International. Biamp Systems announced the release of its new white paper, "Huddle Spaces: Bridging the Gap Between Desktops and Spacious Conference Rooms." Written by Frost & Sullivan in collaboration with Biamp and now available for download.
The paper explores how organizations can expand the desktop into a conference space by pairing high-quality audio and video with traditional desktop services to enable state-of-the-art collaboration in rooms to huddle, spaces that seat five people, connect with their remote colleagues and work together on various projects.
After the phasing out of traditional conference rooms with high-end audio/video and individual office spaces for a more open office design, many companies have discovered this open concept does not lend itself well to small group collaboration. At the same time, bandwidth has increased and the cost of software applications and services has decreased significantly, resulting in more employees using desktop applications for day-to-day collaboration with co-workers.
To capitalize on employee familiarity with desktop applications and to promote small-group collaboration, companies are turning to gathering in rooms where employees can use high-quality audio and video equipment through familiar software, but hidden in smaller spaces throughout an organization's facilities.
Paul Waadevig, Unified Communications Product Manager at Biamp, said: "The goal of this paper is to highlight how to extend desktop capabilities in a spatial environment that can help organizations improve employee collaboration and decision-making, resulting in a higher return on investment."
The white paper is now available for free download by clicking here.
