As a valued customer, you have been selected to receive our business newsletter which focuses on advancements in video conferencing and meeting technologies. In each issue, you will learn about companies just like yours that are reducing operational costs by improving the efficiency of their business communications. Invitations to Video Conferencing Events IVCi Specials A story about how law firms are using video conferencing to improve efficiencies and reduce costs An introduction to the Polycom User Group (PUG) Featured Product: Polycom ViaVideo Featured Product: TANDBERG 1000 A Demo Attend our Seminars to understand how video conferencing enables you to meet face-to-face with your clients and colleagues at the touch of a . You'll join live video conference calls to experience this completely reliable, cost-effective solution first hand. Complimentary food and refreshments are always provided: 7/17 - New Jersey 12:00pm–4:00pm POLYCOM 51 JFK Parkway 1st Floor West Short Hills, NJ 07078 Click here to RSVP >> Or call 631-273-5800. 7/23 - Atlanta 8:30am–11:00am TANDBERG 2300 Lakeview Parkway Suite 700 Alpharetta, GA 30040 Click here to RSVP >> Or call 631-273-5800. 7/29 - Seattle 10:00am–12:00pm TANDBERG 2463 152nd Ave. NE Redmond, WA 98052 Click here to RSVP >> Or call 631-273-5800. 9/10 - Washington, D.C. 9:00am–4:00pm Washington Convention Center Authority 801 Mount Vernon Place NW Washington, DC 20001 Click here to RSVP >> Or call 631-273-5800. 50% OFF on all first order Video Installations. Call for additional information: 631-273-5800.		Now more than ever, companies are using video conferencing to significantly reduce travel costs and eliminate unproductive time. Video conferencing technology is better, faster and cheaper than ever. By Dana Dratch for the Daily Report For Michael W. Johnston, it seemed like the perfect solution. A client needed to give a last-minute deposition. The problem: Johnston was in Atlanta and the client was in another part of the country. Though willing to make the trip, the client "wanted to make it quick," said Johnston, a partner at King & Spalding and the leader of the firm's labor and employment litigation practice group. To save time, they arranged a real-time video conference for the next afternoon. “It was just like sitting across the table,” Johnston said. Though he uses video conferencing equipment for a fairly small percentage of his client interaction, his firm uses it once a week or more for interoffice meetings. The Atlanta office's three video conferencing systems are booked most of the time, according to Thomas B. Gaines Jr., King & Spalding's technology partner and chief information officer. “And we doubled our capacity [firmwide] last year.” At Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, which also uses video conferencing, Eric R. Fenichel, a partner and member of the technology committee, said the equipment is worth it because of savings by lawyers who used video conferencing as substitute for travel. “The conclusion is that it paid for itself in the first year.” Continued >> Introducing the Meeting Place for Video Conferencing Users Imagine joining a group where you can interact and communicate with some of the world's leading minds in the conferencing industry? A group that could allow you to have a direct influence on various feature enhancements for the video conferencing products you use each day? The Polycom User Group (PUG) www.pug.com was founded as an independent, international organization with a focus to promote and encourage communication between users of Polycom Corporation products and services. PUG also offers its membership the opportunity to learn from a variety of vendors who provide products and services that are complimentary to the Polycom product line. PUG is a world class user community dedicated to the education and advancement of the visual communications industry. Education, collaboration and networking enables you to be more valuable to your respective organization by sharing information with peers about budgeting, cost containment, pros & cons of outsourcing/in-sourcing and even right-size staffing for your video conferencing and collaboration environment. Plug yourself into the world's largest community focused specifically on interactive video, voice, data and web communications. PUG is holding its Annual Conference this fall from September 13-17 in San Francisco at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center. This event is jam-packed with informative break-out sessions, product demonstrations and a chance to meet in-person with many of Polycom's Product Management and Senior Executive staff to discuss how Polycom can add even more value to its world-wide customer base. IVCi is a long-standing Alliance Member of PUG and encourages our end-user customers and partners to join this extremely beneficial, highly-informative and industry-recognized organization, and attend the conference in September. Click here to join this dynamic group of virtual communications experts as a Principal, Corporate, or Associate member today!		Polycom ViaVideo brings business quality video communications to the PC desktop. Business quality video communications for your office—in a package only 3 inches wide and designed specifically for personal use. Continued >> TANDBERG 1000: Integrated Video Conferencing System for Small Meeting Rooms and Executive Offices TANDBERG believes that the success of any video conferencing solution depends upon high quality, reliable and easy to use products that deliver excellent value. Continued >> As a recipient of this newsletter, you qualify to receive a Video Conference Call to experience first-hand the amazing benefits of face-to-face video conferencing solutions. Locations are listed below. To request information, click here >> or call 631-273-5800. New York City New York State Los Angeles Chicago Atlanta San Francisco New Jersey New England Salt Lake City Washington, D.C. If you are interested in learning more about IVCi's complete line of video conferencing products and services, click here >> or call 631-273-5800.
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