Thursday, July 11, 2013

Benefits of Video Conferencing in Day to Day Life.

Video Conferencing is the technology which allows to communicate in face to face with the large number of attendee, devoid of the geographical constraints. It provides both the audio video outputs to make the conference successful. Normally a business executive needs to travel on every alternate day to spread the business productivity. With the help of this latest technology, executives can connect with their clients and top managements, without having to travel. They can interact, check all the pros and cons and can sign the agreement paper, during the video conferencing instead of being under one roof. In this way the technology is helping the society to reduce the travel cost.
The question is how Video Conferencing can be the beneficial to your day to day life? The software based video conference is the most latest outcome of the technology after telepresence. Installing the software to any existing desktop or laptop, user can connect to the n number of end users. Previously we need to purchase codec box, MCU which are very expensive. For every end user we had to buy different codec box and MCU to do the conferencing. If one wanted to interact with the ten different location, he or she had to purchase ten different devices to make it happen.
The benefits of Video Conferencing Software is, we can reach a person by a click and for that we need to have a license only. The software of video conference can be installed to any desktop or laptop. Along with a webcam and speaker phones it is very easy to login into a conference by purchasing the license. After converting to software version the whole conferencing process has came to our reach. We can save our travel money and can reach them in any time we need to be. Sometimes we fail to balance in our personal life and work hours. Video Conferencing can make you connect with family while you are in office and vice versa.

Friday, April 5, 2013

functionalities of Vc


The features and functionalities of video conferencing: 


Video Conferencing is on high demand in the today's world, where the travel costs continue to climb and the hassles of travel continue to worsen the business meetings. The web conferencing solutions are available in wide ranges for variant purposes. What ever the purpose may be, the final target of the video-conference end-user will be a high quality, secure, high-definition solution with affordable price range. As the demand for the software is growing, there are a lot of features that are being up-graded. The IT decision makers must check out various features and functionalities, before adopting a video-conferencing solution. The following are the various features of latest video conferencing: 

Document sharing: Usually in a business meeting, the sharing of document is a mandatory asset. The specialized business video-conference facilitates the meetings personnel to instantaneously share any kind of document say word document, excel sheet, PPT and PDF etc., the document sharing can either be done to the multiple users or a single user.
Text messaging: The text messaging option facilitates the users to communicate with one another through text during the time of the conference. The text messaging can either be done publicly or privately. The text messaging during the time of conferencing, usually include set of instructions or tasks that are outlined to be projected after a particular presentation. This feature will ease the users in communicating with another without interrupting the meeting.
One way communication through audio video recording:  through this feature, the participants of the conference can record the entire conference and this file can be saved and can be used for future references.
Face detection with smart framing: The face detection with smart framing option embedded in a video conferencingsoftware automatically detects the face of the users and projects them in the center of the screen.
Co-Browsing: The co-browsing feature is used to instantaneously browse the Internet without deviating from the conference. By being with the conference application, one can use the Internet.
In-built digital white-board & iPen: The in-built digital white-board is a feature on which one can write and demonstrate words with the help of i-Pen . By using this i-Pen  participants can sign an agreement soft copy during the conference. It works on any hard surface and produces clear picture of text, helping the conferencing participants at the other end to understand the concepts much clearly and elaborately.
Finally it can be concluded that, most of the businesses around the world have identified video-conferencing as a cost effective solution which enhances the productivity through effective employee collaboration. All these are the inbuilt features of video conferencing software which is the best part of the solution.
 

Friday, January 25, 2013

Video Conferencing Solution for Law Enforcements:



Video conference, is served to be a good solution for all the state and local courts to execute live communication with the prisoner. Normally through the traditional court hearings, logistics have to be performed for shifting the prisoner to the court. In such cases, there is a risk of prisoners escaping. This process of shifting the prisoner from jail to court require huge security.



 Apart from the accused interrogation, through this solution the witness can also be submitted in the court virtually. In some circumstances, the witness will not be available during the time of court hearings, in such situations, with the aid of the video conferencing software, the witness can testify what he/she have seen or observed against the accused.
Traditionally, the conferencing technology which is being used in the legal enforcements was a hardware based. In hardware conferencing, there are lots of constraints such as conference is restricted for boardroom , very high bandwidth is required for each video and require very huge hardware components. But now most of the state and local courts are making use of the Video conferencing technology.
This  software is composed of ample number of features, which benefits the law firms. Let us consider, a lawyer is in out of station or in travel and must attend the case conference. In this case, such lawyer can make use of the desktop video conferencing to attend the case conference through online. Through this software, the lawyers can share a document or case file immediately, without separately sending it through the mails.
The topmost benefits of video conferencing  for the law enforcements are as follows:
·         The lawyers can attend the case conference, by being anywhere and anytime.
·         Lawyers can avail the advantage of taking the reference of the various other lawyers, through video conferencing software
·         Reduces the risk of prisoner escaping, as the prisoner is presented to the court from the jail itself.
·         Minimized need of heavy security for shifting the prisoner to the jail
·         The witness can be kept confidential and can produce, them virtually at the time of case conference
·         Case files can be shared with the judge instantly
 Finally it can be concluded that  the law firm  is not an exception for availing the services of video conferencing. Through this solution, the court hearings are done much effectively  and the cases are closed within short span of time.  

Friday, September 21, 2012

Five Questions To Ask About Video Conferencing Interview


Top 5 Benefits of Videoconferencing Instead of face to face Interview

 


One of the top business houses of India recently had arranged Video Conferencing Interview for conducting employee hiring process. They had arranged a hiring program at their Poland wing. The Director of Asia Pacific was interviewing right from his India Offshore Operation through Video Conferencing Software. Two of the 10 candidates got selected on the board and they had given offer letter at the same time as the Director confirmed and signed as soon possible on the soft copy of offer letter by ipen.
So the picture is clear that the whole interview process can be simplified with one click. It is really hard to take up the interviews in different places and accumulate the applicants under a roof. It is important to know that how the technology helps us now.

i. Save Travel, Time & Money: Selecting top candidates from overseas, companies used to arrange campus interviews for fresher candidates and specific location interviews for experienced persons. Representative person has to travel a lot to process the selection purpose. Sometimes for further initiations candidates have to travel from one place to another. This all need long time to take a single decision. To choose the eligible candidate, company has to bear all the expense of the candidates which might be affected on company’s revenue. Video Conferencing is the best Technology which is value for the money. Simultaneously it is cost effective and can save time and the travel exhaustion.

ii. Connect From Anywhere: Instead of travelling for each interview, executive can do same appointment process from the office desk only. The participants of the interview can be located in anywhere of the world but Interviewer can interact with them from his desk. It is easy to choose the right person among all the candidates who resides in different corners of the world. Through Video Conferencing, hiring authorities can attend the same conference from different places at a time to judge the right candidate on the same time.

iii. Document Sharing: At the same time candidate can share his necessary documents with his interviewer to prove his credential over internet. Organizers can share their HR policies and other important documents with candidate and hiring authorities at a time. By which we can shortened the hiring process.

iv. Record The Interview: One of the impressive benefits of video conferencing is conference can be recorded for future use. Suppose, Interviewer take interview of a candidate and record it at the same time. He can show the recording conversations to the directors and Hr managers to judge the person if he is the best suit for their vacancy.

v. Easy to Judge the Right Candidate: Sometimes Interviewer can converse with the false person on telephonic interview as there is no facility of face to face conversation. Video Conference Software can arrange a face to face conference in front of a system screen. By which interviewer can judge the behavioral for the candidates whether it will match with the etiquette. Sometimes face to face conversation provides a personal touch which is very effective especially for the fresher candidates.

Therefore, virtual interview is a new concept in communicating world, where everybody is busy in their own schedule. Benefits of Video Conferencing are it will help to interact and take prompt decision as many people can join in the same conference. They need to purchase license only for each Video Conference Software which is affordable to any kind of small businesses.