Video Conferencing on the Rise
By Anna Johnson on February 15th, 2010Global IP Solutions’ and Research Now’s recent survey of more than 1,200 business professionals in the United States, Japan, South Korea and China reveals that more companies are using video chat/conferencing.
Among the findings of the survey were that:
- 79 percent of those who use video rely on consumer applications such as Yahoo!, Gmail, AOL and Skype, while 21 percent used video conferencing systems such as those offered by Cisco and Polycom.
- 61 percent indicated video delay and video freezing as their biggest concerns using video chat/conference use.
- In the US, 40 percent of business professionals surveyed indicated that their company will be deploying a video communication solution within the next 6-24 months.


