What is a videoconference?
A videoconference or videoteleconference uses an infrastructure based on audio and video technology in order to bring people from different locations together for meetings.
A videoconference may be a point-to-point conversation, between two people from different offices or may involve several sites (multi-point), with several participants. The basic technology used in a videoconference system is the HD digital compression and the audio–video streams in real time.
Why a videoconference?
Sometimes it can be impossible to have a face-to-face meeting with many customers or business partners placed in different locations. Eliminating the distance between locations is easy with a videoconference that facilitates simultaneous audio-video interaction.
Besides the audio and visual transmission of meetings, videoconferences can be used to share documents, presentations (on-screen) and whiteboards through dedicated devices.
Advantages of using a videoconference solution:
- Accelerating the decision-making process;
- Stimulating brainstorming, knowledge sharing and information gathering;
- Providing high quality presentations to key-members of an organization organization or approaching new customers in a professional manner, regardless of their location.