One of the world’s largest providers of outsourced workplaces, Regus Group has decided to offer its clients and the public real time meetings across the globe using Cisco TelePresence.
Regus has signed a deal with Cisco to provide 50 TelePresence systems, which will be rolled out over the coming weeks in the leading business cities around the world including New York, London, Tokyo, Sydney and Paris. It will be available to companies wishing to utilize high definition video meetings to avoid travel.
Mark Dixon, CEO of Regus said the company has long believed there was a gap for a premium electronic meeting room solutions. There is a desire to eliminate unnecessary global travel due to the congestion of airports, cost of travel, demands on time and focus on green issues.
Dixon added that as business becomes increasingly demanding, Regus needed to be more productive. Electronic and virtual meetings are key to this.
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