Video Conferencing
A global reach to conduct business meetings with colleages and clients from around the world
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Travelling to a meeting is expensive and time-consuming, and with the busy schedules many businesses have today, time is of the essence. Companies can now benefit from being able to host crystal clear meetings from the comfort of your own conference room. At AVM Solutions we specialise in providing businesses across the UK with the very best in video and audio conferencing to enable effective business communications whilst also maintaining that all important personal touch of face-to-face contact with the simplistic approach in mind. The integration of Corporate Video Conferencing Systems can allow companies to display and share presentations to communicate ideas and information in real-time at a touch of a button.
This integration is particularly beneficial to those who need to reach business partners and clients on a global scale. AVM Solutions UK are able to design and install video facilities to suit the needs of any company requirements, and to help it excel in an increasingly competitive and global marketplace.
The key benefit here is the integration of high definition hardware and simple software solutions which means less time wasted on setup and technical issues and more productivity and focus on the meeting itself.
What is video conferencing?
Video Conferencing allows businesses to connect with their global partners effectively. It is a central cloud hosted infrastructure which routes calls and transmits videos and presentations in real-time between endpoints.
For companies who operate on an international scale with an array of partner time zones, maintaining smooth and convenient communication with colleagues and customers is of high importance, both locally and on the far end.
Without a universal platform, organising long-distance calls presents problems with global partners unable to connect with ease. Beyond key issues of poor call quality and increased costs, services such as Skype and WhatsApp remain outright banned in crucial territories, which can prove a major hindrance to the goal of bridging the gap. AVM Solutions has solutions which includes dynamic face tracking and high definition audio quality means the message itself is not lost.
Having a conference room which is equipped with state of the art technology can ensure that online meetings are less stressful and more productive. Screen sharing, file sharing and audio video solutions can all be made easy.
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4 Benefits of video conferencing software
Choosing our solutions will revolutionise the way you deliver communication in your business. Good communication is effective for business productivity. Let’s look at some of the amazing benefits of using our video solutions;
1. BETTER ATTENDANCE
Do key members of your team struggle to take part in a conference call from time-to-time due to their location? You won’t have that problem anymore with a video system. You can invite people to your conferences no matter their location. Also, you can interview through a live video connection, which saves on time and promotes productivity.
2. LOWER TRAVEL TIME AND COSTS
Long gone are the days when you had to travel across the country for a business meeting. With video-conferencing equipment, you can instantly connect to anyone, anywhere. This is one of the key benefits of promoting business productivity.
3. BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY
A survey on Forbes shows how video-conferencing can and will generate more productivity in your business. Being able to communicate faster will ensure your business is efficient and will match the productivity of any other business in your niche.
4. RETAINING EMPLOYEES
Does your business have remote-based employees? Although working from home is seen as a comfortable option, it is still good to have close relationships with other members of the team. Therefore, being able to have video calls will keep a healthy work-relationship between team members. Also, this will again promote business productivity.
VIRTUAL MEETING ROOM
Cloud-based VMR (Virtual Meeting Room) can serve as a powerful medium to link colleagues together no matter their hardware, forgoing the reliance on traditional methods of video conferencing software. In practical terms, this means that meeting participants can join the Virtual meeting room through whatever means are most convenient. For instance, attendees are invited through a custom link, which presents several methods of joining the room – be it a web browser, standard phone call or video conferencing client of their choice.
This allows full control as the host and can schedule meetings to be live streamed onto their YouTube channels, opening up the possibility of an unlimited number of live viewers, but also as a means of recording sessions for future playback.
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UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON CASE STUDY
For the physical AV, a large 70” LED display was installed in Meeting Room 1, ideal for accommodating a large number of on-screen meeting participants simultaneously.
Underneath, a Polycom EagleEye™ camera transmits a crystal-clear HD image and wide field of view for coverage of the whole room, including the flexibility to pan, tilt and zoom to focus on particular attendees or items of interest.
Crystal-clear sound is one of the most important factors for a successful meeting, and particularly given Bolton’s extensive international presence, reducing the physical barrier of distance through unobstructed, easily-understood communication reinforces this need even more. Given this, AVM chose to implement a 360-degree, ceiling microphone array that would ensure speakers can be heard no matter where they may be seated in the room. Inbuilt directional audio technology allows the mics to ‘zone in’ and isolate an individual local participant, so they can be heard as clearly as possible.
Due to the unpredictability of the infrastructure in place for those on the far end, it was important to fit a speaker that would allow for maximum audio clarity and perceptibility. For the benefit of the local faculty, a high-powered soundbar with DSP processing brings out the detail in sound from external participants.
Next, a crucial consideration for the University’s meetings is the ability to present one’s screen. Accomplishing this should be as simple as possible without having to mess with cables or installing additional software. For this reason, AVM opted to include VIA GO – an easy to use, plug and play, wireless presentation system. All the user has to do is connect the USB touchpad into their laptop, run the portable program and press the button – content will now be viewable on-screen; ready to present locally or through the VMR during a call.
Powering the video conferencing equipment itself, and aware of the University’s requirement for consistently smooth calls, AVM commissioned a Polycom RealPresence Codec. The benefit of this being the inclusion of a dedicated port, enabling higher-bandwidth calls than would be possible through a standard browser.
Finally, for Meeting Room 1, a wall keypad was fitted to control powering the system ON and OFF, switching between Video Conferencing software and Wireless Presenting and volume control.
Get in touch with AVM Solutions to speak with one of our experts and learn more about the conferencing services we offer.
The Result
We got in touch with Yusuf after the completion of the works to get his feedback:
Did you find the project installation to be carried out satisfactorily?
“The engineers from AVM were great – the installation and programming were completed on time and in a highly professional manner, a really good service.”
How did staff find getting to grips with the new system?
“The faculty have adjusted well to the new system, stopped using the old methods immediately, and found it easy to use, which was great to see. In the beginning we were using the VMR as more of a testing ground, primarily for meetings, but our plan now is to use the facilities here for long-distance teaching, having a class on the far end join our VMR and be participants in the lesson.”
What made you decide on AVM?
“At the time I had been considering a few different audiovisual companies, but what sold me in the end was being invited to see AVM’s facilities by the Krishan (MD) personally. I was really impressed with the facilities there – the large boardroom, and particularly the training room was just what we were looking for. That along with the personal, local service that could continually support our 40+ regular internal users. And I had made my decision right there on the day.”
Would you recommend AVM?
“Definitely. If we had to do it again, we’d always use AVM. The level of professionalism has been first-standard throughout the process. The far end, where we had most of the issues prior to the new system, has been simple and effective. Having someone local who can respond in real-time with a personal touch, the ability to just make a quick phone call with the engineers who answer anything you need, was exactly what we were looking for.”
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