I am based in the UK and have been working from home since I started with LifeSize in 2008. Yes, at first there were adjustments to be made and it was a bit weird to be in an office of just “me, myself and I”. But now, I wouldn’t change it for the world. My commute time is approximately 5 seconds (from the kitchen upstairs to my office), my wardrobe now has a variety of slippers (work shoes!) sitting next to my weekend heels, and any chit-chat with coworkers simply happens over video rather than around the water cooler.
Even though I am not physically based in the Austin headquarters Read more... The Real Benefit of WFH: A Mother’s Story
I am based in the UK and have been working from home since I started with LifeSize in 2008. Yes, at first there were adjustments to be made and it was a bit weird to be in an office of just “me, myself and I”. But now, I wouldn’t change it for the world. My commute time is approximately 5 seconds (from the kitchen upstairs to my office), my wardrobe now has a variety of slippers (work shoes!) sitting next to my weekend heels, and any chit-chat with coworkers simply happens over video rather than around the water cooler.
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LifeSize LRS1000 for Microsoft Lync at Enterprise Connect 2013
If you happen to be in Orlando this week for Enterprise Connect 2013 (#EC13), we invite you to visit the Microsoft booth (1210) to check out a live demonstration of our new LifeSize LRS1000 for Microsoft Lync solution.
LifeSize is one of four video collaboration vendors participating in the Lync Room Systems program aimed at bringing the familiar Lync experience to the conference room.
“LifeSize has been a proud collaborator with Microsoft since 2011, and we strive to continue to work closely with them to deliver products that seamlessly interoperate with Microsoft’s unified communications Read more...
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The Doctor is In: Telemedicine – ‘Next Big Thing’ or ‘Chronic Underachiever’?
Telemedicine is a sweepingly broad term for the electronic delivery of healthcare. The landmark book “History of Telemedicine” grapples with definition but settles on the following: “the delivery and receipt of personal health services via electronic information and communication technology.” In this blog series, we will look at the emerging world of telemedicine and focus on what is working well and not so well in the translation from concept to actual practice, as well as featuring new applications and trends in the field.
Telemedicine holds enormous promise in the future of Read more...
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The Real Benefit of WFH: A Telecommuter’s Story
I worked in a physical company office for over ten years until late 2011 when I decided that living in perpetual sunshine and heat was unnatural, so I picked up my family and moved from Austin, TX to a city that celebrates all four seasons, Seattle, WA. Since then, I have telecommuted. Around the world, I have a team of engineers who I interact with daily through all modes of communication including email, instant message, voice and video. I do this all despite being separated by 2000+ miles and 2+ times zones.
As the hiring manager for my team, I’m always looking for great people. Read more...
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Your Business in a Post-PC World
We’ve said it before: the death of the PC is greatly exaggerated. But that’s not to say that the PC’s reign as the business world’s sole computing device isn’t over, or that businesses won’t need to adapt to this brave new world in which tablets and smartphones play an increasingly important role in day-to-day business operations. In fact, a recent Forrester survey found that more and more information workers are using tablets and smartphones to do their jobs, and that one in five US adults owns a tablet – double the number from just a year ago. Sometime this year, the number Read more...
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The Importance of Interoperability
Imagine if your iPhone could only communicate with other iPhones, and all of your friends, family members and colleagues with Android phones (or BlackBerrys, or any other mobile operating system) were totally unreachable without you having to purchase an additional (expensive) product to talk to them. In today’s world, that type of scenario for mobile calling is almost unimaginable. Unfortunately, the video communications world has not caught up, and some vendors still live in a proprietary software world and require users to purchase an expensive gateway appliance to call third-party video Read more...
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