Conferencing and Collaboration

The Internet's great
but can it save me the money and time
that I spend travelling to meetings?

Yes - use the conferencing and collaboration tools to:

interact with people, in real-time, just as if you were actually with them!

talk to the remote party;

see them or other remote images;

exchange text messages;

pass computer files,
e.g. documents, spreadsheets, graphics;

work on the same file simultaneously; and

collaborate using a 'white-board'.

All for the cost of a local telephone call!

If communications and IT are so good
why travel?

Over 11 million Americans are now telecommuting to the office,
and the number is expected to reach more than 14 million by 2000.

Increased use of IT has made more companies and workers open to the idea of telecommuting.
Benefits include:

• reduced property costs

• higher productivity

• improved morale among employees

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