Networking, Unleashing Geographical Independence

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Next generation networking technologies are pushing the boundaries of geographical independence .

Today a lot of enterprise customers are looking forward to reducing their travel outlay by increasing their focus towards better networking technologies and having better collaborative applications. As a result, fewer days out of the office should lead to a multitude of benefits.

Not only do most companies expect to see monetary savings from less travel, they also envision a road warrior who is more productive overall and is also more available for meetings he/she would otherwise miss today. It is also worth noting that for many, these beneficiaries “road warriors” are executives, who tend to have higher travel costs than the average employee.

One of the most highly-anticipated benefits from usage of next generation networking technologies and its related applications is the time saved from IT personnel not having to attend meetings for technical support purposes as they do today. Companies deploying IP telephony most often report immediate IT staff time savings from having a simpler system to administer and use.

TelePresence Business Case

Even at this early stage, the level of benefit expectations for applications like TelePresence is highly impressive. A review of the top benefits reveals that many expect TelePresence to make a real and measurable impact on their business operations. Today’s business decisions are getting impacted with the help of usage from telepresense environments.

In general, less travel should increase employee productivity by making employees more available for other local meetings and at the same time increasing the attendance of the average road warrior and making sure that their focus remains on the traditional meetings. Moving forward, better networking technologies will help eliminate the geographical barriers for the enterprise.