November 2013 VCI-Group President’s
Message
Living in the 21st century we have seen great
strides made in technology. Our ability
to implement new technology within months is amazing – look at how Apple
provides new iPads, iPhones every six months.
Having said that, why is it that those of us in video
collaboration still “harp” on interoperability issues? I recently had my Vice President say to me
that video conferencing does not work – have you heard that lately? We know that isn’t true; but, the perception
persists that, if I cannot dial into a video meeting like I can dial from New
York to China on my phone – then the technology does not work.
Someone recently likened this to the movie, Network, “I am mad as hell and I’m not going to take
this anymore”. Well, it is OUR time – we can ensure that we no
longer have to listen to our Executive Management state that visual
collaboration does not work. The
VCI-Group is excited to provide you with a unique opportunity to bring your
interoperability business case to the manufacturers, vendors and the Open
Visual Communications Consortium (OVCC) and have your case selected to be
resolved.
Does your organization:
- Use more than one vendor for
visual collaboration and communications?
- Wish more of your conferencing
systems would work together in a seamless manner?
- Need features to work across
multiple platforms?
- Want better integration of
visual collaboration with other applications?
- Expect every video system or
smart device to be able to call any other video system the way telephones
can?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, WE WANT TO HEAR
FROM YOU!
VCI-Group invites all members to respond with their TOP TWO interoperability-related
requests of VC vendors. You will be contacted to review your submission
and provided with a template to document additional details about your requests
and expected benefits. The most impactful requests will be selected
for presentation at the VC DireXions Summit, voted on and prioritized for
inclusion in vendors’ offerings.
Stand up and be counted, raise your voice and scream, “I am mad as hell and I’m not going to take
it anymore”. Realize that we are
many and in numbers we can impact decisions being made and we have the ability
to change the industry to ensure that products and services being developed work
seamlessly.
Never before has there been an opportunity of this kind
– YOU have the ability to make
history! Join us in this history record
breaking adventure.
Toni
Alonso
VCI-Group
President
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