BWI: Cisco WebEx Facilitates Training Through Web Conferencing

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Cisco WebEx
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 07:08 PM IST (01:38 PM GMT)
Editors: Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Construction, Education & training, Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical, Information technology, Real estate, Retailers, Telecommunications; Technology; Healthcare
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Cisco WebEx Facilitates Training Through Web Conferencing


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) --

Web conferencing and its functionalities

"Though collaboration technology is still not known by the masses, it has made inroads into several sectors including construction, manufacturing, hitech, retail, healthcare, pharma and education." Says Kiran Datar, Managing Director, Cisco WebEx.

Web Conferencing facilitates the inter-department communication, dealer meetings and vendor interactions. It is effective in creating team workspaces with adequate authentication and security mechanisms, enforcing policies, giving the data complete security. Developers can enjoy the flexibility to rollout applications quickly and customers can enjoy the freedom to choose from multiple vendors.

This tool is used from product development to marketing, resulting in shorterturn-around time for completion of the product design cycle, supply chain and off shoring. Web conferencing is extensively used for multi-party audio, data sharing, synchronous video conferencing, application sharing, dynamic power point presentation sharing and file sharing.

Whether it is to increase sales effectiveness, enhance customer support, better communication with partners or permit employees to effectively coordinate their work with colleagues, web conferencing can produce tangible benefits and measurable results. It is for these reasons that a significant portion of large enterprises have adopted web conferencing and a growing number of smaller businesses are following suit. Web conferencing is a perfect way to cost-effectively deliver presentations, product demonstrations, meetings, seminars and training in today's increasingly virtual workplace

Importance of Web Conferencing in training

Training is always a hot topic for debate and many companies usually defer training unless absolutely necessary because of various issues associated with it. Today many companies are looking for efficient ways to train more people at lower costs. This is where Web conferencing comes in. This technology makes it a joy for companies to train their employees.

There are many advantages a company could enjoy by embracing Web conferencing, some of which are mentioned below

. Savings through travel costs
. Involve more people in the same course
. Save time
. Scheduling becomes simpler
. Deliver custom made content
. Reinforcing learning through repetitions

Savings through travel costs

Most companies either invite a trainer to their campuses or send their employees out to locations for the training purpose. This always carries with it travelling costs, accommodation costs etc. Through the use of Web Conferencing training can be delivered directly to the employees at their workstations, thus cutting down on unnecessary training and travel costs.

Involve more people in the same course

The number of people attending a course is usually limited by the capacity of the location. This is a major hindrance for most companies. Every training session held costs the company money. By providing webinar to large number of people simultaneously the company can cut down on costs while efficiently training their employees at the same time.

Save time

Traditional training leads to unnecessary wastage of time usually due to travel. Webinars cut down on travel and hence indirectly cut down on loss of time which can be used for productive purposes

Scheduling becomes simpler

By the advent of Web conferencing scheduling has become a lot simpler. Traditional training would require employees to clear their schedule during the hours of training and this complicated scheduling. Getting different people in different departments having diverse responsibilities and commitments is never easy. Through Webinars trainees can record the course and go through it whenever they are free.

Deliver custom made content

There are occasions when a trainee has to undergo only a few modules in a course. However for those few modules he might need to attend a standard course, resulting in wastage of both time and money. Through webinars he can only attend modules he would like to learn. Hence customisation is easy through Web Conferencing

Reinforcing learning through repetitions

A major advantage of a Webinar is the ability to record it and replay it whenever necessary. If a trainee has trouble understanding a module he can always revisit it and replay it till the concepts are clear, an option not available through traditional training methods.

Promising future for collaboration market

Cost cutting has become an important activity across industries. A penny saved is a penny earned, especially in today's marketplace where competitions are intense and margins highly stressed. Cost cutting in training can be done efficiently through the use of Web Conferencing. Training no longer has to be a necessary evil but a joy. Investing in developing and improving the talent of the workforce can only lead to better long term returns in the future.



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MARKETING, CONSTRUCTION, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, IT, REAL ESTATE, RETAIL, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE

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