte University Estanbilishes Telemedicine and Distance Learning program with RADVision Video Conferencing Solutions |
| Erasmus University Medical Center - RADVision | RADVision Desktop Video Conferencing helps physicians streamline medical care at Erasmus University Medical Centre. |
| University of Amsterdam - Lifesize | LifeSize® HD video is widely accepted at the University of Amsterdam |
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Video conferencing solutions have helped organisations achieve reduction in travel, reduction of the environmental impact of the organisation, reduction in wasted working hours, acceleration of decision making and improved the working conditions of their employees. View the case studies below to see papers from sectors including healthcare, education, public sector, business, media, energy and environment.
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| Financial institutions are always looking for new and innovative ways to provide services, improve interaction with clients and to save on overhead costs. Video conferencing solutions can improve services at the branch level, providing new channels to serve customers at their point of service, attracting and retaining high net worth customers, and making traiding floor communications more efficient. VideoCentric can provide video communication solutions to reduce cost of sales, reduce training time and costs and improve branch sales. It can allow collaboration between sales team members, partners and customers and save on business travel. See our VIDEO COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR FINANCE for more information. |
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| BBS - Tandberg (Cisco) | Concerned about travel to dispersed offices impacting efficiencies, expenses, and the environment, BBS invested in video conferencing and saw it quickly pay for itself. It saved $200,000 in seven weeks, amounting to $1.36 million annually, and reduced CO2 emissions nearly 72 tonnes per year. |
| De Lange Landen International - Tandberg (Cisco) | Investment in video conferencing and efforts to make it easy to use with "The 10 Golden Rules of Videoconferencing" instruction cards resulted in more effective internal communication, increased collaboration, and improved efficiency for this financing products supplier. |
| Essence Securities Financial Consultants - Tandberg (Cisco) | A leading Chinese security and investment business installed TANDBERG solutions at its headquarters and branch offices and saw decreased travel expenses, faster communication, and improved cooperation between branches. |
| Mega International Commercial Bank - Tandberg (Cisco) | Mega Bank was established as a merger with a company that invested in TANDBERG video solutions. Deploying this investment to its entire network, results included faster decision making, a unified organization, and reduced travel costs. |
| New England Credit Union Ltd - Tandberg (Cisco) | NECU added TANDBERG’s Real-time Advisor™ to deliver regular training and provide remote branches with virtual specialists for wealth management, loans, and insurance services. |
| Sydbank - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing reduces travel and allows employees to work more efficiently at Denmark's fourth largest bank, Sydbank. Specialists can provide assistance over video at any bank location, allowing the bank to operate as a synchronized unit. |
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| Chicago Board of Trade - Polycom | Polycom Solutions Expand Communications at Chicago Board of Trade using Polycom SpectraLink 6000 Wireless Telephonie System |
| Fortis Bank (BNP Paribas Fortis) - Polycom | polycom video conferencing solution has been the mainstay of the European bank's communication platform to deliver travel cost savings, increased efficiencies, and the flexibility to adapt to the changing shape of the organisation. |
| Holland Financial Centre - Polycom | Polycom and Holland Financial Centre join forces to promote video conferencing within international business - Internal communication, team collaboration, national and international using the Polycom HDX 9000 room telepresence system, Polycom Converged, Polycom management system and Polycom CMA solution. |
| Northern Trust, International Investment Leader - Polycom | International Investment Leader Northern Trust Connects Employees and Boosts Customer Satisfaction using the Polycom VSX 7000 and VSX 8000 group video conferencing systems, the HDX 9000 and V700 - corporate training, vendor management, interviewing and branch office communication. |
| Chicago Board of Trade - Polycom | Polycom Solutions Expand Communications at Chicago Board of Trade using Polycom SpectraLink 6000 Wireless Telephonie System |
| TransFonD, leading provider of domestic currency clearing and settlement services - Polycom | TransFonD transfoms customer interactions and increase employee efficiency with Polycom telepresence and video solutions. Video Conferencing for team collaborations, collaboration between TransFonD and credit institutions, Executive meetings and customer meetings. |
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| Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, Houston Texas - Lifesize | Top investor relations firm offers C-level clients a smart alternative to travel with LifeSize HD Room 200 systems, seeing a significant increase in not only communication but business also. |
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| Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) | Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation deploy RADVision (RVSN) Video Conferencing Solution Enhancing Productivity and Collaboration - RADVision's complete SCOPIA video conferencing infrastructure solution including the SCOPIA MCU, SCOPIA Desktop, SCOPIA Gateway and iView Management. |
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| Healthcare is delivered best when patients and physicians are face-to-face. Sharing medical history, symptons and information helps care-providers determine the best course of action. As people become more distributed across geographic boundaries, access to specialist care can be compromised. Even in the world's metropolitan areas, patients need timely access to doctors trained to treat a specific disease or injury. VideoCentric offers solutions for healthcare providers to increase their levels of patient care, control costs, address staff shortages, serve rural patients and connect doctors with patients, clinicians with hospitals and specialists with medical centres anywhere in the world. See our VIDEO COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE for more information. |
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| The Danish Cancer Society - Tandberg (Cisco) | To strengthen and coordinate regional patient counseling, more meetings are needed between headquarters and other offices in the country. Video conferencing is used instead of flying to regional meetings, and also used for internal training with great success. |
| Deaf Link, Inc. - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing facilitates accurate, cost-effective communication between the deaf, a certified sign language interpreter and businesses, government agencies, and healthcare facilities with high satisfaction. |
| Essence Securities Financial Consultants - Tandberg (Cisco) | A leading Chinese security and investment business installed TANDBERG solutions at its headquarters and branch offices and saw decreased travel expenses, faster communication, and improved cooperation between branches. |
| Holy Name Hospital - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video interpreter and translation services bring a new dimension to the diagnostic experience, dramatically improving treatment regardless of patients’ ability to communicate. More than 80 percent per incident can be saved by connecting to an interpreter only when needed. |
| Karolinska University Hospital - Tandberg (Cisco) | To meet demands for specialist skills, improve healthcare, and lower costs, Swedish hospitals need to standardize practices and collaborate more closely. The use of video conferencing is growing, allowing faster and more effective diagnoses and treatments. |
| Mediel AB - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video communication is crucial to this Swedish installer of hospital radiological systems. Distant teams are brought together instantly on business and technical issues and through body language they can see if they understand each other. |
| Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) - Tandberg (Cisco) | With interactive telemedicine, ODMHSAS has assisted in providing greater access to behavioral health information and services, and has helped to increase the overall quality of life for citizens across the state. |
| Russian Telemedicine Association - Tandberg (Cisco) | Physicians in distant cities and remote areas consult with specialists in Moscow, ambulance crews report directly to hospitals and public authorities from emergency scenes, and medical practitioners benefit from video-based education programs. |
| TTL - Työterveyslaitos - Tandberg (Cisco) | A restructure at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health brought the need to reduce travel while maintaining collaboration and communication. After implementation, results included weekly video meetings instead of quarterly travel, better work-life balance, and ease of use with 95 percent of employees booking conferences themselves. |
| UC Davis Children's Hospital - Tandberg (Cisco) | The pediatric telemedicine program allows children admitted to ICUs in rural and remote areas to be seen by medical professionals at UC Davis without the 150+ mile trip to Sacramento, which costs $8,000 to $12,000 by helicopter or plane. |
| University of Arizona Health Sciences Center - Tandberg (Cisco) | The Arizona Telemedicine Program relies on TANDBERG equipment to broadcast continuing medical education – more than 15,000 hours – and deliver health care to underserved areas throughout the state. |
| Upstate Medical University - Tandberg (Cisco) | Prolonged absence from school for cancer treatment can affect children’s education, social, and emotional welfare. The “Staying Connected is Good Medicine” program provides real-time connections to patients’ classrooms using video communication. |
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| Clinical e-Health Solutions, America Service Group Inc - Polycom | Clinical e-Health Solutions is a subsidiary of America Service Group Inc. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based parent company is a leading provider of healthcare services for state and local governments throughout the United States. A telemedicine pioneer, the company has delivered centralized clinical care to government clients for 15 years. |
| MedAvante - Polycom | It can take more than a decade—and more than $1.6 billion—to develop, test and introduce a new treatment for depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease and other disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). To cut costs and bring new drugs to market sooner, pharmaceutical companies have long sought to reduce the failure rates of the clinical trials required to determine whether a new treatment is effective and safe. |
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| Erasmus University Medical Centre - RADVision | RADVision Desktop Video Conferencing Helps Physicians Streamline Medical Care at Erasmus University Medical Centre. |
| Piemonte University - RADVision | Piemonte University establishes Telemedicine and Distance learning program with RADVision Video Conferencing Soltions. |
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| Adena Health System - Lifesize | Rural medical center speeds up diagnosis time, cuts the number of patient transfers by 50% with LifeSize ® HD video |
| Children's Hospice South West - Lifesize | One of the UK's best known charities supports life limited children and their families, uses LifeSize®HD video communications to save money, reduce travel |
| JSA Health - Lifesize | Telemedicine pioneers JSA Health choose LifeSize® HD video to expand business, allow doctors and patients to connect seamlessly for meaningful communication |
| Pan Birmingham Cancer Network - Lifesize | High definition videoconferencing systems developed by LifeSize® and integrated by Questmark, LTD, will be used by U.K. clinicians in a large cancer treatment network to discuss and implement courses of treatment |
| Implant Seminars - Lifesize | a Miami-based center for dental implant training, installed LifeSize high definition video systems in the doctor's surgical suite, allowing up to 60 students at a time to view live oral surgery and interact with the surgeon during the operation. |
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| Creating process improvements often means the difference between an organization's success and failure. Reducing hiring time, shortening time-to-market and maximizing a sales team's product expertise, can drive down costs, increase revenues and enhance productivity. VideoCentric can provide video communication solutions whether in distance learning, project and vendor management, customer service, training, and recruiting to help organisations improve communications, gain workflow efficiencies and maintain competitive advantages. See our VIDEO COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS for more information. |
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| Gjensidige - Tandberg (Cisco) | Collaboration was required in Nordic and Baltic locations of this Norwegian insurance company. With video conferencing systems installed at 45 locations, more frequent and effective meetings are held and show cost and environmental savings and improved work-life balance. |
| Gruppo 24 Ore - Tandberg (Cisco) | As an integral part of the editorial offices' daily workflow, video brings huge benefits in terms of efficiency and productivity, further enhanced by the use of high definition. |
| InterpreterLine - Tandberg (Cisco) | This Australian company provides interpreting services to non-English speaking people and the hearing impaired. By implementing TANDBERG video conferencing they increased their efficiency by boosting their daily job capacity by 14 percent. Clients also enjoyed reduced travel costs of up to 300 percent through the elimination of travel expenses from their bill. |
| Schenker AB - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing help meet organizational challenges such as improving employee motivation and operational improvements. Results showed increased organizational cohesion, costs savings, and reduced environmental impact. |
| Tardis Group - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing keeps this global executive search company connected with its worldwide offices and enables face-to face interaction with clients and candidates across three continents. Recruitment cycles have been shortened and communications have been enhanced. |
| United Steelworker - Tandberg (Cisco) | Use of video conferencing during a merger cut the process by six months, facilitated closer relationships, reduced travel, and investment costs were recovered after one year. |
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| Fujitsu Siemens Computers - Polycom | Polycom helps Fujitsu Siemens Computers support its green credentials by leveraging state of the art technology for an immersive telepresence experience for its annual press and analyst conference. |
| Lintasarta - Polycom) | Lintasarta breaks down distance barriers, reduces travel costs by 70 percent with Polycom telepresence |
| Polycom - look no further | 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. 30 percent reduction in airline purchases. 5.6 mill annual overhead saved by employees working remotely...>> |
| Verdasys - Polycom | For Verdasys, Polycom Video Communications is a force multiplier that drives revenue - client interaction, customer service, support, access to experts |
| Wildix - Polycom | Wildix Experiences Seamless Mobility with Polycom KIRK on Asterisk |
| Atari - Polycom | Atari Green Lights polycom High Definition Telepresence - Polycom HDX 8000 and 9000 telepresence solutions, RMX 1000 real time media conferencing platform and Polycom VSX video conferencing systems |
| Wildix - Polycom | Wildix Experiences Seamless Mobility with Polycom KIRK on Asterisk |
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| Community Telco - Lifesize | Community Telco™ connects multiple offices across regional Australia with LifeSize® HD video |
| Harris Stratex - Lifesize | Leading wireless solutions provider chooses LifeSize HD video systems to enhance communications and productivity, keep colleagues connected across the globe |
| Virgin Mobile - Lifesize | Leading mobile service provider chooses LifeSize to enhance communications and productivity, keep colleagues connected across India |
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| The challenges facing energy companies today are independent of company size, geography, or product. Driven recently by the global economic downturn, high commodity price fluctuations, and a mission to improve environmental responsibilities, energy producers face a difficult road ahead. VideoCentric solutions can play a major role in improving operational efficiency, speed of crisis delivery, retaining and developing industry expertise, and help the energy sector discover and recover new fuel supplies and eliminate unnecessary costs. Video Conferencing can be used to monitor field stations remotely, provide remotely stationed employees timely medical attention via telemedicine, provide training to deployed employees and facilitate communicatiomn with vendors and supply chair mangement. See our VIDEO COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR UTILITIES AND ENERGY for more information. |
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| Bord Gais - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing increased productivity and led to new business travel policies – cutting travel 20% supported the commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. |
| DONG Energy - Tandberg (Cisco) | By replacing travel to meetings with video conferencing, DONG Energy reduced carbon emissions by 743 tons in just one year, saved costs associated with travel, and improved organizational efficiency and staff work-life balance. |
| Genesis Energy - Tandberg (Cisco) | Leading mobile service provider chooses LifeSize to enhance communications and productivity, keep colleagues connected across India |
| Propan Rheingas - Tandberg (Cisco) | This leading European energy service provider uses video conferencing for technical training sessions and ad hoc, problem-solving meetings between engineers and assemblers. An implementation investment of €80,000 has soon paid for itself in travel savings. |
| Tampa Electric - Tandberg (Cisco) | TANDBERG technology connects external parties doing engineering work at plant expansion sites rather than send a team of people on location, saving travel costs and quadrupling productivity. |
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| Genesis Energy - Polycom | Exelon’s Peach Bottom Power Plant Chooses Polycom Wireless Communication - Polycom SpectraLink 6000 Wireless Telephone System |
| Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station - Polycom | Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Chooses Polycom® for Safe and Efficient Wireless Communications |
| Xstrata - Polycom | International Mining Company Xstrata strikes big with polycom HD video conferencing systems - travel savings and work efficiencies and reducing environmental impact. |
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| Managing and providing quality public safety services to citizens are just a few of the key responsibilities of governments. Public sector agencies such as councils, emergency services and the military throughout the world are using visual communications to speed decision making, provide employees with increased access to experts and information, and to provide real time public safety responses. VideoCentric provide video conferencing solutions for the public sector to solve a variety of critical and day-to-day issues around the world. Public sector agencies are continually pushed to ensure business continuity, integrated unified communications across agencies and improved efficiencies whilst having to reduce costs and improve productivity. See our VIDEO COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR for more information. |
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| Agency for International Business and Cooperation - Tandberg (Cisco) | A “virtual” trade mission using video conferencing systems resulted in face-to-face meetings without the need for costly and time-consuming business trips. |
| Alabama Department of Transportation - Tandberg (Cisco) | New employees attended trainings conducted by video at district offices instead of driving hours to one distant, central location; costs were also saved by hiring a consultant once for recorded training for later use. |
| CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) - Tandberg (Cisco) | CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), one of the world's largest institutes for nuclear research, uses video conferencing to enable the effective and efficient cooperation of their worldwide team. |
| City of Fort Wayne, Indiana - Tandberg (Cisco) | Fire department found more hours in the day by conducting training via video conferencing. |
| Danish Foreign Office - Tandberg (Cisco) | A comprehensive video solution designed to handle both small and large conferences across more than 85 embassies worldwide resulted in improved communications and closer cooperation between embassy staff, reduced travel costs, and a significant fall in carbon emissions. |
| City of San Antonio, Texas - Tandberg (Cisco) | The City of San Antonio (COSA) has reduced operating expenses and increased public safety by using video conferencing for a variety of applications. |
| Finnish Tax Administration - Tandberg (Cisco) | Finland’s tax administration has reduced travel costs by 10 percent with video conferencing – almost €500,000 and 150 tons of CO2 emissions per year. Its 6,000 employees now communicate between dispersed locations and experience improved work-life balance. |
| German Armed Forces - Tandberg (Cisco) | Command officers use video conferencing to brief scattered military units, direct and evaluate field exercises and follow-up activities with pilots and ground crews, and give orders during live missions. |
| Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency - Tandberg (Cisco) | The Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) relies on TANDBERG equipment to fulfill its role of emergency mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. |
| Moscow City Government - Tandberg (Cisco) | City officials find their daily routines dramatically changed with video conferencing – decision making takes less time and business negotiations are less prone to misunderstandings. |
| NAV (Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation) - Tandberg (Cisco) | NAV implemented video conferencing solutions in nearly 80% of their 457 Norwegian offices to improve internal communication and significantly reduce inter-office travel and associated CO2 emissions. |
| Norwegian Armed Forces - Tandberg (Cisco) | With video conferencing military leaders saved time, decreased travel expenses by NOK 100 million, and gained the ability to look people in the eye -- critical for interpreting body language when giving orders. |
| Omnisec - Tandberg (Cisco) | The ability for users to be in two locations at once enables faster retrieval of expertise, and helps government officials make quicker, more targeted responses on a day-to-day basis and in crisis situations. |
| Sida (The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing is becoming fundamental to Sida’s way of working. This preferred business tool allows efficient communications, reduces travel, and facilitates strategic, cost-effective daily work among staff. |
| Skogsstyrelsen (Swedish Forest Agency) - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing integration with Microsoft Office Communication Server (OCS) and Microsoft Exchange Server enables distance working and communication across dispersed offices operating as one. |
| U.S. Veterans Affairs — Veterans Affairs Midwest Network (VISN 23) - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing delivered tele-psych, tele-ortho, and weight-reduction programs, with a 30 percent increase in recipients of tele-health services. |
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| Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences - Polycom | Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences Saves Money, Improves Productivity with Polycom® HD Telepresence |
| City of Lausanne, Switzerland - Polycom | Polycom solution delivers lesson in roaming communication for Lausanne nursery schools |
| Greene County Office of Emergency Management - Polycom | Polycom Improves Collaboration, Boosts Public Safety for Southwest Missouri |
| Colorado Department of Transportation - Polycom | Colorado Department of Transportation Saves More Than $1 Million Annually with Polycom |
| Lancashire Police Authority - Polycom | Lancashire Police Authority finds new ways to collaborate using Polycom® solution |
| South Gloucestershire Council - Polycom | Polycom and partners work together to support the 'Smarter Working' initiative at South Gloucestershire Council |
| Vermont Interactive Television (VIT) - Polycom | VIT Worldwide Videoconferencing Uses Polycom Solutions to Sharpen Vermont’s Competitive Edge |
| West Yorkshire Police - Polycom | West Yorshire Police saves time and resources by leveraging video conferencing |
| NATO - Polycom | NATO Improves Communication, Saves Time and Money with Polycom® Telepresence |
| National Defense University - Polycom | National Defense University Builds 'Classroom of the Future' with Polycom® Immersive Telepresence |
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| Thames Valley Police - Lifesize | The largest non-metro police force in England cuts travel and improves communication with LifeSize HD video, connecting a force of 8000 officers and employees in 16 police stations spread over an area of over 2000 square miles. |
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| Chaoyang District Government - RADVision | RADVISION Desktop Video Conferencing Empowers Chinese “Olympic Games Logistics Operations” |
| Adirondack Advanced Network (AAN) - RADVision | Adirondack Advanced Network Provides Disaster Recovery Services to Remote New York Mountain Towns - RADVision Video Conferencing Gateways, 70 Video Conferencing Room Systems and 40 Desktop Video Conferencing Systems |
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| By law in many countries, justice communication must be visual. So seamless, secure and reliable video communications are essential. As budget pressures, court cases, inmate population and public safety concerns grow, the courts and correctional sysems turn increasingly to visual communications to help lessen these pressures. VideoCentric provides solutions for the judicial and legal sector - expedite cases faster through the system, schedule court hearing more efficiently, minimise inmate transport costs, help inmates through telemedicine, maximise resources, reduce security risks and improve visits between inmates and families. See our VIDEO COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR THE JUDICIAL AND LEGAL SECTOR for more information. |
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| Covington & Burling - Tandberg (Cisco) | This leading international law firm overhauled its video communications systems and equipped all offices with TANDBERG products. Used in meetings, trainings, and interviews, the firm improved communication and reduced travel costs. |
| Dallas County, Texas - Tandberg (Cisco) | Dallas County uses video communications to conduct 99 percent of re-arraignments, reducing the number of prisoners transferred from secure to non-secure facilities by more than 700 per month. |
| Irwin Mitchell - Tandberg (Cisco) | This UK legal firm embraces technology and pledged to reduce its C02 emissions by five percent. Its installation of video conferencing solutions resulted in cost savings of £145,000 and 97,675kg C02 emissions savings |
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| New Mexico Metropolitan Court - Polycom | New Mexico Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Beats Communications Limits with Wi-Fi |
| Oakland County, Michigan - Polycom | Michigan County saves money, boosts safety with Polycom Video and integrated document management solutions - Video Conferencing alliviates security and logisital problems for courts and law enforcement caused by over-crowded judicial system |
| Michigan State Forensic Experts - Polycom | In Michigan, forensics experts testify using Polycom Telepresence - Access to experts, Remote testimony and inter-office collaboration with telejustice. One case alone saved 46 hours of bench time |
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| Hall County Courts - Lifesize | A local court system in Georgia, speeds up a defendant's right to due process by using LifeSize for initial appearances in court. |
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| Globalization. Line efficiencies. Quality assurance. Time-to-manufacture. Cost effectiveness. Supply chain management—these are the major challenges facing manufacturing companies today. Video conferencing can reduce time to market and time to manufacture, improve productivity, enhance operational efficiencies and allow management of global operations to work efficiently. VideoCentric can provide solutions for the industrial and manufacturing sector by providing the most suitable and easy to use equipment at affordable costs with the expertise and support to back up every bespoke solution. See our VIDEO COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SECTOR for more information. |
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| ArcelorMittal Group - Tandberg (Cisco) | Launched an ecological charter that actively encourages employees to make maximum use of video conferencing systems for the benefit of both its staff and the planet. |
| Amey - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing solutions have enabled Amey to cut 40,000 kilos of carbon emissions and save £180,000 in the first year. |
| Avago Technologies - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing enhances team collaboration with life-like, HD-quality and minimizes travel. Use of video expanded beyond executives and the organization expects 100 percent ROI within one year. |
| Bautas - Tandberg (Cisco) | Their client promise of “we solve it” carried through to solving its own challenges with the help of video conferencing. Employees now have more efficient and frequent meetings via video conferencing, and have saved travel costs and improved work-life balance. |
| The Brandt Group - Tandberg (Cisco) | Internal discussions and decisions using video conferencing and have reduced travel expenses and improved communications. Future plans include using video with external clients and suppliers to further extend travel savings. |
| British Sugar - Tandberg (Cisco) | Considerable success in reducing business-related travel, improving productivity and collaboration, accelerating decision-making and reducing travel costs. |
| Cement Australia - Tandberg (Cisco) | Mission-critical video conferencing reduced travel costs and improved internal productivity and coordination with recruitment partners and service providers. |
| CONTECH Stormwater Solutions - Tandberg (Cisco) | Integrating the people, products, services and infrastructure of two merging businesses on opposite coasts was no easy feat, but video conferencing helped halve the time it took to unify the new company across thousands of miles and multiple time zones and saved $60,000 in travel during the first year. |
| Franke Holding AG - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing is used to reduce travel, communicate during a corporate reorganization and maintain corporate culture, and facilitate productive ad hoc meetings regardless of distance. |
| Horizon UK - Tandberg (Cisco) | This UK-based distributor of computing products used video conferencing to reduce travel time and found they could be in two places at once several times a day. Though cost savings and a return on investment were not business imperatives, estimated savings were £110,000 the first quarter after implementation. |
| KHS - Tandberg (Cisco) | By linking 40 worldwide distribution facilities with video conferencing, business travel and expenses decreased, communication is more personal and efficient, and the investment was recouped in just a few months. |
| Li & Fung Group - Tandberg (Cisco) | Standardizing to business quality, secure video conferencing solutions optimized their communications architecture, improved internal and customer communication, decreased travel, and increased use of video 100 times. |
| OPAK - Tandberg (Cisco) | This Norwegian consulting firm holds all management meetings via video conferencing, which eliminated the need for travel and helps staff cope with work-life balance. |
| Pentax Europe GmbH - Tandberg (Cisco) | Pentax’s requirement that a visual communication system be as reliable and simple to use as the telephone was met with TANDBERG. The technology proved itself quickly and is now used almost daily by management and technical departments. |
| RTX Telecom - Tandberg (Cisco) | About 90 percent of interoffice calls are video conferencing meetings and installation costs between Denmark and Hong Kong were recouped tenfold by reduced travel. Systems are used about five hours a day across most of the company for R&D updates, product design progress, sales planning and reporting, and more. |
| Skanska - Tandberg (Cisco) | To stay ahead of the competition, Poland's leading construction firm exchanged extensive travel for video conferencing. Results demonstrate significantly decreased communication costs, fasterand more collaborative decision making, and a healthier employee work-life balance. |
| Swanke Hayden Connell Architects - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing saved this global architectural company £25,000 in the first year, improved productivity through collaborative working and positive impact on staff well-being. |
| Tikkurila- Tandberg (Cisco) | International teams now work more closely and collaboratively, and make decisions faster. Travel has halved, and the cost savings have already paid for the video conferencing solution. |
| Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH - Tandberg (Cisco) | Zeppelin attaches great importance to training employees and used video conferencing to implement a distance-learning program that saved time, money, and increased productivity. |
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| Arabian Cement Company - Polycom | Polycom IP Telephony Solutions deliver concrete benefits to Arabian Cement Company |
| Bridgestone/Firestone - Polycom | SpectraLink Wireless Telephones Flex Voice and Data Muscle at Bridgestone/Firestone |
| Colt Group - Polycom | Colt Group creates sustainable, cost-saving communications environment with Polycom® solutions |
| Euphonix - Polycom | Audio Industry Giant Euphonix Achieves Harmony with Polycom and 3CX |
| Frantschach - Polycom | Frantschach Heightens Warehouse Efficiency by Deploying SpectraLink Wireless Telephones |
| Freightliner - Polycom | Voice over Wi-Fi Equals Heavy-Duty ROI for Freightliner |
| Henkel Dial Corp - Polycom | Henkel Dials into Worldwide Workforce with Polycom® Telepresence |
| Kaindl Flooring - Polycom | Voice Rises above the Noise in Manufacturing |
| Nike - Polycom | Nike Gears Up with Wireless Voice Communications - Polycom Spectralink, 8000 Wireless telephones |
| Ricoh Australia - Polycom | Ricoh Australia leverages Polycom® Telepresence to increase sales, meet green initiatives, and decrease Enterprise - Manufacturing operating costs |
| SOMDIAA - Polycom | Polycom video conferencing is SOMDIAA's choice to face the economic crisis, and quickly becomes much more than an investment to reduce costs. |
| The Mizkan Group - Polycom | The Mizkan Group Streamlines Worldwide Staff Collaboration and Communication with Polycom® Telepresence |
| UniFirst - Polycom | UniFirst Reaps Significant Savings, Fosters Culture of Collaboration with Polycom Telepresence |
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| EPC United Kingdom Plc - Lifesize | Leading commercial explosive manufacturer and supplier protects the environment by reduced travel costs and carbon footprint by utilizing LifeSize® HD video |
| There are many major and minor industries which can benefit from video communications. With customer service oriented industries, those companies that do the best job satisfying customers are often the most successful. But managing multiple store locations, handling customer needs, and coordinating a highly dynamic workforce are not easy tasks. Communications—both in-store and between stores—play a major role in determining the operational efficiencies and customer service levels that these companies expect. Charities, Churches and Volunteer-funded organisations have historically been slower on the general uptake of new technology than cash-rich organisations for obvious reasons. To survive today, all organisations need to modernize themselves and embrace communications technologies to help them reach out to wider and more diversified audiences. Other video communication solution applications to see are: CONSTRUCTION, MEDIA & MARKETING, CHARITIES & ORGANISATIONS, LEISURE & HOSPITALITY and RETAIL |
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| Stena Metall Group - Tandberg (Cisco) | Scandinavia’s leading recycling and environmental services company embraced video to cut costs, improve communications, and shape its environmental and travel policies. Results include better work/life balance, reduced CO2 emissions, and more effective collaboration. |
| CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) - Tandberg (Cisco) | CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), one of the world's largest institutes for nuclear research, uses video conferencing to enable the effective and efficient cooperation of their worldwide team. |
| Das Deutsche Forschungsnetz (DFN) - Tandberg (Cisco) | A high-performance network for scientists and researchers invests in video conferencing for internal and external users, resulting in an improved network with more efficient information exchange and significant cost savings. |
| ESO (European Southern Observatory) - Tandberg (Cisco) | ESO used video conferencing to visually interlink its observatories, research centers in Chile, and headquarters near Munich. With up to 50 video conferences a day, results included intensified global collaborative research and reduced travel costs. |
| Missouri Department of Conservation - Polycom | Missouri Department of Conservation Shrinks Costs and Carbon Footprint with Unified Communications Solution from Polycom, Microsoft and SKC |
| The Climate Group - Polycom | The Climate Group collaborates globally with minimal environmental impact, using Polycom RPX. |
| Arctic Slope - Polycom | Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Improves Collaboration and Communication Worldwide with Polycom Telepresence |
| Business as usual during Volcanic Ash Havoc - Polycom | For Polycom Users, It's 'Business As Usual' as Volcanic Ash Wreaks Havoc for Millions |
| Idaho Department of Fish & Game - Lifesize | A state agency focused on wildlife preservation and management saves money on travel and improves communication with HD video communications from LifeSize. |
| Seattle Science Foundation - Lifesize | Innovation and research bring together healthcare practitioners from around the globe to collaborate via LifeSize HD video. |
| NASA'S Jet Propulsion Labs - Lifesize | A federally funded research and development center, JPL uses LifeSize HD video communications to optimize meetings, enhance collaboration among offices. |
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| Babelgum - Tandberg (Cisco) | Video conferencing paid for itself almost immediately at this young internet TV company with dramatically cut travel costs, boosted efficiency and significantly improved work-life balance. |
| Gruppo 24 Ore - Tandberg (Cisco) | As an integral part of the editorial offices' daily workflow, video brings huge benefits in terms of efficiency and productivity, further enhanced by the use of high definition. |
| SBS Radio - Tandberg (Cisco) | Multi-site integration and creating intimacy between people who are sitting 500-600 kilometers apart from each other were important objectives. Video conferencing helped unify the organization and reduced air travel and CO2 emissions. |
| Bad Robot - Polycom | For Bad Robot—Producers of the Hit TV Series Fringe—Telepresence Is Not Science Fiction |
| Bang & Olufsen - Polycom | Polycom KIRK Wireless Solution is Music to Bang & Olufsen's Ears |
| CBS Drama The Good Wife - Polycom | With Polycom, Producers of Hit CBS Drama The Good Wife Triumph Over Two Coasts and Breakneck Schedule |
| Louisiana Superdome - Polycom | Louisiana Superdome Enhances Efficiency, Safety and Security with An Integrated Solution from Polycom, Intech Studios and SMG |
| Pelican Bay - Polycom | Pelican Bay Improves Guest Service with Wi-Fi Telephony from Polycom |
| Trump International Beach Resort - Polycom | Trump International Beach Resort Enhances Guest Experience with Polycom® Wireless Communications & Hotel Internet Services |
| Activision - Lifesize | Publisher of popular video games like Guitar Hero, Call of Duty 4 and Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, uses HD video to link international developers creating next-generation games, reduce travel and accelerate their business cycle. |
| Austar - Lifesize | Australia's leading television provider utilizes HD video from LifeSize to reduce travel and increase collaboration. |
| El Mercurio - Lifesize | The oldest Spanish language daily newspaper in the world, uses LifeSize to reduce travel and increase communication between offices. |
| Quincy Newspaper Group - Lifesize | A leading media company in the US and owner of 2 newspapers, 12 TV stations and 2 radio stations, turns to LifeSize when air travel was no longer cost-effective. |
| El Mercurio - Lifesize | The oldest Spanish language daily newspaper in the world, uses LifeSize to reduce travel and increase communication between offices. |
| TAXI Canada - Lifesize | Top creative agency utilizes HD video, increases productivity and face-to-face collaboration with LifeSize |
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| Clas Ohlson - Tandberg (Cisco) | Using video conferencing Clas Ohlson delivered training at multiple retail outlets, retained its culture of strong interpersonal relationships -- and saved €250,000 in one year. |
| Bigg's Hypermarket - Polycom | Bigg's Hypermarket Improves Employee Productivity and Customer Service with Polycom® |
| Coles - Polycom | Coles Supermarket Improves Customer Services & Responsiveness with Polycom KIRK Cordless |
| GIANT Food Stores - Polycom | GIANT Food Stores Improves Customer Service with Polycom SpectraLink Wireless Telephones |
| Pacific Sunwear Distribution Center - Polycom | Wireless Telephones from Polycom® Prove Invaluable to Pacific Sunwear Distribution Center Getting the Message Out of the Bottle |
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Charities and Non-Profit Organisations |
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| Village Presbyterian Church - Lifesize | Forward-thinking Church Brings Renowned Professor to the Classroom with LifeSize® HD Video - fully immersive, meaningful experience for all, reduction in time, travel and environmental impact. |
| Children's Hospice South West - Lifesize | One of the UK's best known hospices, CHSW uses LifeSize HD video to reduce travel expenses and keep teams focused on the children. |
| National Geographic Society - Lifesize | One of the UK's best known hospices, CHSW uses LifeSize HD video to reduce travel expenses and keep teams focused on the children. |
| Barnado's - Lifesize | The UK's leading children's charity uses LifeSize HD video to reduce travel and keep regionally dispersed teams connected. Barnardo's supports over 100,000 children and their families across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
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