Traditionally, video conferencing has been regarded as second-best to meeting in person. Sure, you get to see each other and with decent quality, using the latest video technology. However, it’s often on a small screen and with a zoomed-out camera ...
UC, CONCENTRATE ON BEING THE BEST AT WHAT YOU DO – By Kennie Cole | AVMI
When thinking about this subject, I decided to research some quotes on the topic of time, i.e. time being precious, wasting time, etc. We all know that Benjamin Franklin said that ‘time is money,’ he also said that ‘lost time is ...
Why Sound Matters
You walk into the conference room more prepared than ever to lead a compelling discussion with your most important stakeholders. The video works fine. But moments into your introduction, a remote conference participant interrupts. He didn’t understand what you said. The ...
Demo demons
John Vickerage relates one of his more challenging sales calls with advice to seize the opportunity of a sales visit to get what you really want out of it. I can still feel the sense of foreboding that crept over ...
Zoomtopia 2018 announcements
UCN: Its obvious to me after using various solutions designed for video collaboration, that most are far too complicated, and that complexity is not always rewarded by quality and reliability. What is it that you have done that others ...
DEFINING YOUR UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTION: SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY
What is Unified Communication? What does it do? How does it benefit me or my business? These are some of the questions that come to mind when one thinks about Unified Communication. In simple terms, Unified Communication can be described ...
Kennie Cole – the consultant’s consultant
Unified Communications – now there’s a thing we seem to have been talking about for a very long time. And yet, currently there are still many users experiencing un-unified communications. Messaging in Slack, whist conducting calls in Zoom, and emailing ...
AI Integration into Unified Communication Products
An introduction AI controlled audio (and sometimes video) digital assistant devices like Amazon Echo or Google Home are all the rage right now. The appeal is not hard to see. They provide audio streaming, wake you up, play games, tell ...
Will freemium services determine our business decisions?
That of Freemium services. John Vickerage reports There are an incredible number of free apps available on tablets and smart phones. Some offer you free access to a game, mapping tool or fitness tracker, however you have to experience fairly ...
Best practice for video meetings
Once you have your video meeting hardware, your software or service you are about 80% of the way to having successful video communications. What’s the other 20%, you ask? Priscilla Barolo of Zoom says that the remaining portion is your ...