Carl Zeiss Group is adopting AT&T Telepresence
Solution to improve global collaboration between employees, suppliers and
subsidiaries around the world, across three continents.
The top German company operates globally and is known for
making quality optical products such as camera lenses, binoculars, eyeglasses,
lenses and microscopes.
The technology will support Carl Zeiss’ global growth by
helping the company improve productivity with faster and better collaboration
from locations across the world giving employees access to face-to-face
communications in real time, even though they may be thousands of kilometres
apart.
Carl Zeiss will connect sites in Germany (Jena and
Oberkochen), China and the United States using AT&T Telepresence Solution.
Carl Zeiss’ aim is to reduce costs while increasing productivity and providing
enhanced customer contact
This announcement is in addition to a five-year
comprehensive communications contract valued at $20 million, between Carl Zeiss
and AT&T announced last year.
It will also help the company to reduce costs and
minimize its worldwide environmental impact by reducing the need for travel.
Executives can gather for important business meetings via telepresence and
still have that important one-to-one personal experience, but without the
hassle of long-haul air travel; the expense of hotels, taxis and other travel
costs; being away from other colleagues; and being separated from friends and
family.
AT&T Telepresence Solution brings
people together in a virtual environment through ‘immersive’ video technology.
AT&T Telepresence Solution is a video conferencing
service that may be used to make inter- and intra-company point-to-point and
multipoint telepresence conference calls. AT&T Telepresence Solution
may also be used to make inter-provider telepresence exchange-to-telepresence
exchange calls with designated telepresence exchanges operated by other
telepresence providers.
AT&T Telepresence Solution includes the installation
and management of telepresence endpoint equipment on-site, maintenance,
management of the application, remote helpdesk and works with AT&T VPN
services
In addition, Carl Zeiss will use the AT&T Business
Exchange to connect with suppliers and subsidiaries around the world. The
AT&T Business Exchange is a unique network-based, inter- and intra-company
collaboration feature which allows connection to more than 2,400 telepresence
endpoints around the world.
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By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
