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Today, most very large businesses take advantage of high quality video teleconferencing to securely reach beyond the enterprise (as well as between remote locations within the enterprise) for effective face-to-face online business meetings. This typically requires those organizations to acquire premise-based video conference equipment, a high capacity data network infrastructure (in the cloud or on-premise), and video conferencing services that can support business partners and a mobile workforce.

Such enterprise level video conference users also require readily available - if not 24/7 - skilled and responsive technical support service to ensure that video collaboration works when it's needed. Although video teleconference equipment has become much easier to use, room based video conferencing services still requires some technical know-how to avoid delays and glitches.

Some companies and organizations are stuck in the past, and as a result, avoid considering video conferencing as a viable option for effective business meetings that require gathering together multiple work groups from distant locations.

Using video conferencing “in the past” effectively meant a large investment in expensive premise-based equipment and facilities (video codecs, dedicated conference rooms) and high capacity network connectivity (ISDN, T1s), and internal resources (Telecom and IT support). Even after all that investment, there was a risk that the quality of your video conference call, or the ability of other participants to successfully join your long-distance meeting (or both) could be an issue, causing the productivity of your business meeting to plummet.

Earth Day is an annual event that has been observed on April 22 every year since 1970 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Don't worry, that isn't a setup to preach about the importance of doing your individual part in observance of Earth Day, although there's nothing wrong with that.

Earth Day is one of those events that most of us have heard about, but find easy to forget until someone or something brings it to our attention again. Let's face it — every day we all have to prioritize the competing demands for our attention and energy. And lately, there certainly hasn't been a lack of important challenges and issues confronting every person and every business.