We all seem to love meetings. In the US alone, there are about 3 billion meetings per year. But what does it all amount to? In a recent study, 71% of participants indicated they felt that most meetings are unproductive. So what are we doing wrong? Or: what can we do to turn the tide? That’s what this presentation is all about. You can still register for the 2nd webinar (27.11.14) on how high resolution displays can foster better and faster decisions. Stay tuned for more on www.barco.com/switch.

1. Welcome
webinar will start at 16h00 CET

2. IT Manager Survey - results
Romeo Baertsoen

3. Survey scope
Overview Industry operations Employment status
Conducted by:
Censuswide during
May – August 2014
Target market:
IT decision makers
Sample size:
229
62% Middle manager/professional
26% Senior manager/proessional
7% Director
5% Business owner
18% Technology
16% Manufacturing
14% Professional Services
8% Education
6% Transport
6% Retail
5% Construction
5% Public Sector
5% Other
5% Financial Services
2% Hospitality
2% Medical
2% Telcom
2% Consumer goods
2% Utilites

4. Survey scope
Research hypothesis
A mobile workforce and multi-device environment
require new approaches to effective collaboration

5. Management and IT department are responsible for buying decision and purchasing
Influence on selection of UC&C
40% Management/Owner
33% IT Department 7% End-user
7% Facility Management 6% AV Department
7% Other

6. IT managers challenged by a growing need for flexibility
Multitude of workspace setups
73% Allocated desks
73% Closed meeting spaces
70% Private offices
53% Open meeting spaces
49% Dedicated training rooms
45% Assembly / Conference rooms
44% Flexible meeting space
43% Flexdesks, hotdesks
35% Control room
27% Professional home office
27% Dedicated collaboration rooms
14% Huddle rooms
1% None of the above
Traditional Collaboration

7. IT managers challenged by a growing need for flexibility
Trend towards multiple devices and BYOD Promotion of remote working
Company Supplied Personal Devices
Used at Work
96% Yes
4% No
62% Yes
38% No
78% Yes
22% No
60% Yes
40% No
87% Yes
13% No
65% Yes
35% No
38% Actively promoted and adopted
31% Supported only for selected groups
21% Not promoted,
but allowed for most employees
7% Typically not allowed
3% Generally discouraged

8. IT manager challenges clearly reflected in UC&C decision-making process
Selection criteria for UC&C investments
% of people that selected the criterion
40% Price
39% User friendliness
35% Security
35% Ease of installation
33% Integration
32% Features
22% Maintenance
21% Interactivity
19% Design
19% Good resource management
18% Low user support required
15% Sustainability
3% Other
1% Reduce cabling
0.4% Noise

9. 33%
67%
33% I am familiar
67% I am not familiar
33% I am familiar
67% I am not familiar
Opportunities to educate IT managers on wireless collaboration
Familiarity with wireless collaboration brands

10. ClickShare Management Suite
Lieven Bertier

11. ClickShare – the one click wonder

12. The challenge

13. The challenge

14. ClickShare management suite
Real-time status overview
Scheduled updates
Across locations
User management
Simple installation

16. User roles
Administrator Support user Key user
Base units
Status R R R
Button overview R R R
Add/remove/edit RW RW
Firmware update RW RW
Scheduler RW RW
User management RW R
Locations RW
System settings RW

28. ClickShare management suite
Real-time status overview
Scheduled updates
Across locations
User management
Simple installation

29. Available 10 September
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