Enbridge has started down the Cisco TelePresence route, and is reporting immediate benefits:

“Enbridge Inc. is deploying the innovative Cisco TelePresence virtual meeting solution to better link teams, save travel costs and be more environmentally responsible. Cisco TelePresence helps break down the barriers of distance by creating an experience where participants feel as though they are sitting in the same room even though they may be thousands of miles apart.

Deployed in late October, the first two Cisco TelePresence rooms are already yielding benefits for Enbridge. These include a targeted reduction in travel costs; a decreased loss of employee productivity associated with travel; accelerated project completion through increased interactions between key technical and operational decision makers; improved project execution due to a simplified access to key internal and external resources; greater timeliness in employee communications and a reduced carbon footprint.”

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