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  • Videoconferencing pushes sustainability angle in government

    The videoconferencing industry is looking to piggyback on government’s sustainability initiatives by persuading public sector agencies to use the technology to cut down on travel. However, there are several battles to be fought on the technological and behavioural fronts, spokespeople for videoconferencing vendor Asnet acknowledge.

  • Retravision does web meetings

    The 50 member IT department at electrical appliance company Retravision is using web conferencing to connect its various IT teams, situated in each Australian state and New Zealand.

  • Taming the tyranny of distance

    When Telecom screened an ad showing a woman videoconferencing from Piha Beach on Auckland's West Coast while her partner painted her toenails and hummed a love song loudly enough to be heard over the link, Piha residents saw red.

  • A cheaper, riskier approach

    Webcams connected to individuals' PCs are an inexpensive way to get into videoconferencing at the lower end, but they don't offer the quality or possibilities of meeting room-based services and can leave the user wide-open, security wise, if protective measures aren't taken.

  • The standards game

    Videoconferencing has been possible since the 1960s, when AT&T developed the world's first videophone.

  • How secure is your videoconferencing connection?

    As long as its done over a virtual private network using encryption, videoconferencing security should be no problem, but when enabling software which uses the internet comes into play, issues arise, says Co-Logic Security owner Arjen de Landgraaf.

  • Becoming part of the culture

    International courier franchise Fastway Couriers has been videoconferencing, via ISDN and equipment from Polycom, for two years and the benefits have been marked, says franchise support general manager Joanne Adams.

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