Video teleconferencing, or VTC, has become routine today due to the development of advanced video compression technologies and the ability to use these protocols over the internet. The traditional justification for the use of VTC has been the savings in travel costs but what users are now finding is that their effectiveness in the workplace is increased by having key colleagues more readily available.
Video teleconferencing, or VTC, has become routine today due to the development of advanced video compression technologies and the ability to use these protocols over the internet. The traditional justification for the use of VTC has been the savings in travel costs but what users are now finding is that their effectiveness in the workplace is increased by having key colleagues more readily available.Anyone who has attempted to schedule a meeting in the LTER Network lately understands that available time has diminished while the demands of interacting in collaborative groups have increased. VTC can help.The LTER Network Office (LNO) and a number of LTER sites have been actively using video teleconferencing to hold face-to-face meetings over the internet for a decade now with great success. LNO and these other LTER sites have invested in Polycom software and/or equipment which use industry standard video-over-internet protocols. However, recently, some high quality web-hosted solutions have been introduced and will be highlighted in this version of the document.
