Nhau Nhau: Chicago Tribune, Nyamavhuvhu 8, 2004

"Teleconferencing inokurudzira hurukuro inonakidza"

NaJon Van
Tribune mushandi wenhau
Yakabudiswa Nyamavhuvhu 8, 2004

Kuwedzera kwetereconferencing kwakasimuka mushure maGunyana 11 senge imwe nzira yekufamba bhizinesi kuri kuramba kuchikura.

Ku Andrew Corp. Mutengo paminiti uri kudonha kunyangwe vatungamiriri veAndrew vachitora foni kazhinji.

"Nehupfumi uhu, tiri kuyedza kudzikisa mutengo wekufamba," akadaro Edgar Cabrera, maneja waAndrew wezvekufambiswa kwebasa. "Teleconferencing inzira inoshanda."

Mushandi wevashandi vemidziyo yekutaurirana akawedzera zvakapetwa kaviri mumakore maviri apfuura, uye Andrew iye zvino ave nevashandi mazana mapfumbamwe nemazana mashanu vakapararira pasirese. Matimu anobva kunzvimbo dzakasiyana teleconferefere kazhinji, akadaro Cabrera.

Nepo Andrew achishandisa teleconferencing kupfuura akawanda, rinenge bhizinesi rega rega rinoita teleconferencing nhasi, ichiita chiitiko icho chimwe cheanopenya mashoma maindasitiri enharembozha akapinda makore matatu erima risingaperi remari.

Muna 2003, apo maindasitiri mazhinji enhepfenyuro airatidzira pasi, teleconferencing yakakwira gumi muzana pasi rese, akadaro Marc Beattie, mukuru mudiwa neWainhouse Research muBoston.

Izvo zvave zvichinyanya kuve nhau dzakanaka kumafemu maviri emuno anoshanda mumisangano yefoni nekuti ivo vakura pachikamu chinokurumidza kupfuura indasitiri iyi mukati.

Chicago-based InterCall, a unit of West Corp., uye ConferencePlus, iyo Schaumburg-based unit yeWestell Technologies Inc., vese vaona chikamu chemusika chichiwedzera sezvo pieconferencing pie yakura.

Makambani madiki akabudirira muchikamu nekuti makambani marefu ayo aigara achidzora teleconferencing - AT & T Corp., MCI Inc., Sprint Communications Co uye Global Kuyambuka - vakagara vakabatikana nekudonha kwemitengo yemirefu-refu, matambudziko emitemo uye kudzikira kwemari. .

"Makambani mazhinji akazvimirira atora mukana kumatambudziko ari paMII neGlobal Crossing," akadaro Beattie.

"Vanobvunza mamaneja, 'Iwe unonyatsoda kuisa panjodzi musangano wakakomba nekambani iri mudambudziko?' "Vatengi vazhinji vanopatsanura maakaundi kuwedzera ConferencePlus kana InterCall semupi wechipiri kupihwa vasati vamboshandisa munhu mumwe chete."

KuConferencePlus, mari yemari ya2004 yakwira ingangoita mapfumbamwe muzana, kusvika pamamirioni makumi mana nemakumi mana nemana emadhora, uye maminetsi emusangano akashevedzwa akwira nezvikamu makumi maviri nezviviri kubva muzana, akadaro Chief Executive Timothy Reedy.

"Isu tinobatsira," akadaro, "uye vashoma vevamwe vakazvimiririra vanobatsira, asi makambani mazhinji haana."

Kunyangwe hazvo vamwe vanhu vebhizinesi vachishandisa teleconferencing, paminiti mitengo iri kudonha, saka makambani anofanirwa kudzikisira mutengo kuti ugare uchiita purofiti, Reedy akadaro.

Mazhinji emisangano anoshevedza akamboshandisa opareta rubatsiro, asi nhasi ruzhinji rwakatangwa nevafona. Mafoni akadaro otomatiki anowanzobhadharisa nezve dime paminiti nepo mafoni anobatsira vanobhadhariswa nekota kweminiti.

Reedy akati nezve 85 muzana yeConferensi yePlus ikozvino ndiyo isingadhuri mutengi-yakatangwa mhando asi idzo dzinofambiswa nevashandisi dzichiri kukosha. "Isu tinogara tichiwana mafoni anotanga opareta," akadaro. "Vatengi vangave vasingade izvozvo kana vanhu vari mukati mekutaura vakasimba kune mumwe nemumwe, asi vanenge vachigara vachida kuti vafambisi vehukama vafonere kana kana vakuru vakuru vabatanidzwa."

PaAndrew, vangangoita makumi masere muzana emusangano wekufona vava vashandi vanotaurirana, akadaro Cabrera.

Iko kuchinjira kune kumwe kutonga kwevatengi kunogona kudyara mbeu dzekunetseka mune ramangwana muindasitiri, akadaro Elliott Gold, purezidhendi weTelSpan Publishing Corp., iyo inoburitsa tsamba yema teleconferencing.

"Izvo zvakaitwa neindasitiri kutora mutengi mumugwagwa, kumuratidza maitirwo ezvinhu ega," akadaro Gold. "Izvi zvinogona kudzoka kuzovatambudza."

Iyi inopisa tekinoroji nyowani, izwi pamusoro peInternet protocol, kana VoIP, inosanganisa mafoni nemakomputa uye inoita kuti zvive nyore kune mumwe munhu kushandisa komputa kumisikidza musangano pasina rubatsiro rwechitatu bato sevhisi.

"Vanhu vari muindasitiri vanotaura nezveVoIP," akadaro Gold. "Vanotya chaizvo nazvo, zvichaitei chaizvo."

Kunyangwe isina VoIP, indasitiri yemusangano ine chikonzero chekushushikana, akadaro Gold, achidana FreeConference.com, yekuCalifornia-inoshanda iyo inogonesa chero munhu kushandisa yayo Webhusaiti kumisikidza misangano pasina muripo kupfuura mutengo wekuita kure-kure kufona ku yayo California nhamba yefoni.

"Tiri kuti mambo havana hembe," akadaro Warren Jason, mutungamiri weIntegrated Data Concepts, kambani inoshanda FreeConference.com. "Misangano yemisangano iri nyore uye inofanirwa kunge yakachipa. Makambani anoshandisa zviuru zvemadhora pamusangano pavanenge vasingade."

Basa raJason remusangano rinomhanya nevashandi vatanhatu chete. Inoita yakawanda yemari yayo kutengesa premium sevhisi kumasangano makuru akadai seGeneral Electric Co uye US Postal Service. Basa remahara rinotora vatengi neshoko-remuromo, saka Jason haadi yekutengesa.

IDC inogadzirawo Hardware inoshandiswa kubatanidza mafoni pamwechete, saka Jason ane zvakawanda zvekushandisa uye kugona kuzvisanganisa neWebhu interface.

Vatungamiriri pamisangano yechinyakare yemisangano vanoti havana hanya neFreeConference.com kana bhizinesi modhi. "Musangano uyu unogona kunge uri wemahara, asi vatori vechikamu vanobhadhara mari yekufambisa," akadaro Robert Wise, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri webhizimusi rekuvandudza kweChicago-based InterCall. "Musangano wedu unoshevedza vanoshandisa nhamba dzisingabhadharwe, idzo dzinotora mukana wevazhinji."

Wise akataura kuti vashandi veInterCall vevatengesi mazana matatu ndechimwe chikonzero nei bhizinesi rayo riri kuwedzera. Chimwe chikonzero ndechekubatanidzwa kweInternet nemisangano yemusangano kuitira kuti vatori vechikamu vatarise kuratidzwa kwePowerPoint kana zvimwe zvinoonekwa pavanenge vachitaurirana.

"Misangano yewebhu yakaratidza kuti unogona kupa mharidzo kune vanhu vashoma uye hombe vasina kubuda muhofisi," akadaro Wise.

Imwe nzvimbo yakapfava mu teleconferencing mavhidhiyo musangano. Ose maviri ConferencePlus uye InterCall anopa vhidhiyo musangano uye tekinoroji nyowani inoita kuti zvive nyore uye zvakachipa.

Asi videoconferencing inoramba iri niche diki isingaratidze zviratidzo zvekukura, vatungamiriri vemafemu ese akadaro.

"Tinoita vhidhiyo, asi haina kukosha," akadaro Kenneth Velten, mutevedzeri mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wezvekutengesa kuConferencePlus. "Takazviita rimwe zuva apo chiremba akavhiya mabvi vamwe vari mukurovedza vakatarisa vari kure.

"Mhosva dzakadai kana kuti apo CEO inoda kutaura nevashandi vayo vese vakanakira videoconferencing. Asi muzviitiko zvakawanda vanhu havangoone kukosha kwayo."

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