Many IT managers are put off from usingweb conferencingsystems because of
perceived technology set-up challenges.
A survey of 330 enterprise IT managers across the UK, France and
Germany found that 82% believed time and cost savings were
potential benefits of video conferencing.
UK IT managers were ahead of their French and German
counterparts when seeing web conferencing as a tool for firms to
reduce their
carbon emissions through less travelling to meetings.
The survey - commissioned by web conferencing technology firm
Netviewer - saw 54% of UK respondents cite reduced emissions as a
benefit of web conferencing, as opposed to the 37% overall across
the three countries.
The survey found, however, that web conferencing is increasingly
likely to be used for external rather than internal communications.
Netviewer said companies could miss out on associated benefits
because of a perceived failure to address basic IT challenges.
After the need for adequate security, the biggest perceived IT
barriers are the need of many web conferencing systems to install
software on participants' PCs, and the time taken to guide those
participants through increasingly complex use scenarios.