Extreme Collaboration Tim Price-Walker Enterprise Business Consultant, Steljes
BUSINESS TODAY HAS NON NEVER BEEN HARDER WE RE PRODUCTIVE ALL TIME WAY TIME SQUEEZED FROM COSTS A THE UK NUMBER OF DIRECTIONS 88 BLN A YEAR Source : Proudfoot IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY Efficiencies, time, travel and costs Improve communication and collaboration Foster a culture of innovation Improve sales & marketing effectiveness & productivity Manage business risk Get to market faster Better decisions, faster Work / life balance Employee retention Develop skill base of the business PLACE Reduce office footprint cost, and make better use of the workspace Enable flexible working Create competitive advantage Reduce carbon footprint
SOME OF THE FACTS 55% of executives are concerned their firm is failing to deliver the necessary training for recovery Real-time displays would increase room utilisation by 85% 46% of c-level decisionmakers plan to increase budget on collaboration technology 28% of meetings are a waste of time 58% of businesses report productivity gains as a result of flexible working All stakeholders now focus more on reducing travel and meeting costs Over 55% of desks are empty at any given time, but it s still hard to get a meeting room 40% of business managers are changing their workplace models to be more collaborative 81% of marketers cite operational efficiencies as their top strategic priority Workers waste over 2.5 hours Per week due to poor internal communication 87% of workers say they would work flexibly if given the option, but only 32% believe they have the right tools Each week 56% Of employees are unable to contact their co-workers on the first attempt Over 25% of companies believe internal communication problems are a barrier to improving productivity
Meeting activities today
Work not meetings
Meeting experiences
ADAPTING TO NEW WAYS OF WORKING EMERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGY 13% working from home in 2012 GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY
What s important
Introducing SMART Room System for Microsoft Lync
Meeting Rooms Today Setup takes 8-10 minutes on average Video conferencing equipment is not well utilised Remote attendees feel isolated Meeting resources are hard to manage and support
Collaboration Tools: Your UCC Environment Audio Conferencing Voice mail Telephony Meeting Room A Web conferencing Desktop video conferencing Enterprise-ready UCC platform Persistent chat SMART Room Systems for Microsoft Lync What about the meeting room? Meeting room B Office Applications Instant messaging
Extending Lync to the Meeting Room
Benefits - SMART Room System PAIN-FREE MEETING START Start meetings with 1 touch Scheduled or Ad-hoc Laptop-driven or laptop-free Automated hardware start-up REMOTE PARTICIPANTS FEEL CONNECTED See and hear all attendees Interact and contribute Collaboration and whiteboarding is captured for all to see Meeting Console MEETINGS ARE EASIER TO MANAGE Easy to switch presenters Easy to manage controls Content and people can be seen together Easy to adopt and works on Lync platforms
System Components
SMART display Object awareness: display automatically detects a finger or a pen without special mode switches or buttons and allows users to erase with their palm Proximity detection for automatic presence detection to power-on and power-off displays
SMART room control console 11.6 display Easily control meeting activity Switch between content, layouts and presenters
SMART camera Integrated HD camera Wide angle lens - no need for pan/tilt/zoom functionality Adjusts to any light conditions 109 Natural viewing angle reduces eye gaze
Typical webcam field of view Front of the room is cut off from view
SMART Room System field of view Whole room is visible without needing to adjust the camera
SMART conferencing audio Speakers High quality sound reproduction Table Microphones Mute button and indication on all microphones Up to 4 microphones can be daisy chained together
Wall-mount and stand Tilt for easy access Integrated cable management No wall reinforcement
SMART Room System The BEST Collaboration Experience REDUCE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP Works with all lighting conditions Integrates directly with Microsoft System Center QUALITY AUDIO Most flexible and extensible Captures entire room QUALITY VIDEO Ultra-wide angle Room-grade optics QUALITY INTERACTION Dozens of patents - from glare reduction to palm erase Proximity detection ENTERPRISE FIT Small huddle to large conference rooms Single 70 and 84 up to dual 70 displays
More Value For Your Room
The four dimensions of collaboration Disengagement Business outcomes Reduced risk up to 5X Faster decision-making up to 2X Accelerated rates of innovation up to 3X
More Information: Visit the Steljes stand Tim Price-Walker tim.price-walker@steljes.co.uk