Real-Time Collaboration Hub Larry Dorie CEO RHUB Communications Real-Time Collaboration Hub Larry Dorie CEO October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com
Issues in 2010 Global teams disbursement continues – face to face meeting more and more difficult –China real estate costs keep raising Audio conference costs continue to be a problem in Asia and Europe Uneven infrastructure can impact usage. SMB benefit from UC different than enterprise Note: we have not seen a big impact from mobile devices yet October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com
Trends Infrastructure continues to improve world-wide Unified Communications is beginning to take off Collaboration market continues to grow world-wide Nearly 50 percent are using web-conferencing --growth will reach 80% in 2011.* Mobile growth still booming internationally *According to a recent report by AMI-Partners. October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com
Next? Integrated collaboration tools will continue to drive down overall costs of connectivity Security issues will continue to gain importance: (SMB users need to pay more attention to security) Mobile will require “first class” collaboration capabilities October 4-6, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center www.itexpo.com