... • Minimal charge of $19 per meeting • Free trail for 14 days • By offering users the ability to share real-time video in WebEx meetings using inexpensive desktop videocams, The real-time video is completely firewall-friendly. • All the technologies are available at cheaper rate. These include : ➢ Telepresence : For small and medium-sized businesses, Cisco TelePresence is designed for organizations getting started with telepresence while maintaining what our larger customers can't live without: a high-quality experience that's easy to use. It's superior to the competition in its ability to save our customers time and increase employee productivity, without requiring a high upfront investment. ➢ Cisco WebEx Solutions: Meet with anyone, anywhere over the web—and work together as if you're in the room together. Deliver presentations. Share documents. Demonstrate applications. Even share control of your desktop to let someone else present. It's easy with Cisco WebEx Web Meetings ➢ Cisco Unified IP Phones : Make video calls as easy as phone calls with Cisco Unified IP Phones 8900 and 9900 Series Capabilities for large businesses • WebEx makes it easy for employees and team members from across the country and across the globe to work together in real-time to get things done. WebEx enterprise-grade web meeting solutions provide for secure communications across firewalls and allow for specialized applications used in webinars...
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...research shows that Cisco WebEx and IBM Sametime are our best possibilities moving forward. A compare and contrast assessment of the two companies listed, shows that for the size and possible growth of Sparky Designs Cisco WebEx is the best fit. Cisco WebEx allows the company 100 users to be live streamed at one time per host. That means that when we open up the California site we will have to purchase another host however, that will allow up to have 200 employees on at once. While the employees are communicating in high-definition live stream via mobile device or desktop, they can share access to their desktops and documents, remotely access their individual systems, engage cloud capabilities; major operating system support is also available. IBM Sametime allows the user to do many of the same things however, their costs are based on per named user as opposed to per host. Ref Table 1 Sparky Designs is currently at 50 employees that means if the company goes with Cisco WebEx then the cost will be $89 a month. If Sparky Designs chooses IBM Sametime then the cost per month will be $4000. Even if Sparky Designs only buy 10 named users from IBM Sametime the cost will be $800 a month. Sparky Designs would best benefit by partnering with Cisco WebEx because as Table 1 shows capital fluidity will be greater with Cisco WebEx than with IBM Sametime because of the assessed average cost. With our pending opening of the California office Cisco WebEx will more easily grow with...
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...technology.[1] ● Prices for fully equipped telepresence rooms can run to $500,000. 6 Case Studies Questions 1. One consulting firm has predicted that video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct. Do you agree? Why or why not? 7 Case Studies Questions 2. What is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence? 8 Case Studies Questions 3. What are the ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business? Would you consider it smart management? Explain your answer. 9 Case Studies Questions 4. If you were in charge of a small business, would you choose to implement videoconferencing? What factors would you consider in your decision? 10 MIS In Action Explore the WebEx Web site (www.webex.com) and answer the following questions: 1. List and describe its capabilities...
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...Slowik University of Phoenix COM285, Introduction to Business Communication Michelle Maldonaldo August 9, 2010 Business Communication Trends Business communication is an imperative role in a sales position at ePlus Technology. I currently work at ePlus as a Senior Account Executive and business communication is a function that is majorly inherent as a skill set needed to perform at a high level. Additionally, the communication medium in the technology field is constantly evolving and unifying communications is a trend that will be the next level of advanced technology to reach the business community. The various message types range from standard e-mail collaboration to video conferencing, Webex sessions and mobile user functionality. With the introduction of these new technology offerings, management of communication is improving and assisting individuals to manage daily activities. Communication is the key to success and information technology has allowed the business culture to communicate in a more productive fashion. Computers have introduced a simply means to collaborate with customers and follow associates. The most popular means that I use on a daily basis is e-mail and calendaring with Microsoft Outlook. ePlus has an online ordering capability and customers can look up pricing, order equipment and track equipment purchased. All of these activities are followed up with e-mail response back to the client and additionally...
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...Virtual Meetings: MIS IN ACTION 1.) WebEx offers different types of products and services for both small-medium and large businesses. WebEx is a very useful system for business. The WebEx can be used on desktop, laptop, smart phone as long as internet is acquired. You can use it to have a meeting or demonstrate a product everywhere and anytime. It also can make a sales presentation and hold a webinar or press conference. It didn’t limit by time, place or other factors. You can save time and money because you don’t have to care about finding a cozy place and also don’t need to print out the files. It helps many multinational enterprises to decrease their cost from business trip and personnel costs. 2.) WebEx does more than just meetings. WebEx can do almost anything, from holding a press conference, to demonstrating a product, making a sales presentation, conducting remote training, or even collaborating on design, name it. WebEx can do them. As they say, how you use it is only limited on your imagination. Web Conferencing allows conference participants to not only speak to and hear each other or simply just give feedback as compared to conference calls or even face-to-face meetings, but also share notes, view multimedia presentations, even work through ideas on an electronic white board. 3.) When you meet online, you remove many of the constraints that can make meetings a challenge - like getting everyone in the same place at the same time. In Web conferencing...
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...THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA FACULTY OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES COURSE: OIT 112: COMPUTER MATHEMATICS 1 COURSE INSTRUCTOR: MR. TERENTIUS RUGUMIRA ACADEMIC YEAR: ICT FIRST YEAR 2013/2014 STUDENT NAME: TUPPA JOHN DAVID REFERENCE NO. DOD/13/0278 ACTIVITY 1 – SET BUILDER NOTATION QN1. S = {-3,-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 . . .} Solution: Numbers listed are all Integers. So, x[pic] [pic] . Integers start at – 3, but “ . . . “ shows the list continues indefinitely to +∞. So, x ≥ -3 Therefore S = {x[pic] [pic] | x ≥ -3} ANSWER QN2. S = {1, 2, 3, 4 . . . 99,100} Solution: All numbers in set are Naturals. Therefore: S = {x[pic] [pic] | 1≤ x ≤ 100} ANSWER QN3. S = {1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 . . .} Solution: Numbers are Rational. “ . . . “shows numbers continues decreasing indefinitely. So, x ≤ 1. Therefore: S = {x[pic][pic] | x ≤ 1} ANSWER QN4. S = {1, 3, 5, 7 . . .} Solution: Numbers listed in S are Prime. So, x[pic]P. Prime listed start at 1, but the “. . . shows the list continues indefinitely to +∞. So, x ≥1. Therefore: S = {x[pic]P | x ≥ 1} ANSWER QN5. S = {. . . -30...
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...Cisco WebEx has what you need to get the job done right. And because it is delivered over the Internet as you need it, you eliminate the hassle of required downloads, updates, and maintenance. Whether you want to schedule a conference in advance or conduct one on the fly, Cisco WebEx one-click meetings makes starting your conference as quick and easy as a click of your mouse. You can launch a conference from Microsoft® Office, Outlook®, or your own personalized Cisco WebEx URL, and invite your participants via email, text, or instant message. Once inside your virtual conference room, Cisco WebEx’s multipoint video integration in standard and high-definition lets you incorporate real-time video. Multimedia content, application and desktop sharing provide a more engaging and effective experience for your participants, and give you the ability to grant participants control if you so choose. Documents and presentations can be shown in full screen or zoom mode with no degradation in image clarity or quality. True browser-based web page co-navigation allows hosts to guide participants through any website with the option to share control. In addition, Cisco WebEx web conferencing, audio conferencing and video conferencing services provide a robust list of features, including polling, integrated audio controls, note taking panel, distribution lists, Lotus Notes®, Microsoft Office and Outlook integration, floating icon tray, auto-play presentations, desktop collaboration and application...
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...Smoothly Integrate Acquired Companies 120+ companies acquired since 1993 Handle acquisitions as a normal part of business Create a consistent, repeatable, and adaptable approach to integration Develop integration expertise with consistent activities and teams Apply these standards across the company and within departments 3 Solution Standard Principles and Team Approach Standard principles Internal alignment through a consistent approach Cross-function cooperation Consistent, repeatable, and adaptable processes Continually refine practices with lessons learned Standard team approach Central integration team Cross-function teams Department teams 4 Solution Technologies for Team Collaboration Cisco MeetingPlace conference calls WebEx online meetings Cisco TelePresence E-mail Online document sharing Online project management tools 5 Results Maximized Acquisition Value Benefits for Cisco as a company: Shorter time to realize acquisition value Faster, more efficient, and less disruptive integration efforts High levels of employee retention and easier cultural integration Improved operational infrastructure Maximized sales channels Continuous development of integration expertise 6 Results Maximized Acquisition Value Benefits for Cisco departments: Human resources: Reduced impact of transition helps to sustain employee productivity and...
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...3HRM1 BA Francis Jerome H. Duana 11/10/2011 No: 1 TITLE: WWW.WEBEX.COM Explore the WebEx Site (www.webex.com) and note all of its capabilities for both small and large businesses, then answer the following questions. 1. List and describe its capabilities for small-medium and large business. How useful is WebEx? How can it help companies save time and money? 2. Compare WebEx video capabilities with video-conferencing capabilities describe in this case. 3. Describe the steps you would like to compare for a Web conference as opposed to a face-to-face conference. (ANSWER) 1. Small-medium businesses: Cisco helps you collaborate by bringing together your phone, email, text, conferencing, and video, making you more productive. A Cisco Small Business Communications solution offers: • A better way to communicate. Access information and communicate from anywhere, using any device, on any network. • An easy way to bring people together. Need to call an urgent meeting? Quickly find out who's available and the best way to reach them—before you even pick up the phone. • Phones and applications that work together. Link your customer relationship management (CRM) system or other applications—healthcare, insurance, auto repair—to...
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...Option 1: Web Conferencing Programs Research Memo MEMORADUM Date: August 19, 2013 To: John Doe, Manager From: , Research Department Subject: Web Conferencing Programs Research In this memo you will find the research on three different web conferencing programs; Fuze Box, Infinite Conferencing, and Cisco WebEx. These points summarize my findings. 1. Performance of the programs Fuze Box | * Screen the conference in HD * APP and Desktop screen sharing * Simple to collaborate at any time on any device * Works with iPhones to tablets, Macs to PCs, * Androids to iPhones and PCs to Macs * Cloud storage and VoIP Audio | Infinite Conferencing | * Share the entire desktop with Web meeting participants * Get instant feedback of the meetings * VoIP Audio and private and public chat * With one click transfer files to all participants * Video web conferencing for everyone * 24/7 phone support when needed | Cisco WebEx | * Share all applications and documents * VoIP Audio * Users are managed * Video in HD * Option for corporate licensing * 24/7 live support | During my research on the three web conferencing programs I found that they all would benefit our company in different ways. 2. The Cost of each program Fuze Box | * Free 14 day trial * From $17-$69 a mouth depending on the plan you choose * $17 plan allow 12 participants, 1 GB of Storage and unlimited VoIP audio * $69 plan allow 100 plus participants...
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...Individual assignment 1. Yes, I agree with video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct because it is more convenient than business travel. Recording to the report issued by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative and the Climate Group in 2008. It said that up to 20 percent of business travel could be replaced by virtual meeting technology. It means the number of business travel will decrease. Also, there have a example in the article, technology consulting firm Accenture reports that it eliminated expenditures for 240 international trips and 120 domestic flights in a single month. It was a good example to prove business travel will extinct. Technology (video and Web conferencing) help employers communicate with each other more easily. Business travel is not the only way to confer. 2. Videoconferencing allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate simultaneously through two-way video and audio transmissions. Telepresence strives to make users feel as if they are actually present in a location different from their own.The critical feature of videoconferencing is the digital compression of audio and video streams by a device called a codec. Most companies deemed videoconferencing a poor substitute for face-to-face meetings but telepresence products provide the highest quality videoconferencing available on the market to date. Telepresence just a kind of line in videoconferencing. 3. Videoconferencing provides a big values to a business...
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...JOSE RIZAL, the national hero of the Philippines and pride of the Malayan race, was born on June 19, 1861, in the town of Calamba, Laguna. He was the seventh child in a family of 11 children (2 boys and 9 girls). Both his parents were educated and belonged to distinguished families. His father, Francisco Mercado Rizal, an industrious farmer whom Rizal called "a model of fathers," came from Biñan, Laguna; while his mother, Teodora Alonzo y Quintos, a highly cultured and accomplished woman whom Rizal called "loving and prudent mother," was born in Meisic, Sta. Cruz, Manila. Jose Rizal’s Ancestors He had Chinese blood from his father’s side and Spanish and Japanese blood from his mother’s side. Recent genealogical research even traces him to Lacan Dula (one of the chiefs met by the first Spaniards in Manila). His paternal ancestor was Lam-Co, an immigrant from Fujian (Jinjiang, Quanzhou), South China. At the age of 35, Lam-co was baptized in 1697. He became Domingo Lam-co. Lam-co had a distinguished lineage. He belonged to the Cua clan of south China. The Cuas today are prosperous and distinguished families in Asia. The Cuas are a very ancient line, which can be traced to many generations to the times when unified China was still non-existent. They are the descendants of Shu Du, the 5th son of Zhou Wu Wang, the political genius who started the Chou dynasty. It was 600 years later when his descendants formalized the usage of the surname Cai. Domingo Lam-co, Rizal’s great-great- grandfather...
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...Virtual meetings are the suboptimal reality of most information workers' lives. They save on travel time and costs, but they deprive meeting-goers of a host of non-verbal signals that help us understand each other. Without the body language, the information stream goes down from broadband to dial-up, the signal to noise ratio goes up, and the possibility for miscommunication accordingly rises. And it's not just the visual cues that are missing. The quality of most phone lines and digital voice lines are quite poor, so a huge amount of vocal tone is also lost, and the resulting loss of nuance makes virtual meetings even less satisfying and more difficult. So what's to be done? Here are five steps you can take to help put some of the richness back into a virtual meeting. 1. Recognize that virtual meetings are suboptimal and plan accordingly. Do the less important things via virtual meetings whenever possible. Save the emotional stuff for face-to-face meetings, because it's emotions and attitudes that are conveyed mostly via body language. So if you're kicking off something important, or celebrating a big win, bite the meeting bullet and bring everyone together. In the virtual meetings, do the routine information-sharing stuff. Trying to solve disagreements or rev people up via a digital phone line is pure folly. Our emotional investment in a phone call is simply less than in a face-to-face meeting, and the lack of visual and tonal information makes it much harder to get key messages...
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...Cisco systems Architecture: ERP and Web-Enabled IT Case Introduction and Background and analysis of the Business Cisco Systems, a Global leading company that manufactures and markets Internet Protocol (IP) equipment, uses routers to send digital and voice data over the Internet. Founded in 1984 by three former Stanford University Students, Cisco first found early success by targeting Government agencies, Universities, and the Aerospace industry. In 1998, Cisco began targeting big businesses and other agencies. Cisco did their Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 1990. However, disagreement between founding partners led to two of the founding members parting ways with the company. In 1994, Cisco suffered another major setback: “Cisco’s legacy environment failed so dramatically that shortcomings of the existing systems could no long be ignored” (Nolan, 2005, p.4). However, after costly repairs and creating a brand new IT platform architecture, Cisco was able to recover and continued to move forward. Cisco immediately began expanding by acquiring smaller entities which expanded the company’s market share. In 1998, Cisco successfully reach the coveted $100 billion landmark. Over the next two years, Cisco continued to expand and “acquired more than 20 companies, including wireless network equipment maker Aironet. With a market capitalization exceeding $500 billion, Cisco enjoyed a turn as the world’s most valuable company in 2000” (Hoover, 2012, p.1.) Cisco’s product’s mix includes;...
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...Cisco IT Case Study Organizational Change and Advanced Services for Operational Success How Cisco IT Implemented Organizational Change and Advanced Services for Operational Success New organizational framework greatly improves operations. Given today’s pressing need to optimize IT services and resources while reducing costs and improving organizationwide productivity, the Cisco lifecycle methodology offers the framework needed to make operations more efficient and responsive. Cisco IT Network and Data Center Services (NDCS) changed from using a traditional organizational model to Cisco’s own lifecycle model, with substantial operations improvements across five different metrics. This case study describes Cisco IT’s internal infrastructure, a leading-edge enterprise IT environment that is among the largest and most complex in the world. “By moving from a traditional technology, silo-based organizational structure to a lifecycle-based model, we were able to improve our operational metrics considerably. Our number of cases decreased by approximately 60 percent, and our time-to-repair to get clients back up and running has decreased by almost 70 percent.” John Manville, Vice President, IT Network and Data Center Services, Cisco BACKGROUND An enterprise with 300 locations in 90 countries, Cisco has 46 data centers and server rooms supporting the 65,000-plus employees. Fourteen of the data centers/server rooms are production or customer-facing and 32 are used for product...
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