SVC_Corporate AV: Systems Integration Special Focus_: A Look at the Telepresence Market, Part 1

January 29, 2009 | A Penton Media Publication |

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	Corporate AV Top Story

A Look at the Telepresence Market, Part 1
By Linda Seid Frembes

As the news of the global recession keeps getting worse—more layoffs, lower sales, less demand for products and services—companies are looking for ways to spend their capital budgets wisely and cut travel expenditures without compromising business goals. With the marketing muscle of big-named manufacturers, telepresence has become the technology that the corporate market implements for high-definition, life-sized meetings in a controlled AV environment. more>>

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