Hello Vidyo!

The Conference Group is taking Video Conferencing to a whole new level that really Rocks!

You probably heard about the Channel Partners Expo and how TCG gave away a Fender guitar to promote its newest product-Vidyo, right? Well for those of you that did not attend, I wanted to provide you with some highlights on this new product and how it is different from our other great video conferencing product, MegaMeeting.

Vidyo is a HD video conferencing product that works over existing IP infrastructure. It is supported by both PCs and Macs. Vidyo has an intuitive graphical Interface which allows for high performance telepresence without requiring special hardware downloads.

When you first login - this is what you will see. The screen shot below shows your rooms (it’s set up so you can have multiple rooms, meaning one for Finance, one for HR., etc)

Recommendations are to have your room locked until time of conference.  Unlocking the room is very easy:

Adding participants to Vidyo is simple.

Managing a call is simple.  Click on the settings “wheel” and you have all the controls at your fingertips.

The best feature of Vidyo is the quality of the conference.  Vidyo is equipped to handle up to 100 subscribers and displays up to 8 simultaneous cameras.  Typically the first 8 subscribers are the ones that are on the screen, however the leader can control what cameras are seen and can push his view out to all of the subscribers.  Below is a screen shot of two subscribers:

Contact Caroline Rogers @ caroline.rogers@conferencegroup.com or 877-716-8255 x78253 for a demo for yourself or potential clients.  For more information on our partner program, please visit www.conferencegroup.com/partners.

What Happens in Vegas Does Not Always Stay in Vegas...

The stage was set this year for a great show at CPEXPO and it did not over promise or under deliver!! Team TCG worked hard on creating a new display with awesome marketing that showed our agents and the channel just what we have to offer!

As with any trip to Vegas, you do have to come back with some stories, so I will keep this G-rated. It’s been two years since I’ve been out to Vegas and I was excited to see new faces along with all of my dear friends and business partners. Harry from NBC Solutions stopped by to say hello.  Harry’s company has had the opportunity to demo our Vidyo product and agrees that VIDYO really does ROCK! (Although, he was hoping to win our cherry apple red Fender guitar) The turn out this year seemed to be up from years before and excitement was definitely in the air! TCG’s booth stayed busy and of course, everyone enjoyed flirting with the “girls in the box” while offering them tasty beverages!

So, the one question you all want to know and I won’t delay it any further is, “WHO WON THE FENDER?”…. This story is a fun story- Mark Anderson from Complete Communications in Salt Lake City, Utah won….  But I loved the conversation I had with him just the day before. Mark doesn’t do conferencing and doesn’t have a conference provider in his portfolio. His exact words were “because it’s a pain” That is a common thought when you mention the word “Conferencing”. TCG makes conferencing easy - From our online card ordering form, to the emailed welcome letter with detailed instructions, user guides, web-based conference manager, 24x7 customer service, Outlook Plug-in invites, and simplified billing all completed in house! You will never get a contracted customer service agent at TCG. Now Mark, that can’t be a pain! :)

For those of you that were unable to attend; this Friday I will do a tutorial on VIDYO and how it’s going to take video conferencing to the next level!! Stay tuned………