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February 23, 2021
Using the Avocor to revolutionise the client experience

This article has been reosted from Avocor. Read the full article here. AMERIPRISE ADVISORS CASE STUDY As businesses all adapt…

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February 10, 2021
FOCUS ARENA – A new hybrid solution combining Microsoft Teams Room and Zoom Rooms, plus more, into one installed package

New from VideoCentric – Focus Arena brings together both Microsoft Teams Room (MTR) and Zoom Rooms into one integrated package…

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January 19, 2021
Live Video Event Production & Streaming

Live Video Event Production & Streaming Putting on a Live Event via MS Teams or Zoom may seem like a…

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December 15, 2020
Are 4K Webcams Work-from-Home Friendly?

Reposted from UCToday article by Rob Scott. Do you REALLY need that 4K Webcam? The video-first collaboration landscape is finally…

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December 10, 2020
Make smarter use of your office space

It’s no secret that digital smart office solutions are the future to manage the modern office. At a modern office…

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December 2, 2020
How to manage a future proof workplace with desk booking

The office environment has changed a lot in recent years and terms such as open spaced working, activity based working…

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November 16, 2020
4 tips for a well thought out return to the office

Now that Covid-19 infection rates seem to be decreasing in many countries, working and public life is starting up carefully….

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November 9, 2020
5 Tips to Create Effective Webinars

Organizations of all sizes host webinar events for customers, prospects, and stakeholders. Webinars can focus on a wide range of topics for…

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November 2, 2020
6 Reasons to Upgrade Your Zoom Account from Basic to Pro

One of the many reasons so many people have turned to Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic is because of the robust capabilities…

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October 26, 2020
Zoom Promises Happier Meetings for Everyone

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Leading video communications provider, Zoom, recently released a blog about the new and improved features of its meeting platform. According…

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October 19, 2020
Zoomtopia 2020 – A Virtual Cornucopia!

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Zoomtopia 2020 (14—15 October) was a virtual cornucopia of brightly coloured, creative content. The event, which was supposed to be…

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October 13, 2020
10 Microsoft Teams Integrations You Need to Try in 2020

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For companies already using Microsoft solutions for email, calendar and document sharing, incorporating Microsoft Teams into daily workflows is a…

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October 7, 2020
How To Re-Invent Your Business In A Post-Lockdown World

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Business is changing in the midst of the global pandemic. The spread of COVID-19 has sparked seismic shifts in the…

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September 25, 2020
Getting stuck on your Island of Interoperability! (Connecting Teams and other platforms)

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Microsoft Teams is an island! Within this island, Teams desktop, Teams mobile users and natively registered Teams Room systems can…

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September 17, 2020
New Microsoft Teams Features Announced Q3 2020

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Microsoft just announced a lot of new Microsoft Teams features that are coming in the next few months (some specific times below)….

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September 14, 2020
Consultancy and our branded solutions

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Consultancy is about providing the missing link in an organisation’s expertise. VideoCentric’s team of highly accredited and experienced individuals have…

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September 10, 2020
Streaming for Live Events – Theatres, Concerts and Sporting Events

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Live streaming refers to online streaming media simultaneously recorded and broadcast in real time. It is often referred to simply as streaming, but this abbreviated term…

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September 9, 2020
How to Host Virtual Events in 2020: The Complete Guide

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No longer considered a wave of the future, virtual events are now a staple of the present. As the world…

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September 3, 2020
GoTo & Microsoft Teams: A winning collaboration

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One of the major benefits of technology is how it can integrate with many other things, even platforms that you…

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August 27, 2020
Skype for Business Online will retire in 12 months – plan for a smooth transition to Teams

Skype for Business Online retires July 31, 2021

A year ago, we announced the July 31, 2021 retirement date for Skype for Business Online along with our recommendation that customers…

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August 20, 2020
Digital Strategy Refresh Opportunity – The 2020 “Silver Linining”?

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It has been a rough few months. The stock market has declined, furlough is now a common word, R rating…

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August 18, 2020
How technology is helping redesign the office for a safer return

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INTRODUCING VIRTUAL WATERCOOLERS & LOW-TOUCH CONFERENCE ROOMS If your office hasn’t declared a “return to work” date, you’re not alone….

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August 10, 2020
Bluetooth vs DECT?

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If you’ve been looking for wireless headsets or cordless office phones, chances are you have stumbled across either DECT or…

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August 4, 2020
10 ways IT can help make meetings matter…

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Meetings are part of everyday life at work. So why is it that many of us don’t like them? Reasons…

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July 20, 2020
Video Conferencing Q&A’s

The world of Video Conferencing can be confusing sometimes. We have complied an updated list of the questions we get…

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July 16, 2020
Zoom: The Flexible Solution

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We are currently mostly working from home and this has highlighted some new IT and personal challenges. Now that the…

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June 30, 2020
Working safely during Covid-19 – Government Guidelines

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Many governments, including that of the UK, are in the process of implementing new guidelines to permit a safe re-opening…

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June 26, 2020
Will My Video Conferencing System Connect To Teams?

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Microsoft Teams, alongside Zoom, BlueJeans and Lifesize have become part of everyday life in the last few months across all…

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June 25, 2020
Are you on a VideoConferencing Free Trial? Don’t get cut off!

When the pandemic began shutting down offices, schools and regular life, some of our leading Video Conferencing Solution Providers stepped…

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June 24, 2020
Winning from home: Video etiquette do’s and don’ts of working from home.

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As more and more of us continue to work from home, it’s important to maintain the same professionalism we would…

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June 22, 2020
Hosting an AGM in 2020? Here’s what you need to know.

An annual general meeting (AGM) is a mandatory yearly gathering of a company’s interested shareholders. At an AGM, the directors of the…

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June 17, 2020
Video Conferencing vs Video Collaboration – Are you speaking the right jargon?

Video Conferencing, Video Collaboration, Video Streaming, Webinars, Webcasting, Playback or Video on Demand – there is a lot of industry…

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June 9, 2020
Video Conferencing in 2020: A Modern World With Modern Solutions

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2020 has thrown us a curveball. We have had to change our lives, routines and ways of working to the…

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June 3, 2020
From Huddle to Distanced – Meeting Rooms in 2020

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If the hot topic of Video Conferencing in 2019 was “Huddle Rooms” then the hot topic of 2020 is “Socially…

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May 29, 2020
Can I add Zoom to our existing Meeting Room set up?

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As we start thinking about heading back into the office, we must also start thinking about what communication is going…

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May 27, 2020
The Guardian view on video conferencing: the future of meetings?

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This is an excerpt from The Guardian. Click to see the full article. Thank goodness for video, and the various…

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May 19, 2020
Zoom Helps HubSpot Stay Connected as it Grows Globally: A Case Study

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Imagine if we didn’t encounter interruptive ads and cold calling was a thing of the past. That’s HubSpot’s vision. Awesome,…

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May 18, 2020
Is Zoom free to use? – and other FAQs!

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The world has gone Zoom mad, and we are all now using it for work, school and social time. But…

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May 13, 2020
How to Keep Uninvited Guests Out of Your Zoom Event

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It’s no secret that Zoom has faced some backlash in the media recently surrounding “ZoomBombing”  (unwanted guests crashing your private…

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April 22, 2020
VIRTUAL COLLABORATION’S ESSENTIAL ROLE DURING CORONAVIRUS AND BEYOND

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Reposted from the Poly Blog. Click here to see the source article. The Coronavirus is sure to have a lasting…

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April 16, 2020
How to Stay Productive While Working from Home

Reposted from the Lifesize Blog. Click here to see the source post. Organizations around the world have rolled out mandatory…

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April 7, 2020
How Lifesize Maintains Reliability Through the Coronavirus Crisis

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Reposted from the Lifesize Blog. Click here to see the source post.  As organizations have rapidly transitioned tens of millions…

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March 31, 2020
Huge Spike in Lifesize Usage

We all know that March 2020 has been 1) a crazy month of change and 2) the longest month ever…

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March 23, 2020
How to Run a Fully Remote Team During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Source Article: Lifesize “How to Run a Fully Remote Team During the Coronavirus Pandemic” Across the globe, businesses and employees…

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March 19, 2020
Preparing for Remote Education in 2020

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Boris Johnson has announced plans to close all schools in the UK to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Schools…

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March 16, 2020
Large Fleet of Hire Stock: Now Available (March 2020)

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VideoCentric have made a major investment into stock of hire and rental systems from each of the leading video conferencing manufacturers to…

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March 9, 2020
Fear of Change in the Age of the Customer

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Sometimes, we need to destroy the status quo to create a new model of engagement. Sometimes, the market does that…

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March 5, 2020
Coronavirus and Video Conferencing: Get your Business Prepared for Travel Restrictions & Remote Working

PLEASE NOTE: The Video Conferencing industry is already noticing increased pressure on equipment needs, and we would recommend calling us…

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March 4, 2020
Poly Studio X30 – What’s in the box?

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Poly’s next generation video endpoint lineup just got broader! The new Poly Studio X family of video bars is radically…

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February 25, 2020
Getting Started with Zoom: A Video Introduction

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Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing,…

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February 24, 2020
ISE 2020: TEAMS and ZOOM Focus

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Integrated Systems Europe is the world’s biggest event for AV professionals, and this year it did not disappoint. Spanning across…

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January 24, 2020
Cutting the Cost of Collaboration

As technology has progressed over the years, organisations have first embraced the benefits of audio, and then video conferencing, as…

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January 15, 2020
Getting Started with Lifesize: A Video Introduction

Lifesize is a simple Video-based cloud collaboration tool that enables you and your teams to connect, meet and chat between…

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December 10, 2019
Yealink VC800: A Review

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Yealink, founded in 2001, is a global Video Conferencing and communications provider and a leader in SIP Phone and Telephony…

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November 28, 2019
Why the Poly Studio X for Zoom Rooms? An Overview of the Native Zoom Video Conferencing Solution

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Back at Zoomtopia in October, Poly announced their brand new Studio X Series Video Bars for running native Zoom in…

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August 5, 2019
Ways Cloud Based Phone Systems Help your Business Go Green

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There are plenty of reasons why your company might want to embrace a greener approach in the years to come….

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July 10, 2019
Microsoft Teams Gateways, Zoom Rooms, BlueJeans and 4K Lifesize Cloud Now Available on G-Cloud 11 from VideoCentric

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Full portfolio of world leading cloud-based integration, collaboration & conferencing solutions available on G-Cloud 11 framework for the UK public…

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July 9, 2019
Lifesize Service – Is it Secure? A 2019 Overview

The Lifesize Service has recently seen an entire revamp of its architecture to make way for the future of Video…

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July 2, 2019
Video Conferencing Pricing & Plans – Subscriptions, Hardware & Hidden Costs

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Looking for pricing for a Video Conferencing solution? Want to compare pricing of Zoom, Lifesize, Poly, Cisco and Teams? Or…

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June 24, 2019
The Simple Business Communications Guide (for Small Companies and Startups)

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The simple business communications guide (for small companies and startups) Effective business communications are essential to a company’s success. But…

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June 18, 2019
3 Ways Video Conferencing Can Transform A Businesses

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Over the past 3 decades, video conferencing has become one of the leading ways that businesses communicate over distance, not just in…

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June 12, 2019
Telemedicine: Are we comfortable with remote care for patients?

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One of the biggest challenges in telehealth is managing the expectations of patients receiving care. Traditionally hands-on healthcare activities such as…

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May 30, 2019
Virtual Phone System: What, Why & How: 2019 Edition

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Your customers have always been the lifeblood of your business. However, in 2019 as customer experience becomes the ultimate differentiator…

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April 25, 2019
The Future is Now: The State of Business Communications in 2025

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The communication landscape is changing rapidly. In recent years, we’ve seen the delivery of everything from advanced collaboration strategies to…

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April 16, 2019
5 Benefits of Huddle Rooms

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Small meeting rooms or “huddle rooms” are meeting spaces designed for small groups (best between 2 and 4 people) that…

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April 3, 2019
Understanding Lifesize Cloud: A Glossary of Terms & Definitions

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In any line of technology, there are many regularly used terms, acronyms and phrases which become so common amongst age-old…

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April 1, 2019
5 Tools to Promote Effective Communication

In this day and age, there’s no excuse for doing business the “old fashioned way”. Communication, as it relates to…

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March 13, 2019
What is Zoom Rooms? A Brief Q&A on Zoom Rooms Hardware & Services

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Zoom Video Communications is a world leading cloud based conferencing platform, used around the world for online meetings, content sharing, chat…

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March 7, 2019
The 2019 Guide to Curing App Overload

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When applications were first introduced to the enterprise workflow, they were designed as a way to save time and improve…

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February 11, 2019
ISE 2019: The UC & VC wrap up – Lifesize makes some noise!

The second day of ISE started somewhat more focused than the previous (Read about my ISE 2019: UC & VC wrap up…

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February 6, 2019
ISE 2019: The UC & VC wrap up – Pexip 2.0

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Yesterday marked the start of the world’s biggest coming together of AV professionals and the start of what is to…

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January 16, 2019
How Unified Communications Can Increase Business Productivity

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Unified communications entered business terminology in the mid-1990s, and Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) rose to prominence approximately two…

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December 10, 2018
4K Video, 4K Content, 4K Cloud. It’s here.

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Today, the world’s first full end-to-end 4K meeting room Video Conferencing solution has been announced by Lifesize, via an exciting…

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November 14, 2018
Who uses Lifesize? A few more than you may think…

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Being an integrator of many Video Conferencing and collaboration technologies, we are often questioned about some of the particular vendors…

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October 24, 2018
A Guide to Video Conferencing: The Four Schools

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In this second blog of the series, we’re going to take a look at the four categories of Video Conferencing services;…

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October 19, 2018
Breaking Down the Advantages of VoIP for SMBs

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VoIP is undoubtedly one of the most ground-breaking technologies of the last 25 years. In case you’re not familiar with…

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October 17, 2018
Lifesize DSS: A Must for Lifesize Cloud Connected Devices

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A Lifesize conference room system paired to a Lifesize subscription must have an active Lifesize DSS contract at all times…

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October 10, 2018
A Guide to Video Conferencing: Evaluating your Needs

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Video Conferencing: An Intro How we communicate in our offices, across our business and with clients and customers is changing. …

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October 4, 2018
Coming Soon: Lifesize for Microsoft Teams Integration

Microsoft Teams is the next evolution of communication within the Microsoft Office 365® platform. Lifesize will introduce a new integration with…

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September 19, 2018
One-Time Meetings

In August 2018, Lifesize introduced the concept of “one-time meetings” to the Lifesize Cloud, providing users and organisations a way…

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September 18, 2018
Move along SX80, The Cisco WebEx Room Kit Pro has come to Town

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Cisco has video conferencing and collaboration devices installed across approximately 1.5 million meeting rooms around the world, within business of…

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September 10, 2018
If an Image Conveys a 1000 Words, Could Video Convey a Novel?

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Today’s selling environment benefits strongly from a paradigm incorporating video, and that for a number of reasons which will be…

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August 7, 2018
Cisco and Google: A Powerful Relationship Continues…

The Cisco – Google partnership has been quietly expanding for several years now, and in the past couple of weeks,…

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June 25, 2018
How Video is Reviving Culture for Remote Employees

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Workers everywhere are ditching their traditional commutes in favor for working from home. The rise of remote work isn’t a…

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June 18, 2018
4 Reasons to add a Polycom Pano for Wireless Content Sharing in your Meeting Room

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Organisations of all sizes have a need to share data and content with others – whether locally or remotely, with customers…

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June 14, 2018
Cisco, Polycom, Skype for Business… Now it’s Google Hangouts to Anything Video Conferencing

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You’d be hard-pressed these days to find someone who hasn’t used, or at least heard of Google Hangouts – it’s fast become…

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May 31, 2018
Why Choose Polycom for Audio? A dive into HD Voice and other Audio Innovations

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Polycom is a world leader in video, audio and data communications for business – but rightly most well-known and praised…

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March 28, 2018
Lifesize Cloud and SSO: What, Why and How? An Introduction…

Single sign-on, or SSO for short, is an authentication process that allows a user to enter a single username and…

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January 25, 2018
Skype for Business & Office 365 Cloud PBX: A Voice and Phone Selection Guide

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Microsoft Skype for Business offers many organisations large and small with a simplified way to communicate and collaborate across their…

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January 11, 2018
How Polycom and Microsoft are Transforming Collaboration, Together

Success with Unified Communications is all about ensuring all communications are integrated into a seamless workflow that is easy to use….

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December 19, 2017
Videxio for Microsoft’s Skype for Business: Review

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To many, Skype means video calling. After all, it was the consumer application which brought video communication to the mainstream and…

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October 12, 2017
5 Recording and Streaming Features of VideoCloud 365

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VideoCentric have recently announced a major overhaul of the VC365 Conferencing and Collaboration platform, which has expanded globally and includes…

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September 27, 2017
Efficiency in Product Design and Development: The Manufacturing Industry and Video Collaboration

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Manufacturing is a vital component of yesterday’s, today’s and tomorrow’s world. Although demand and output is continually evolving and the industry is hugely…

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September 7, 2017
Microsoft Surface Hub and Video Conferencing Interoperability

For organisations investing in the Microsoft Surface Hub, one of the key questions being asked is how they then communicate…

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August 9, 2017
Waterloo Upgrade August 2017: Prevent your Business Being Effected

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With the £800 million Waterloo station upgrade now underway, aiming to provide an additional 45,000 passenger spaces on trains in…

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August 8, 2017
A Visual Trip to London: The Polycom EEC and the Cisco Spark London Demonstration Suite

On Friday 4th August, 2017, VideoCentric took a trip to the Polycom EEC at Broadgate Towers, London followed by a…

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August 7, 2017
Using Recording and Streaming to Recruit & Train the Best Teams

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From the first interview to onboarding and career development, managers and recruiters can utilise video streaming and recording solutions in…

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July 29, 2017
Lifesize: Slack & HipChat Integration

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Many employees today use a Slack® Channel or HipChat® room to chat with colleagues,  sharing ideas and suggestions, and keeping in…

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July 20, 2017
Polycom Pano Review: A First Look

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At the beginning of June, Polycom introduced the Polycom Pano, a solution to help stream content wirelessly, from any device…

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June 23, 2017
Key Elements and Considerations of Next Generation Communications

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The benefits of Unified Communications across an organisation has been well documented over the past 5 years, though completely seamless…

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May 26, 2017
End of Service Announcement: VC365 ISDN Gateway Service

VideoCentric have announced end of service life for the VC365 ISDN Gateway Service, following plans to expand the VideoCloud platform…

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May 4, 2017
3 Ways to Use Video Conferencing in the Classroom

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Communicating face-to-face is more important today than every before. Within the workplace, teams are connected virtually, employees collaborate remotely between…

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April 26, 2017
Cisco Spark Board: What about when i’m not using the App?

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The Cisco Spark board comes alive when paired with the Cisco Spark app. But how about when no one is…

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April 19, 2017
Video Conferencing and The Bandwidth Battle

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A couple of weeks ago, Vineet Misra, CIO of Lifesize shared an interesting post on the growing need to optimise bandwidth…

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April 12, 2017
VideoCloud 365 Fluctus: What’s new?

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VideoCentric have announced that the VideoCloud 365 Video-as-a-Service platform is to be upgraded to VideoCloud 365 Fluctus this coming Easter…

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February 10, 2017
The Three-in-One Cisco Webex Board: 1, 2 and 3.

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Two weeks ago, Cisco launched the new Spark Board (now the Cisco Webex Board). So what does it do, and why…

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January 27, 2017
Spark: WebEx on Steroids?

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The innovative and mobile-centric Cisco Spark is described by Cisco as a simple, secure and complete communication and collaboration service,…

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January 11, 2017
AI in the Workplace: Alexa, take a seat in the Video Conference!

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A relatively short time ago, the idea of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Virtual Reality was still something of movies and…

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December 16, 2016
3 Key Business Goals addressed with Collaboration

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The continuously growing mound of research says that enabling good quality collaboration across your business makes more sense today than…

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October 26, 2016
Cisco and Apple: The Collaboration of Two Giants

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Back in September 2015, Cisco and Apple made waves in the technology industry by announcing a partnership aimed at delivering…

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October 20, 2016
4 ways Lifesize Cloud Enhances Skype for Business

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Many organisations have now deployed Microsoft’s Skype for Business, with over 100 million enterprise users utilising the application at their desktops…

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October 12, 2016
Lifesize Icon 400 vs Lifesize Icon 450: A Comparison

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In October 2016, Lifesize have announced a new addition to the Icon Series, the Lifesize Icon 450. The Icon 450 has a similar…

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October 6, 2016
Lifesize Maintenance Service: Changes to Gold/AMS Policy now in Effect

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VideoCentric’s Gold level of support & maintenance for Lifesize is a value-added service based upon the Lifesize Assured Maintenance Services…

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September 7, 2016
VideoCentric wins Trophy as the Dragons take to the water

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A magical team building & family day at the Cookham Regatta 2016 sees the VideoCentric Dragons win the Cookham Regatta Plate, in…

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September 2, 2016
Embracing BYOD and Interoperability

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BYOD, or “Bring Your Own Device” is the concept of a business enabling employees to use their own technology in the…

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August 22, 2016
VideoCloud 365 Nimbus: What’s new?

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VideoCentric have announced that theVideoCloud 365 Video-as-a-service platform will be upgraded to VideoCloud 365 Nimbus this coming bank holiday weekend, the…

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July 15, 2016
4 Steps to Ensure Adoption of your Video Conferencing Solution

Ensuring usage and adoption of any business investment is key to ensuring value and return on investment is recognised. Although…

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June 20, 2016
Maintaining Security with Cloud Video Conferencing

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Security concerns are one of the biggest reasons an organisation dismisses using Cloud based services – whether that be for…

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June 3, 2016
Can you deploy Video without creating additional work for IT?

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“I think we should invest in Video Conferencing”, might be the last words your IT team want to hear. More…

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May 27, 2016
How Cloud Video Conferencing helps you Manage a Distributed Workforce

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Geography of business is changing. Today’s networked economy means that everything is anywhere, and everywhere.  Distributed and dispersed workforces are…

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April 27, 2016
Skype for Healthcare: Secure? Reliable? What do the Experts Say?

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Skype is a VoIP service that has become so familiar to many in the digital world, with over 300 million…

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April 5, 2016
From a Tiny Spark to a Mighty Flame: Is Cisco Leading the Way to Better Collaboration?

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It is often said that the only thing constant in this world is change; a quote never more true when…

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March 8, 2016
Feature Highlight: Lifesize Cloud Group Chat

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Lifesize has recently released a new feature for the Lifesize Cloud – the Group Chat feature. So what is Group…

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March 2, 2016
The Hybrid Cloud: Bursting to Infinity & Beyond!

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The demand for Hybrid Clouds is growing, and growing fast. Many companies are starting to recognise that a hybrid solution…

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February 11, 2016
Behind the Scenes with BlueJeans Primetime

BlueJeans are again proving their innovative position in the marketplace. This time, with BlueJeans Primetime. It’s around 12 months since…

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February 3, 2016
VideoCloud 365 Arcus: What’s New?

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VideoCentric have announced that the VideoCloud 365 Video-as-a-service platform will be upgraded to VideoCloud 365 Arcus this coming weekend, the…

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January 28, 2016
Mental Health Services: Can Video Technology Save Patients & our NHS?

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Staying mentally healthy is one of the biggest health challenges we face today. About a quarter of the UK population…

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December 3, 2015
Cardiology & Collaboration: Improving Cardiac Diagnosis with Video Collaboration Technology

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Cardiology is a unique medical specialty that involves the prevention, diagnosis, analysis and treatment of heart related illnesses and disorders….

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November 16, 2015
Lifesize Cloud: Core vs Premium vs Enterprise

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Lifesize have released the Lifesize Cloud Core subscription plan to add to their ever growing Lifesize Cloud portfolio, providing high…

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November 10, 2015
NHS Reform: Improving Education & Training in the NHS

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Born in 1948, the NHS was created from the principle that good quality healthcare should be available for free, to…

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September 30, 2015
The Challenge of Enterprise Mobile Collaboration

Business is going more mobile, more collaborative and more visual. The mobile market is booming, and smartphones and tablets are…

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September 10, 2015
Solving the Any-to-Any Video Conferencing Puzzle

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For a technology that claims such high value in cost efficiencies, improved productivity, better work/life balance and higher quality communication,…

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September 2, 2015
VideoCloud 365 Stratus: What’s New?

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VideoCentric have announced that the VideoCloud 365 Video-as-a-Service platform will be upgraded to VideoCloud 365 Stratus this weekend, the 6th…

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August 20, 2015
4 ways of Enhancing your Skype for Business Video Communications: Part 2

More and more businesses are adopting communication technologies that make them more productive, efficient and ultimately, more successful. For many,…

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August 18, 2015
Comparing the Lifesize Cloud Mobile Apps for iOS and Android

People are constantly on the go—and they expect their technology to be on the go with them, wherever they are….

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August 11, 2015
4 ways to Enhance Skype for Business Video Communications in the Meeting Room: Part 1

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More and more businesses are adopting communication technologies that make them more productive, efficient and ultimately, more successful. For many,…

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August 5, 2015
Pexip Infinity 10: What’s New?

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Pexip have released Pexip Infinity 10; the 10th version of Pexip Infinity that introduces a handful of new and exciting…

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July 14, 2015
Video Conferencing in the Oil and Gas Industry

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Communication is vital in any business, non the least in the oil and gas industry. Headquarters in cities like Aberdeen…

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July 9, 2015
Polycom HDX vs RealPresence Group Series

Launched at the start of 2008, the Polycom HDX Series was rolled out to provide organisations with a much improved…

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July 3, 2015
Lifesize Cloud: Premium vs Enterprise

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The Lifesize Cloud is a feature-rich, HD Video Conferencing service that enables simple, professional Video Conferencing and Collaboration between meeting…

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June 29, 2015
Cloud vs On-Premise Video Conferencing: A simple choice

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Making the choice between Cloud Video Conferencing and On-premise Video Conferencing shouldn’t be a difficult one. And it shouldn’t effect…

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June 23, 2015
The Polycom EagleEye Producer: At-a-Glance

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Polycom recently launched the Polycom EagleEye Producer – a camera innovation for the meeting room that utilises the latest in…

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June 17, 2015
8 Tips to Advance Business Goals whilst Reducing Environmental Impact with Video Conferencing

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These days, Video Conferencing benefits have far exceeded the original “reduce travel” and “reduce environmental impact” benefits that lead the…

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June 11, 2015
Healthcare Administration: A new Approach with Video Conferencing Technology

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Although the benefits of Video Conferencing and collaboration solutions for healthcare, hospitals and the NHS are generally focused on specific…

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May 13, 2015
VideoCloud 365 Cirrus: What’s new?

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VideoCloud 365 Cirrus has been announced and is set to be launched this weekend: the 17th May 2015.  VideoCentric’s newest…

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April 30, 2015
The Importance of Statistics

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We regularly hear that organisations “recognise the benefits of Video Conferencing for their business” and that “there is a real…

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April 14, 2015
Advantages and Considerations of Video Conferencing in the Cloud

Video Conferencing in the cloud is defined as “Software as a Service” (SaaS) focused on Video Communication Technology. Video Conferencing…

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April 1, 2015
SMART for Healthcare: Improving Patient Care with Interactive Technology

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Across the UK, NHS trusts are implementing new collaborative technologies which are helping clinical staff to easily access and update…

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March 26, 2015
The Use of Video Conferencing in the Manufacturing Industry

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The manufacturing sector is one of the most diverse industries in the UK, comprising a wide range of different activities,…

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March 11, 2015
Lifesize Cloud vs Enterprise Cloud

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With the recent release of the Lifesize Cloud Enterprise subscription plan, there is lots of excitement as to what this…

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February 6, 2015
What to see at ISE 2015

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With just days to go until the start of Europe’s biggest AV trade show, Amsterdam is once again preparing to opening…

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February 4, 2015
HS2 or H264: Which would you choose?

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For all of our followers found outside of the UK, I’ll forgive you for not knowing about HS2 or it’s…

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January 20, 2015
Phone Call vs Video Call? It’s your call.

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One of the biggest misconceptions of the benefits of video conferencing is that it has been created to replace travel,…

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December 15, 2014
Cisco, Polycom, Vidyo, Lifesize… Yes, it’s Skype to anything Video Conferencing.

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Skype is the world’s biggest international Voice over IP provider, used by millions daily as a way to keep connected…

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December 5, 2014
Feature Highlight: Cisco Intelligent Proximity

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Over the last 12 months, Cisco has reignited it’s collaboration portfolio with fire in its belly. With a whole host…

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December 4, 2014
Video Conferencing Grandparents

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Yesterday, something rather amazing happened. I received a call on my video phone from a number that hadn’t called before –…

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November 27, 2014
What the flip is Pexip?!

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Pexip, one of the most disruptive newcomers into the Video Conferencing Industry, is taking Europe by storm. The team –…

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November 20, 2014
2014 Severe Weather for UK on it’s way: Is your business prepared?

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With the USA currently facing Arctic conditions after a snow wall plunged New York State into a state of emergency,…

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November 17, 2014
The Right to Request Flexible Working

Since 30th June 2014, every employee within the UK has been given the right to request the ability to work…

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November 10, 2014
Can Small Businesses really benefit from Video Conferencing?

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Small businesses. One man bands. Freelancers. Agents. They’ve never really been the common users of video conferencing. Why? Video Conferencing…

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September 10, 2014
Pexip Infinity is One!

One year ago this September, Pexip released Pexip Infinity – the first Unified Communications product of its kind, addressing the…

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September 5, 2014
Recruitment Agents: Are you doing it via Video?

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These days, good recruitment agents need to compete & stand apart from the many online recruiters & self-service sites. They…

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August 22, 2014
Making the Boardroom Seasick? Sounds like a Horror Story…

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The critically acclaimed Blair Witch Project is one of the world’s most successful independent films of all time. The 1994…

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August 5, 2014
Skype for Business to Anything, Anything to Skype for Business (and Lync!)

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Today there’s a great bit of buzz flowing through the VideoCentric office. Yes, we’ve always been pretty chuffed with our…

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July 30, 2014
The 7 New Features of the Lifesize Cloud

The newly launched Lifesize Cloud is racing ahead in the Cloud Video Conferencing department. With a huge number of trials…

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July 2, 2014
The Flexible Millennial

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I am a homeworker. Since graduating, this is all I have ever known. I didn’t learn how to do it,…

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June 10, 2014
Lifesize Moving to the Cloud

While consumer video chat solutions like Google Hangouts and Apple’s Facetime have evolved by leaps and bounds over the past…

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May 27, 2014
3 Video Conferencing Benefits for Investment Banks

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Video Conferencing was a technology adopted early within the financial and banking industry, due to the need for making fast…

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May 15, 2014
Blue Jeans: Now in plus sizes

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The Blue Jeans Network, launched in 2009 to provide multipoint video conferencing meetings in the cloud, has yesterday made the…

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May 8, 2014
Linking Scientists: Shore, Sea & Satellites

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Wonderful uses of video communication technology always excites us at VideoCentric and further afield in the video conferencing & telepresence…

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April 23, 2014
Cisco SX Series 2014: What’s new

As Cisco unveil their newest additions to their video conferencing and telepresence portfolio, a plethora of sleek and refreshed video…

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March 31, 2014
Finding Cisco among Iron Man & 24 and the Transformers?

It’s one of the video conferencing industry’s worst kept secret that during the mid 2000’s, Cisco made a huge push…

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Note: Written content on this blog has been created by Head of Marketing & Communications of VideoCentric - Emily Shimell - unless stated as a Guest Blog or quote, and although will general reflect the views of VideoCentric, may also include personal opinions and statements that are reflective of the writer rather than the company as a whole.

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