NEC Philips install collaboration system
Paul Milligan, February 2, 2009
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NEC Philips Unified Solutions has integrated a Europe-wide collaborative conferencing system for NEC Europe, the regional headquarters of NEC. The system combines a 360-degree view of the conference room, audio, and video that tracks the flow of conversation, with presence, Instant Messaging and other collaborative features.
Deployed across 14 NEC locations throughout Europe – including Sweden, Netherlands, Poland and the UK – the conferencing system has been installed with the aim of improving business efficiency as well as providing time and cost savings by removing the need for outsourced audio conferencing services. It is also hope to reduce business travel time and the carbon footprint for the NEC Europe executive team.
Prior to the installation, European monthly management meetings took place in London, resulting in high travel costs and an inefficient use of working hours.
The system uses one centrally located server from which the 14 client devices in the various countries work. Meetings are scheduled through the Microsoft Exchange email system although the virtual meeting environment is powered by a combination of Microsoft Office Communications Server, RoundTable and LiveMeeting. It integrates voice, video and instant messaging technologies into a collaborative virtual meeting space so users have the ability to present, whiteboard, as well as share and manipulate documents in real time.
Following the successful rollout, NEC Europe has a foundation to develop its Unified Communications strategy going forward by adopting other IP based technologies, including the potential of integrating with NEC’s portfolio for unified communications.
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