"Market Dynamics Shaping the Adoption of Telepresence" Bob Preston - Chief Collaboration Officer Polycom

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"Market Dynamics Shaping the Adoption of Telepresence"

Bob Preston - Chief Collaboration Officer Polycom

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Here are highlights from Mr. Preston's presentation:

• Organizational
o Global economy
o Recession reset
o Do more with less
o Efficiency of operations
o Fast ROI

• Social Trends
o Gen Y life style
o Road warriors
o Instant communications
o Virtual & remote workers
o Green / CO2
o Social media

• Technology Enablers
o Unified Communications
o Open Standards
o Real time connection from single point of access
o Presence

Presenter: Bob Preston is the Chief Collaboration Officer at Polycom, Inc. His role at the company is to help organizations understand the application and benefits of voice, video, and telepresence collaboration solutions within industries and vertical markets such as healthcare, education, government, and enterprise. Bob is an expert resource in the area of increasing productivity and efficiency through collaboration solutions. He also leads the Industry Solutions group on a global basis - a team of industry experts developing strategic initiatives in targeted industries. Bob is a blogger and frequent public speaker on the topic of business value of collaboration solutions.