PROJECT MEMBERS

1. ANKIT SANKHE 106

2. SANTOSH SHENDAGE 108

3. AKASH SHAH 109

4. PUNEET SINGAL 110

5. ROHIT SINGH 111

Introduction to CISCO Cisco Systems, Inc is an American MNC founded in December 1984

Designs, Manufactures and sells Networking equipments

Provides services to various segments

MARKET SEGMENTMARKET

SEGMENT

ENTERPRISE &

SERVICE

SMALL BUSINESS

HOME USE

VIDEO CONFERENCING

TELEPRESENCE

TelepresenceIntroduced in October 2006

a setup designed to link two physically separated rooms so they resemble a single conference room regardless of location

Provides HD 1080p video and a spatial audio

Provides two technologies: - Virtual reality

- Cooperative web

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CISCO TELEPRESENCE

EXTREMELY INNOVATIVE , SURPRISINGLY INTEROPERABLE 1080p 3D SOUND REAL TIME FACE to FACE INTERACTION

Setup designed to link two physically separated rooms so they resemble a single conference room regardless of location

High utilization levelsTravel cost avoidance Emissions reduction Reduced sales cycle timeImproved employee productivityIncreased sales

Risk of disruption failureCostly equipmentsBulky equipments Travelling to telepresence

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Question & AnswersQ1) What kind of limitations do you see for users of telepresence? Is it really a substitute for face-to-face communications? Make a list of features of face-to-face meetings. Then consider a range of business solutions as an employee, from initial hire, to working in a team, to understanding what your boss wants, and even a termination meeting. How would termination work for you in this situations?

Q2) What are the business benefits of telepresence described in these videos? What is the benefit of a hologram?

Productivity gains

Decreased time to market

Build strong relationships

Reduce group limitations

Increase in speed of decision making

Q3) In the past, work was organized into central buildings located in central locations(like cities) in order to facilitate face-to-face communications. What impact might telepresence have on the organisation of work? How could you use this tools to organize work on a global scale with actually building physical facilites in remote locations?

Provides ability to small and large firms on a global level

Provides decentralization

Decisions making can be made faster

Employess can work from their home

Q4) Why is it important that the remote locations using telepresence have the same lightning, seating and style?

Little differences make a big impact because the technology is so good. If all the teleconference rooms were not the same it would be distracting when scanning over the different screens while interacting

Q5) What applications of telepresence would be useful for marketing to customers?

They would be able to demonstrate a product while the customers asked questions

LEARNINGSTravel: 30% cost savings

Time-to-Market: 24% reduction

End-User Downtime: 25-27%

Training: 22-25% cost savings

Recruitment: 15-19% reduction in time spent

Sales-Related Costs: 24-26% reduction