Telepresence & the Economy

January 22, 2009

We are all asking, and being asked, the same question – whether you lead a company, work for a corporation or even if you are self employed – everyone wants to know how others are faring in the economic hardships facing the world today. Certainly, we are all hopeful as we watched the inauguration of a new US president that things will turn around, but it doesn’t stop us as professionals in all sorts of businesses to hunker down, lay low and plan for the possibility of a long extension of an already long downturn. The interesting thing is that some assume that telepresence initiatives might be cut back as companies decrease capital expenditures. I decided to post about it because thats the thing about telepresence – we are in the business of SAVING companies money and finally that core fact has been understood and embraced!

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