Video conferencing is a key form of communication today, especially when many businesses and their employees are operating remotely.
With this virtual communication, one of the biggest challenges in the world of video conferencing is the diverse amount of VC platforms, and whether your organization is able to standardize on just one.
In our experience in working with UCC customers, we find that companies typically end up using a combination of video conferencing platforms within their organization. Perhaps the IT department has specified Zoom, but the Marketing division uses Microsoft Teams, or key partners use Webex. We see this all the time - while companies make their best effort to standardize on a single video conferencing platform, even if they are able to get all of their internal teams using a single solution, there’s no controlling what video conferencing system your partners and customers are using.
But why is limiting your capabilities to one single video conferencing platform even an issue?
Imagine your organization has just landed a new client. Your first step on the initial project is for your company’s internal project team to connect with the new client’s team.
In this kickoff meeting, it is important to connect face to face to develop rapport and a strong foundation for your two teams to collaborate. This way you all can communicate effectively, determine a clear workflow, and make sure everyone is on the same page to jumpstart the project and set it up for success.
The only problem is that your internal team likes to use Webex, but the new client exclusively uses Zoom, since their main conference space is configured as a Zoom Room.
T1V’s newest product - HubVC, is a simple collaboration board that solves this problem. Because HubVC is platform agnostic, you can easily host a video conference using your choice of Zoom, Webex, and/or MS Teams.
HubVC allows you to engage in a meeting in three simple ways: wireless screen sharing, whiteboarding, and video conferencing - which supports Zoom, Webex, and Microsoft Teams.
With these different options for video conferencing platforms, your internal team has the ability to easily switch VC platforms and connect with the new client’s team on Zoom.
Designed to be extremely easy to use - with a single tap to start, you can immediately launch a video conference. Jump into a meeting by selecting the ‘Start Meeting’ button, or join through the calendar integration feature.
With calendar integration, one huddle room’s HubVC allows you to host multiple meetings throughout the day with different video conferencing platforms. When approaching the HubVC board, you’ll see the room’s meeting calendar with corresponding video conferencing icons for each scheduled meeting. Simply tap the icon to launch your video conference - the rest is handled by HubVC, no knowledge of the video conferencing software is required - making it easy for anyone to operate, little to zero training required.
On HubVC, all three of the video conferencing platforms have a similar UI, with familiar, unified commands, volume and microphone options.
Choose to have the video conferencing platform take over the whole interface or run the video conference alongside other pieces of content including whiteboards and BYOD wireless screen sharing. If you prefer to minimize the video conference to focus on content, collapse the VC panel, and pop it back out when you’re ready to discuss.
Built to support multiple video conferencing platforms, HubVC can run Zoom, Webex, or MS Teams back to back in different meetings - so whether you’re meeting with your internal team or an important client, a new video conferencing platform won’t hold you back.
The T1V team is standing by for demos - click below to schedule your demo of HubVC today.