May 28 2009 4:57PM GMT
Posted by: Tony Bradley
TechTarget,
UC,
Unified Communications,
recession,
webcast,
virtual seminar
Shrinking or stagnant budgets are keeping many companies from taking the leap and investing in a full-fledge UC implementation. Do your part to ensure you’re spending the smartest IT dollars you can by attending this Virtual Seminar, “Unified Communications: A Good Investment in a Down Economy” to find out why right now is the best time to invest in UC - without having to take time out of the office.
Greater productivity, decreased costs and rapid ROI top the list of the promises of unified communications. However, as budgets shrink, companies are finding it harder to justify the costs. In this Virtual Seminar, you’ll learn why a smart investment in UC now can immediately save your company money and give you the competitive edge you’ve been looking for.
Pre-register today:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/7261504/5421719
May 20 2009 2:57PM GMT
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Microsoft,
Live Meeting,
virtual meetings,
swine flu,
H1N1,
Joe Schurman,
recession
Companies love to have meetings. In my experience, the bigger the company, the more they like to meet. While working for a Fortune 100 IT services company I once had more than 20 hours of my work week filled with recurring meetings. In other words, more than half of my available time each week was spent meeting about what to do instead of going and doing it.
One of the reasons companies like meetings is that there is an assumption that there is some greater camaraderie or synergy developed from the face to face interaction. Do you know what else is greater in a face to face interaction? Germs. Meetings are typically in enclosed spaces and involve handshaking, sharing documents, and other physical interactions that can result in spreading germs.
Some meetings are just local team meetings, but often customers, vendors, partners, or managers fly in from across the country or around the world to participate in meetings. Those trips incur travel costs, lodging, meals, rental cars, etc. Hopefully some Earth-shattering information is covered at the meeting to justify the costs.
In this time of economic recession and with the emerging threat of the potential pandemic of H1N1 (swine flu), organizations should re-examine the value provided by these face to face meetings. The fact is, the same meeting can be conducted and the same results achieved without the travel or germs. Joe Schurman agrees with this mentality in his recent post Swine Flu + Recession = Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
