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Fortune Senior Writer Jon Fortt talks to Microsoft Corporate Vice President Gurdeep Pall about Microsoft’s approach to video conferencing, and how it differs from the approach HP and Cisco are taking.

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The video conferencing advantage

Most businesses require both employers and employees to do frequent corporate traveling to attend meeting and seminars. Imagine the difficulty in traveling to attend conferences around the world. You have to put up with all the tension and spend valuable time and money traveling to the place and coming back. Think about the money you need to spend on travel expenses like flight tickets, hotel and dining expense. You can avoid these by setting up a multipoint video conference facility which can allow communication from different parts of the world without any hustle or bustle. In this way you can spare more time and money for your employees. Setting up a conference system may be an expensive affair, it depends on the how complex it is. But there is a lot of long term advantages in terms of time, money and stress saved.

Things to check before buying and installing the system

Before getting into the process of installing the system, you need to do a lot of research on the Internet about video conferencing. Based on this you should decide the right system for your business. Then comes the job of selecting a suitable software according to your requirements. You need to consider whether it is a multipoint video conference or point to point conference while deciding the software. Take care to get the the software from a recognized dealer. Most companies will send technicians for installing and giving you the tips on how to use the system. Make sure you clear all your doubts about how to operate and troubleshoot. After installing software and running the system you should check whether your cameras can scan all regions of your conference hall. Also see that there are enough microphones and whether you can hear the audio from all microphones equally well. Pay attention to lighting, all parts of the room should be well lit. You don’t want to see people hidden in darkness during the video conference.

Your video conference hardware

Your <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(’/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=”http://www.meetoncamera.com/”> video conference kit </a> can range from simple systems where a codec is placed on top of a monitor to more complex systems meant for huge boardrooms and seminar halls. Such complex systems require installation and setup by specialist technicians. The other hardware for your video conferencing kit is the carrier. A carrier does the job of communicating data between any two systems on the conferencing network. You can use ISDN telephone networks or IP networks.

ISDN can be used as carrier if the co

Hi, I am living in the USA, and my computer-illiterate parents in Singapore. I have a Mac, and would like to arrange for my parents to have an idiot-proof sort of setup where they can connect to a video conferencing setup here with a press of a button.

Now I have seen Polycom systems in action, while they work well, they are very expensive. Is there a cheaper solution these days?
Skype is a solution, but I am not sure my parents can manage it!

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www.lifesize.com LifeSize CEO Craig Malloy introduces LifeSize Express, the most affordable and accessible telepresence solution in the market.

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I have been asked to teach martial arts though a distant learning type program and I have very little experience with the web cameras and video conferencing and was trying to get some help.

I will need for the camera to be able to pick up motion, with clarity in the moves. The one built into my laptop is great for still images and slow movement, but that is all. It is also not the greatest for distant video sharpness. What brand and model would you recommend?

Second, do you know of a good video conferencing software that is good. Yahoo Messenger is nice, but the window is often small, and unable to resize the window. I need it to be free, due to the distance between both locatons and because the facility is a private school.

Is the setup easy to do?

I have windows Vista & 7 on my two laptops. My interent connetion is high speed road runner.

I am not sure what the school has access to as far as the computer specificiatons and or internet connections. The details will be coming soon.

Thank you!

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TANDBERG Vision 2500 videoconferencing system TTC5-02 , Camera Unit

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