The document discusses the benefits of smarter working, which includes occasional or permanent teleworking, flexible working hours, smarter travel, and more sustainable office and home practices utilizing information and communication technology. Smarter working can help businesses and employees survive economic downturns by improving productivity, reducing costs such as travel, retaining skilled workers, and lowering carbon footprints. The document provides examples of Hampshire businesses that have implemented smarter working and saved money.
Technology has redefined the boundaries of work so that employees now want flexibility, mobility, and the ability to communicate effectively. At the same time, the organisation must continue to improve productivity, maintain compliance with workplace legislation and operate efficiently in order to compete. All this has led to a change in the way that we utilise the workplace.
New ways of working are changing the requirements of both the individual and the organisation. How can IT respond?
This paper reveals how organisations are embracing change by adopting the principles of Smarter Working.
This document discusses the concept and benefits of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as a solution to mobility issues in Chennai, India. It outlines key elements of BRT systems, including dedicated bus lanes, specialized stations and buses, efficient fare collection, simple routes and passenger information, and integration with other transit modes. BRT can provide high capacity transit comparable to metro rail at lower cost if designed and operated as a full system rather than just adding bus lanes. The document recommends establishing a Special Purpose Unit to plan and manage BRT operations independently from the existing transit agency to successfully implement BRT in Chennai.
The document provides suggestions for improving space management under flyovers in Mumbai. At Point 1 near Jijamata Udyan, it suggests installing raised pedestrian crossings and signage to improve safety. For Point 2 and 3, it recommends raised crossings, lane markings and signage. At Bharat Mata Junction, a dedicated right turn lane separated by bollards is proposed. For Vile Parle Junction, clearing debris, providing footpaths and traffic islands are suggested. At Kalina Junction, a right turn lane below the flyover and raised crossings are proposed to separate activities.
The document discusses the Delhi Master Plan 2021 and its focus on making the city more pedestrian friendly. It proposes enhancing pedestrian facilities around major work centers. It also aims to upgrade Delhi's urban transport to international standards by decongesting several areas and increasing access to public transit. Specifically, it proposes pedestrianizing historically important areas like Connaught Place, Chandni Chowk and Karol Bagh. The document also examines the AIIMS flyover junction in Delhi and how it has negatively impacted pedestrian connectivity and increased walking distances for visitors to the hospital.
This document discusses problems that can arise during and after construction of flyover bridges and their solutions. It outlines objectives to identify common issues and provide fundamental knowledge on construction and maintenance. Key problems discussed include earthworks not being properly leveled and compacted, substandard materials used in concrete and steel works, bearing failures from issues like misalignment, corrosion and contamination, and general corrosion of reinforcement from water and chloride ingress. Solutions proposed are reducing excessive loads, using higher quality materials, preventing contamination, diverting corrosive fluids, ensuring proper alignment, and increasing bond strength between steel and concrete. Literature on related topics is also reviewed.
This document summarizes the key points from a presentation on mobile and flexible working in the public sector. It discusses the benefits of these approaches, such as increased productivity and work-life balance. Challenges are also outlined, including how to stay connected and visible. The document then describes one local government's journey toward paperless offices and mobile technology use by regulatory services staff.
This document discusses building a business case for implementing a Unified Communications (UC) solution. It begins by outlining common challenges customers face with communication and collaboration. It then discusses assessing the existing environment, identifying key use cases, and comparing UC options to develop an architecture. The document provides examples of cost savings and benefits organizations have achieved by implementing UC solutions. These include reducing travel, conferencing, and telephony costs, as well as increasing productivity, customer satisfaction, and sales. It also presents a case study of how EMC helped a customer implement a UC solution from Microsoft and realize over $15 million in annual benefits.
Technology has redefined the boundaries of work so that employees now want flexibility, mobility, and the ability to communicate effectively. At the same time, the organisation must continue to improve productivity, maintain compliance with workplace legislation and operate efficiently in order to compete. All this has led to a change in the way that we utilise the workplace.
New ways of working are changing the requirements of both the individual and the organisation. How can IT respond?
This paper reveals how organisations are embracing change by adopting the principles of Smarter Working.
This document discusses the concept and benefits of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as a solution to mobility issues in Chennai, India. It outlines key elements of BRT systems, including dedicated bus lanes, specialized stations and buses, efficient fare collection, simple routes and passenger information, and integration with other transit modes. BRT can provide high capacity transit comparable to metro rail at lower cost if designed and operated as a full system rather than just adding bus lanes. The document recommends establishing a Special Purpose Unit to plan and manage BRT operations independently from the existing transit agency to successfully implement BRT in Chennai.
The document provides suggestions for improving space management under flyovers in Mumbai. At Point 1 near Jijamata Udyan, it suggests installing raised pedestrian crossings and signage to improve safety. For Point 2 and 3, it recommends raised crossings, lane markings and signage. At Bharat Mata Junction, a dedicated right turn lane separated by bollards is proposed. For Vile Parle Junction, clearing debris, providing footpaths and traffic islands are suggested. At Kalina Junction, a right turn lane below the flyover and raised crossings are proposed to separate activities.
The document discusses the Delhi Master Plan 2021 and its focus on making the city more pedestrian friendly. It proposes enhancing pedestrian facilities around major work centers. It also aims to upgrade Delhi's urban transport to international standards by decongesting several areas and increasing access to public transit. Specifically, it proposes pedestrianizing historically important areas like Connaught Place, Chandni Chowk and Karol Bagh. The document also examines the AIIMS flyover junction in Delhi and how it has negatively impacted pedestrian connectivity and increased walking distances for visitors to the hospital.
This document discusses problems that can arise during and after construction of flyover bridges and their solutions. It outlines objectives to identify common issues and provide fundamental knowledge on construction and maintenance. Key problems discussed include earthworks not being properly leveled and compacted, substandard materials used in concrete and steel works, bearing failures from issues like misalignment, corrosion and contamination, and general corrosion of reinforcement from water and chloride ingress. Solutions proposed are reducing excessive loads, using higher quality materials, preventing contamination, diverting corrosive fluids, ensuring proper alignment, and increasing bond strength between steel and concrete. Literature on related topics is also reviewed.
This document summarizes the key points from a presentation on mobile and flexible working in the public sector. It discusses the benefits of these approaches, such as increased productivity and work-life balance. Challenges are also outlined, including how to stay connected and visible. The document then describes one local government's journey toward paperless offices and mobile technology use by regulatory services staff.
This document discusses building a business case for implementing a Unified Communications (UC) solution. It begins by outlining common challenges customers face with communication and collaboration. It then discusses assessing the existing environment, identifying key use cases, and comparing UC options to develop an architecture. The document provides examples of cost savings and benefits organizations have achieved by implementing UC solutions. These include reducing travel, conferencing, and telephony costs, as well as increasing productivity, customer satisfaction, and sales. It also presents a case study of how EMC helped a customer implement a UC solution from Microsoft and realize over $15 million in annual benefits.
Meetings without travelling A discussion on current trends in ...Videoguy
The document discusses the benefits of video, audio, and web conferencing as alternatives to business travel. It notes that flexible working arrangements, environmental regulations, and other factors are increasing the need for remote conferencing solutions. The document outlines both tangible cost savings and softer benefits of conferencing, such as increased productivity and faster decision-making. It provides examples of how organizations can calculate potential cost savings from reducing travel through conferencing.
Ifma fm day 2018 - vdm partners - r-evolutie data & digitalMuriel Walter
This presentation discusses trends in facility management and the evolution towards a "facility as a service" model enabled by digital technologies. It outlines how technologies like IoT, data analytics, AI and collaborative tools can improve hospitality services for visitors, building management functions, and employee empowerment. Specific applications that could transform facility management include wayfinding, queue management, meeting room booking, energy management, delivery services, and mobile work management. The role of the facility manager is evolving to focus on the user experience and orchestrating various software and technology solutions to deliver facility services.
The Bridgewater Complex offers fantastic office and unit space on a secure site in L20 with great deals from £20 per person per week!
Bridgewater Complex serviced offices features:
On-site parking
24/7 access & security monitoring
Call answering and reception services
On site management team
State of the art telephony
High speed internet connectivity
Access to meeting rooms
A choice of comfort cooled offices
The Bridgewater Complex offers fantastic office and unit space on a secure site in L20 with great deals from £20 per person per week!
Bridgewater Complex serviced offices features:
On-site parking
24/7 access & security monitoring
Call answering and reception services
On site management team
State of the art telephony
High speed internet connectivity
Access to meeting rooms
A choice of comfort cooled offices
The document provides information about DBH offices and their serviced office solutions. It includes questions for potential clients, an overview of DBH and the features of their locations and offices. There are descriptions of the benefits of serviced offices compared to traditional leases and additional products/services offered. A case study shows that serviced offices can be up to 26% cheaper than traditional leases over 3 years for a company needing 4 workstations.
The document discusses the benefits of going green with IP telephony systems. It highlights how IP systems can help businesses reduce costs through features like centralized voicemail, attendance, and intra-company calling which saves around $2,000 annually per site. IP systems also improve productivity through teleworking, hotdesking, and mobility. Going green with IP can improve workflows, reduce expenses, improve customer service and speed up transactions while facilitating collaboration across distances.
This document discusses homeshoring solutions which involve delivering work to agents working from home. Homeshoring uses technology like telephony and the internet to manage resources, switch work, and provide fully converged applications to home-based agents. It can provide cost savings of 15-30% compared to traditional call centers by reducing expenses related to office space, equipment, salaries, and other items. Homeshoring also improves work flexibility, quality, and worker satisfaction while increasing a company's agility. The document outlines the feasibility, planning, and execution steps involved in implementing a successful homeshoring program.
This document discusses office automation, including trends in technology, objectives of using IT tools in offices, and concepts of office automation, workflow, and groupware technology tools. It classifies common office activities, notes how hardware and software are becoming more capable and user-friendly. The objectives of office automation include improving productivity, quality, and information sharing. True office automation requires reengineering processes to fully leverage technology for total quality management. Workflow automation uses IT tools to divide business processes into interrelated tasks completed in order. Groupware software and web technologies enable collaboration, communication, and coordination between workgroups.
The document discusses managed telepresence services provided by Three Legged Stool that offer simplicity, superior HD video quality, and a fully managed IP network overlay. The services provide cost savings through an immediate ROI analysis and quantifiable benefits like trading in old video conferencing equipment for new HD LifeSize systems. Clients also benefit from unlimited use, no capital expenditure, immediate cost savings, and ease of use of the telepresence systems.
Sprint provides wireless solutions to help home healthcare agencies by making their field-based employees more productive. This includes providing mobile access to information, applications, GPS navigation, and management tools. These solutions can increase revenue, save on payroll and mileage costs, and improve customer responsiveness. Sprint offers a range of devices suited for mobile healthcare workers, secure communications, and comprehensive support for wireless business needs.
Chris Day presents at 1st ASCII MSP event of 2016 in San Marcos, TX. Presentation covers the value of great documentation and process and in-depth ROI review.
Vodafone provides connectivity solutions that connect people to people, people to applications, and applications to applications. As technology advances, users are adopting new habits and have more powerful devices. Vodafone aims to embrace this new connected world by providing unified communications solutions that drive productivity, reduce costs, and increase business agility for organizations and their customers. These solutions include mobility strategies, virtual collaboration tools, and consolidating communications infrastructure.
Vodafone provides connectivity solutions that connect people to people, people to applications, and applications to applications. As users adopt new habits with more powerful devices and increasing digital content, new services will continue growing. Vodafone aims to meet growing customer expectations by driving increased productivity, realizing new ways of working, and reducing costs through solutions like unified communications, application integration, and mobile workforce support. Unified communications can simplify operations, lower costs, and increase business agility through features like centralized infrastructure, consolidated equipment and licenses, and automated processes.
This document provides an overview of sources of information for businesses, types of information, uses of information in business, and information and communication technologies (ICT). It discusses primary and secondary sources of information, internal and external sources, qualitative and quantitative information, and written, oral, pictorial, and graphical information. It also outlines uses of information in business such as monitoring, decision-making, and identifying opportunities. The document then provides descriptions and pros and cons of various ICTs including mainframes, PCs, networks, email, videoconferencing, the internet, and computer-aided technologies. It discusses benefits and costs of both IT and software.
The document discusses a smart work seminar on how staff can work smarter with technology. It provides examples of how shared services structures, mobility solutions, and online citizen services can help streamline processes and improve efficiency. Specific technologies mentioned include consolidated administrative systems, mobile access to ERP data, and citizen-facing portals. The seminar aims to help attendees understand how technology can help their staff work smarter and achieve cost benefits.
Unified Communications
The integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging, presence information, telephony, video conferencing, desktop sharing, data sharing, call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging.
Unified Communications - Collaborative services that deliver greater busines...Exponential_e
Unified Communications - Collaborative services that deliver greater business efficiency
Built on Exponential-e’s fully resilient platform, our UCC offering includes presence, IM, voice, video and collaboration tools - and we believe reflects the next generation in telephony communications.
This paper proposes an adaptive energy management policy for wireless video streaming between a battery-powered client and server. It models the energy consumption of the server and client based on factors like CPU frequency, transmission power, and channel bandwidth. The paper formulates an optimization problem to assign optimal energy to each video frame. This maximizes system lifetime while meeting a minimum video quality requirement. Experimental results show the proposed policy increases overall system lifetime by 20% on average.
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This document analyzes delays in unicast video streaming over IEEE 802.11 WLAN networks. It describes conducting an experiment using a testbed with a Darwin Streaming Server and WLAN probe to capture packets. The analysis found that video bitrate variations, packetization scheme, bandwidth load, and frame-based nature of video all impacted mean delay. Bursts of packets from video frames caused per-packet delay to increase in a sawtooth pattern. Increasing uplink load was also found to affect delay variations.
Meetings without travelling A discussion on current trends in ...Videoguy
The document discusses the benefits of video, audio, and web conferencing as alternatives to business travel. It notes that flexible working arrangements, environmental regulations, and other factors are increasing the need for remote conferencing solutions. The document outlines both tangible cost savings and softer benefits of conferencing, such as increased productivity and faster decision-making. It provides examples of how organizations can calculate potential cost savings from reducing travel through conferencing.
Ifma fm day 2018 - vdm partners - r-evolutie data & digitalMuriel Walter
This presentation discusses trends in facility management and the evolution towards a "facility as a service" model enabled by digital technologies. It outlines how technologies like IoT, data analytics, AI and collaborative tools can improve hospitality services for visitors, building management functions, and employee empowerment. Specific applications that could transform facility management include wayfinding, queue management, meeting room booking, energy management, delivery services, and mobile work management. The role of the facility manager is evolving to focus on the user experience and orchestrating various software and technology solutions to deliver facility services.
The Bridgewater Complex offers fantastic office and unit space on a secure site in L20 with great deals from £20 per person per week!
Bridgewater Complex serviced offices features:
On-site parking
24/7 access & security monitoring
Call answering and reception services
On site management team
State of the art telephony
High speed internet connectivity
Access to meeting rooms
A choice of comfort cooled offices
The Bridgewater Complex offers fantastic office and unit space on a secure site in L20 with great deals from £20 per person per week!
Bridgewater Complex serviced offices features:
On-site parking
24/7 access & security monitoring
Call answering and reception services
On site management team
State of the art telephony
High speed internet connectivity
Access to meeting rooms
A choice of comfort cooled offices
The document provides information about DBH offices and their serviced office solutions. It includes questions for potential clients, an overview of DBH and the features of their locations and offices. There are descriptions of the benefits of serviced offices compared to traditional leases and additional products/services offered. A case study shows that serviced offices can be up to 26% cheaper than traditional leases over 3 years for a company needing 4 workstations.
The document discusses the benefits of going green with IP telephony systems. It highlights how IP systems can help businesses reduce costs through features like centralized voicemail, attendance, and intra-company calling which saves around $2,000 annually per site. IP systems also improve productivity through teleworking, hotdesking, and mobility. Going green with IP can improve workflows, reduce expenses, improve customer service and speed up transactions while facilitating collaboration across distances.
This document discusses homeshoring solutions which involve delivering work to agents working from home. Homeshoring uses technology like telephony and the internet to manage resources, switch work, and provide fully converged applications to home-based agents. It can provide cost savings of 15-30% compared to traditional call centers by reducing expenses related to office space, equipment, salaries, and other items. Homeshoring also improves work flexibility, quality, and worker satisfaction while increasing a company's agility. The document outlines the feasibility, planning, and execution steps involved in implementing a successful homeshoring program.
This document discusses office automation, including trends in technology, objectives of using IT tools in offices, and concepts of office automation, workflow, and groupware technology tools. It classifies common office activities, notes how hardware and software are becoming more capable and user-friendly. The objectives of office automation include improving productivity, quality, and information sharing. True office automation requires reengineering processes to fully leverage technology for total quality management. Workflow automation uses IT tools to divide business processes into interrelated tasks completed in order. Groupware software and web technologies enable collaboration, communication, and coordination between workgroups.
The document discusses managed telepresence services provided by Three Legged Stool that offer simplicity, superior HD video quality, and a fully managed IP network overlay. The services provide cost savings through an immediate ROI analysis and quantifiable benefits like trading in old video conferencing equipment for new HD LifeSize systems. Clients also benefit from unlimited use, no capital expenditure, immediate cost savings, and ease of use of the telepresence systems.
Sprint provides wireless solutions to help home healthcare agencies by making their field-based employees more productive. This includes providing mobile access to information, applications, GPS navigation, and management tools. These solutions can increase revenue, save on payroll and mileage costs, and improve customer responsiveness. Sprint offers a range of devices suited for mobile healthcare workers, secure communications, and comprehensive support for wireless business needs.
Chris Day presents at 1st ASCII MSP event of 2016 in San Marcos, TX. Presentation covers the value of great documentation and process and in-depth ROI review.
Vodafone provides connectivity solutions that connect people to people, people to applications, and applications to applications. As technology advances, users are adopting new habits and have more powerful devices. Vodafone aims to embrace this new connected world by providing unified communications solutions that drive productivity, reduce costs, and increase business agility for organizations and their customers. These solutions include mobility strategies, virtual collaboration tools, and consolidating communications infrastructure.
Vodafone provides connectivity solutions that connect people to people, people to applications, and applications to applications. As users adopt new habits with more powerful devices and increasing digital content, new services will continue growing. Vodafone aims to meet growing customer expectations by driving increased productivity, realizing new ways of working, and reducing costs through solutions like unified communications, application integration, and mobile workforce support. Unified communications can simplify operations, lower costs, and increase business agility through features like centralized infrastructure, consolidated equipment and licenses, and automated processes.
This document provides an overview of sources of information for businesses, types of information, uses of information in business, and information and communication technologies (ICT). It discusses primary and secondary sources of information, internal and external sources, qualitative and quantitative information, and written, oral, pictorial, and graphical information. It also outlines uses of information in business such as monitoring, decision-making, and identifying opportunities. The document then provides descriptions and pros and cons of various ICTs including mainframes, PCs, networks, email, videoconferencing, the internet, and computer-aided technologies. It discusses benefits and costs of both IT and software.
The document discusses a smart work seminar on how staff can work smarter with technology. It provides examples of how shared services structures, mobility solutions, and online citizen services can help streamline processes and improve efficiency. Specific technologies mentioned include consolidated administrative systems, mobile access to ERP data, and citizen-facing portals. The seminar aims to help attendees understand how technology can help their staff work smarter and achieve cost benefits.
Unified Communications
The integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging, presence information, telephony, video conferencing, desktop sharing, data sharing, call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging.
Unified Communications - Collaborative services that deliver greater busines...Exponential_e
Unified Communications - Collaborative services that deliver greater business efficiency
Built on Exponential-e’s fully resilient platform, our UCC offering includes presence, IM, voice, video and collaboration tools - and we believe reflects the next generation in telephony communications.
This paper proposes an adaptive energy management policy for wireless video streaming between a battery-powered client and server. It models the energy consumption of the server and client based on factors like CPU frequency, transmission power, and channel bandwidth. The paper formulates an optimization problem to assign optimal energy to each video frame. This maximizes system lifetime while meeting a minimum video quality requirement. Experimental results show the proposed policy increases overall system lifetime by 20% on average.
Microsoft PowerPoint - WirelessCluster_PresVideoguy
This document analyzes delays in unicast video streaming over IEEE 802.11 WLAN networks. It describes conducting an experiment using a testbed with a Darwin Streaming Server and WLAN probe to capture packets. The analysis found that video bitrate variations, packetization scheme, bandwidth load, and frame-based nature of video all impacted mean delay. Bursts of packets from video frames caused per-packet delay to increase in a sawtooth pattern. Increasing uplink load was also found to affect delay variations.
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This document proposes a novel video caching framework that uses MPEG-4 Fine-Grained Scalable (FGS) video with post-encoding rate control to achieve low-cost and fine-grained rate adaptation. The framework allows clients to have heterogeneous bandwidths and enables adaptive control of backbone bandwidth consumption. It examines issues in caching FGS videos, such as determining the optimal portion to cache (in terms of length and rate) and optimal streaming rate to clients. Simulation results show it significantly reduces transmission costs compared to non-adaptive caching while providing flexible utility to heterogeneous clients with low computational overhead.
The document compares Microsoft Windows Media and the Adobe Flash Platform for streaming media. It discusses key differences like user experience, workflows, and playback reach. Flash offers more flexibility in creative expression, richer interactions, and wider device playback than Windows Media. It also has a 98% install base, making it easier for viewers to watch streams without extra software. The document outlines workflows for experience design, programming, broadcasting, production, and more using Flash tools versus Microsoft alternatives.
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This document summarizes a PhD thesis about free-riding resilient video streaming in peer-to-peer networks. The thesis contains research on two approaches: tree-based live streaming and swarm-based video-on-demand. For tree-based live streaming, the thesis presents the Orchard algorithm for constructing and maintaining trees to distribute video in a peer-to-peer network. It analyzes attacks on Orchard like free-riding and evaluates Orchard's performance under different conditions through experiments. For swarm-based video-on-demand, the thesis introduces the Give-to-Get approach for distributing video files and compares it to other peer-to-peer protocols. It evaluates Give-to-Get's performance in experiments
BT has developed Fastnets technology to improve video streaming. It avoids start-up delays and picture freezing during congestion. Fastnets streams multiple encoded versions of the video at different data rates and seamlessly switches between them based on available bandwidth to maintain quality without pausing. This allows for near-instant start times and reduces bandwidth usage by up to 30%. Fastnets provides a high-quality video streaming solution for both mobile and IPTV applications.
This document summarizes recent research on video streaming over Bluetooth networks. It discusses three key areas: intermediate protocols, quality of service (QoS) control, and media compression. For intermediate protocols, it evaluates streaming via HCI, L2CAP, and IP layers and their tradeoffs. For QoS control, it describes how error control mechanisms like link layer FEC, retransmission, and error concealment can improve video quality over Bluetooth. It also discusses congestion control. For media compression, it notes the importance of compression to achieve efficiency over limited Bluetooth bandwidths.
The document discusses video streaming, including definitions and concepts. It covers topics such as the difference between streaming and downloading, common streaming categories like live and on-demand, protocols used for streaming like RTSP and RTP, and the development process for creating streaming video including content planning, capturing, editing, encoding, and integrating with servers.
Inlet Technologies offers a live video streaming solution called Spinnaker that uses Intel Xeon processors with quad-core technology. Spinnaker can encode live video streams into multiple formats and resolutions simultaneously. This allows content to be delivered optimally to various devices. Spinnaker is a flexible, scalable solution that can increase broadcast capacity cost-effectively while maintaining high video quality.
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The document proposes a cost-effective solution for video streaming and rich media applications using Vela's RapidAccess video server combined with iQstor's iQ1200 SATA storage system. The integrated encoding, decoding and video serving capabilities of RapidAccess are paired with the scalable storage and virtualization features of the iQ1200 SATA storage array to provide a robust yet affordable infrastructure for applications such as video on demand, corporate training and distance learning.
This document provides information on streaming video into Second Life, including:
- The basic prerequisites for streaming video include being the landowner, using QuickTime format videos, and having the video hosted on a web server.
- There are three main ways to stream video: establishing movie playback, streaming live video, and broadcasting from Second Life.
- Streaming live video or broadcasting involves using software like QuickTime Broadcaster or Windows Media Encoder to capture the video stream and send it to a hosting server, then entering that URL in Second Life.
XStream Live 2 is a live video encoding and streaming software that allows users to broadcast high quality HD video at low bitrates. It supports various video formats and streaming servers. The software provides high quality H.264 encoding with proprietary technology. It is designed for live event streaming, IPTV, and other video distribution uses.
The document provides instructions for setting up a homemade videoconference streaming solution using Windows Media software. The solution involves installing Windows Media Encoder and Administrator on a server and configuring the software to receive a video stream from a videoconferencing terminal. The streaming server then broadcasts the stream in real-time to clients who can view it using media player software. The solution provides a low-cost way to stream videoconferences but has limitations such as only supporting one conference stream at a time.
This document describes iStream Live 2 software for live streaming video to iPhones and iPads. It allows streaming of SD or HD video over HTTP from a variety of video sources. Key features include support for all major CDNs, encoding of H.264 video and AAC audio for high quality at low bitrates, and integration with existing Windows streaming systems. It provides better quality streaming than other encoders at lower bandwidth requirements.
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14. Questions? Download the slides from : http://www.ehampshire.org/downloads.asp Thank You! Smarter Working in Difficult Times
Editor's Notes
It’s also useful to carry forward an understanding of what we mean by Smarter Working. First and foremost, it is ICT enabled (Broadband in the home normally) secure connectivity with the organisations IT systems. This might be achieved via Lap Top, Tablet PC, PDA (Blackberry) or good old plain PC. Showing the laptop used by someone in a wheel chair is also highly relevant in that the same ICT enabling technologies also bring home based or local (via a Community e-work centre such as we have in Whitchurch) work opportunities to the disabled and to those with caring responsibilities. It also fits nicely with initiatives aimed at attracting more women to start up business ventures. Of necessity, many of these tend to be from home. Encouraging more flexible working practices, like job share or part time working also opens the door to getting some of those experienced people who went into (early) retirement back into the jobs market. Although there are exceptions, Hampshire and the South East has a skills shortage not surplus. Smarter Commuting is also an important strand and some of you may have become aware of the 1 st Smart-Commute Week that we staged last year (Oct 29 th to Nov 2 nd ). (Show of Hands?) The 2008 SCW takes place from 3 rd to 7 th Nov – look out for the plug later! SCW 2007 resulted in 10K + web site unique visits for instance, 270 organisations visiting our pledge your support page on the website (incl the likes of B&Q, Ordnance Survey, M&S and VT group) – and promoted alternative forms of commuting (like car share) and included a work from home day. BT, Business Link, Stage Coach Bus and WSP Group as well as HCC sponsored a Smart-Commute Day during the week. Talk to me afterwards about our ideas to build upon the concept of ‘Green Travel Plans’ and introduce ‘Business Travel Clubs’ that will include member benefits like reduced travel costs and High street discount vouchers’ Finally, is the contribution of Smarter Working and link to initiatives encouraging more sustainable business practices which Anna and other speakers will talk about in their sessions
RNM Systems are leading providers of remote working support systems including hot desk and car park booking software for larger organisations. Their research revealed 68.7% of office workers would be absent in any year. By contrast only 31.3% of home/Teleworkers are absent sick in any one year. Sickness absence due to stress related factors is estimated to cost the UK Economy £12.25 billion per annum (DwP. UK also has the longest working hours (46) in Europe and the longest commute. The Sunday Times ‘Best companies to work for’ survey this year stated that for every 2 hours commuting per week, stress levels increase by 1.25%. Given the average SE daily one way commute is 17 miles, our commute exceeds 2.2 hours per day! That’s equivalent to a stress increase of nearly 30% for the average commute. TCWO = Total Cost of Workstation Ownership – to you and me the space we work in at the office. Actium Consult have recently calculated figures for the whole of the UK. For the SE the figure is between £5 and £6k per annum. Southampton as an example was £5493. The figures include everything from rent, heat, lighting, ICT kit, security, waste disposal, furniture, office equipment etc and can be reduced by up to 50% through smarter more sustainable working and commuting practices Carbon Footprint – we normally talk about the transport contribution (air, road, rail etc, commercial and private vehicles), yet running our offices takes more than double the transport figure according to Actium Consult – Strategic Property Consultants.
Bodies like CIPD and CBI have in recent articles urged businesses to hold their nerve. Their and our message is to make down-sizing a last resort after first having explored other smarter ways of saving money. It is so true that it is people that are crucial to business success and it will be people who help businesses survive the recession and ready themselves for the recovery. Think carefully before going down the downsizing route.
These are business bottom-line impacting issues and challenges that Smarter Working helps address, especially in recessionary times. Only a few weeks ago at the Business Southampton annual conference, traffic and congestion was top of the list of business issues revealed through their survey of some 400 local businesses. I’m sure this will be mirrored in the Thames Valley and Reading in particular. Are these your key issues? Are these items that if addressed would help your business? Did you spot in the business case model the inclusion of society as a factor? The large Corporates call this CSR, but even the smallest companies have a responsibility to give a little back. Clients increasingly expect, but even more importantly it provides a real feel-good factor for staff who are more likely to be committed, loyal and ambassadors for the business.
Now let’s talk about some of the tangible benefits to be derived from Smarter Working. Can I ask especially those currently home or emote working, what they would anticipate are the main benefits for the employer? SEEDA RES aims to increase GVA by ~ 3% by 2016 . MATiSSE Pilot participants matched the productivity gain (divide by 5 for one day only per week!) The gains also help achieve the Gershon efficiency targets. More visits for instance by a social worker per day because they no longer have to first go into the office to obtain their job-sheet/case load details. Also need to consider the following: 20% of company car drivers spend > 5 hours per week stuck, unproductive in congestion Average SE weekly commute is 11.2 hours Congestion, according to RAC Foundation, is estimated to cost UK economy £20 billion per annum Skills Shortfall – Smarter working can tangibly improve HR package of employee benefits and ‘employer of choice’ perception increases diversity of skills you can attract as an employer. Wellbeing £12.5 billion per annum lost to stress/mental health related problems. FT100 survey this year has shown a direct correlation between the length of the commute and stress levels
OK, in a similar way, what do you believe are the main benefits for the employee (the home worker themselves? OK, now let’s have a look at how close to your points my bullets are… UK workers spend on average 7 hours per week commuting. In the South East that figure is nearer to 11 hours, the equivalent of 47 ‘lost’ days per annum. This tied to the fact that UK working hours are the longest in Europe (46 hours per week leads inevitably to stress related absence and a fall-off in productivity. Sickness absence costs the UK economy £12.2bn per annum. You can calculate the cost of sickness absence to your organisation by going to the website and completing the sickness absence cost calculator The latter was most recently evidenced in the Sunday Times/Best Companies Ltd survey to find the top 100 employers (large and Small) as voted for by their employees. They found that wellbeing dropped by an average of 1.2% for every 2 hours spent per week commuting. When commuting is less than 2 hours per week, 23.94% of respondents cited symptoms of ‘work related stress. For the category 14 hours + commute per week this figure rose by 30.91%. It confirms how often, the commute is the greatest element of stress and not the job itself! BTW, it is really pleasing to be able to say that MATiSSE Knowledge-Exchange Partner Taylor Made Computer Solutions (Fareham) came in a highly credible 8 th amongst the small companies with Southampton based Hill McGlynn 17 th in the big company category Satisfaction comes via being trusted (empowered) to get on with the job, measurement and reward based on job outputs (targets being met)
Some of the applications are free – like Google Mail or Google analytics for website traffic measurement) Other commonly used applications include Outlook OWA, MS SHarePoint, MeetMe or Lotus SameTime. Signupto is a well respected and extensively used permission based marketing tool – they take on ownership for such as DPA compliance and charge on a pay as you go basis. Whilst web conferencing should not replace face to face meetings, audio conferencing services like Pelican and web conferencing solutions are now very affordable (web conferencing from 10 to 20p per minute per connection and do not need specialist expertise to set-up and run. Also take a look at ‘Live View’ a web-based document and contact management system – the basic SME version is currently FREE (www.thefutureoffice.com) I am not the ICT expert, but such expertise exists amongst the Business Link e-business and innovation advisors and across the range of Knowledge-Exchange Partners that are supporting the MATiSSE Initiative. Some are here today (hands up) and all are listed on the Partners page of our website. The message here is that no longer is the home or the remote worker the poor relation in ICT terms. Nevertheless, seek independent advice, get comparative quotes, talk to the clients of your prospective suppliers and major on ease of use and don’t forget initial training and support is key (first impressions and user competence and confidence!)
Although this may vary on a case to case basis (and for a new business start-up versus a larger employer considering introducing or expanding homeworking), I have found the following are important indicators of readiness and essential for successful and sustainable (all the meanings of the word) smarter/homeworking. So just to check you were listening earlier regarding H&S – who is ultimately responsible? The employee or the employer? How will you implement and manage the day job? Where on the scale (control to trust) would you place your organisation? – are you ready to make the move – a readiness Healthcheck offered by a number of our partners may help you find out)
All these resources are on the LINKS page of the eHampshire Partnership website.
Having looked at a large company example, let’s now look closer to home at some Hampshire SME’s that are benefiting from Smarter-Working… TMCS – 5 th in recent Sunday Times small business best employer poll (out of 513 applicants) MacAllister Elliott - Permanent staff of 12 who work at the MEP Head Office in Lymington plus a further 25 to 50 staff employed on short and long-term contracts world-wide. Typical of a number of Small to Medium Enterprises, MEP had to a small degree been operating an informal home working policy prior to hearing about the MATISSE Teleworking Pilot via Business Link. The MATISSE project acted as a catalyst for the organisation to enable all those who wanted to work from home to do so, supported by processes and technology that enabled VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and secure remote system access via PC, Laptop or Blackberry. Real World Trust -Ian Newman is manager of this voluntary sector organisation.Ian hoped that home based working would not only remove the daily commute, lessen interruptions and help him get on top of the increasing admin workload. His main concerns however, related to how staff would react. The results have exceeded expectations with Ian now ‘on top of the admin’ enabling actually more time with staff when he is in the office. Additional benefits have included ‘more thinking time’, financial savings (fuel and refreshments) as well as, psychologically, feeling much less stressed. The business has benefited from the greater efficiency, productivity and increased concentration levels. Ian’s staff also accepted him working occasionally from home with no negative feedback. Cobweb Solutions - With turnover expected to double over the next two to three years, the need to further increase productivity within the organisation remains paramount. Cobweb fully expect that expanded use of Smarter working techniques will feature in their plans. In readiness for this, the company’s HR team have now developed and published policies aimed at supporting and guiding employees who’s role enables them to work flexibly. Training is an important part of the mix with both managers and staff able to access information on the company’s Intranet that will help them supervise and thrive in an increasingly flexible, 24/7 working environment. Company norms include employee wide access to diaries and a results based gaoling with reviews carried out, typically, quarterly
Here is an example of one well known organisation that has done its homework. Ultimately the driver will always have to relate to efficiency and the bottom line. For HCC with 62 office buildings real-estate savings represents a major cash saving opportunity. The vision forecasts a one stop ‘public sector ‘shop’ in major towns and cities with several public sector service organisations under the one roof sharing modern flexible office accommodation. Initial deliverables from the FMWB (first quarter 08) Defined ‘working styles’ (Hampshire Workstyle!) Eligibility criteria (business case cost/benefit analysis tool) Written Policy (allowances) Intranet based guidance Management and staff learning, guidance and communication resources Recruitment materials Promotional materials Flexible working will feature in management and leadership skills development modules including all-important action (situational) based learning. A necessitated (building fabric) major refurbishment of existing HQ buildings meant Ashburton Court East was the first facility designed to accommodate the various identified working styles. The building and others like it will include social, touchdown, hot desk, team areas as well as permanent office based accommodation. A 20 to 25% reduction in building footprint is the conservative target within the next five year period
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