CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT: AUDIO, VIDEO AND WEB

摘要

More affordable video-, audio- and web-conferencing equipment, combined with post-Sept, 11th travel reductions, have led engineering firms to a greater use of such collaboration tools than ever before. According to Andrew Davis, senior analyst and managing partner of Rrookline, Mass.-based Wainhouse Research LLC, "Travel has become inefficient, causing people to be more in tune to other alternatives. If you're an executive or a manager and you value your time, flying has become a real nuisance. So, you ask yourself, is there a better way to host a meeting?" According to a recent report released by Wainhouse, the market for videoconferencing systems , ; is projected to hit $1.3 9 billion by 2006, up from $600 million in 2001.