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Cos. pioneering implementation of remote conf. policies.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 11-AUG-03 		Format: Online - approximately 817 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Though remote conferencing tools--spurred by spending cuts and one international crisis after another--continue to weave their way into the fabric of corporate travel philosophies, the number of corporations that have' developed formal procurement strategies and policy language for the selection and use of conferencing technology remains low. Still, as the technology grows in prominence, some companies have begun to take those steps.

While several corporations have mandated a single videoconferencing solution, partly due to network capacity concerns, far fewer have created policies governing the use and purchase of Webconferencing technology or enveloped language concerning the use of conference tools into corporate travel policy.

On the whole, conferencing technology remains decentralized, with individual corporate departments finding and using solutions tailored to those...

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