Imagine sitting next to your clients, business partners, suppliers, headquarters staff and/or investors at the same virtual conference table, even though you're located hundreds or even thousands of miles away from one another. TelePresence, Cisco System's elite video conferencing equipment, is making face-to-face meetings the business norm.

Generally speaking, video conferencing equipment has the ability to provide huge cost savings by eliminating the need for many travel expenses. A logical argument for this is that when connecting via video conferencing equipment, you lose the benefits of meeting face-to-face. This is where TelePresence comes in – it’s video conferencing like you’ve never experienced before.

About TelePresence

Cisco's TelePresence is a collection of teleconferencing solutions, designed to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes. Whether you're hosting a board meeting, a training session, collaborating with a colleague at another location or simply catching up with a business associate, TelePresence puts you face-to-face, without expensive and exhausting travel or lengthy commutes. You can easily connect with anyone, from anywhere.

For large companies, TelePresence consisting of three, large, 65", side-by-side screens, offers the feeling that the other party is actually sitting across the table from you.  You can even look them directly in the eye and experience their reactions to the discussion.

For smaller meetings, you can use a single screen system and still get the direct, eye-level view of the other party or parties, but on a smaller scale. This system can be implemented in almost any conference room.

Advantages of Using TelePresence

TelePresence offers a number of advantages over standard video conferencing equipment.

#1 - Promotes More Interaction

The TelePresence system simulates an actual face-to-face conference, leading to more natural interaction among participants.

#2 - Facilitates Better Communication

With near life-size images of the other party, you won't miss any gestures or nonverbal nuances during the conference, making it easier to tell what the others in the conference are trying to communicate, something that can be difficult to gauge using traditional teleconferencing.

#3 - Adapts To Any Conference Situation

Some TelePresence solutions allow portability and can be used in an existing conference room or office. These systems can be moved around to different departments in an organization without a lot of effort. This system can also be used in branch offices with limited Internet access and bandwidth.

Effective TelePresence systems make it look like your colleagues are right across the table from you. Gone are the days when sharing ideas meant traveling across the country or across the globe. Today, sitting across the virtual conference table and looking your colleagues in the eye is a reality with Cisco's TelePresence.

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