Videconferencing is becoming increasingly more popular. Some estimates say that videoconferencing will be a $5 billion industry by 2016 an exponential growth from the $2.3 billion in 2010 and that behind this growth is the adoption of videoconferencing by SMBs as the technology becomes widely available at lower prices. It is no wonder then that many manufacturers and vendors are now turning their eyes to this segment of the market and are questioning themselves about how to conquer it.
Why videoconferencing is attractive to SMBs is obvious. Videoconferencing allows for a more intimate and interactive interaction than the telephone and saves time and money on business travel by allowing two or more parties to speak face-to-face over great distances. Being communication one of the key aspects of business practice it is only natural that sooner or later videoconferencing will become the norm instead of the exception in companies all over the world.
Videoconferencing manufacturers and vendors know this and this is why they are looking for the best way to provide SMBs with the solutions they might be looking for in the near future. Many manufacturers seem to think that hosted solutions are the future of videoconferencing since they provide the service over the internet for a monthly fee a solution that allows SMBs to have access to a service without having to invest significantly on a new communications infrastructure.
At a first glance these vendors might be right and a hosted solution might be the most attractive for SMBs taking their first steps in an unknown territory but once those first steps are taken and companies realize what videoconferencing can do for their business they will want more. More security more control more features more speed and they will realize that with the monthly fee they are paying they could own their own videoconferencing solution.
In the long run and once videoconferencing has made its way into the heart of business practices videoconferencing appliances will be the solutions adopted by SMBs. Appliances offer the best security measures available while host solutions are the easiest to hack. Moreover appliances are also the cheaper solutions as they the one-time purchase requiring no additional IT maintenance and no extra equipment.
While hosted solutions might give SMBs a taste of the potential of video conferencing appliance solutions provide the advanced functions to customize it according to your special needs. RHUBs 6-in-1 conferencing appliance provides video conferencing web conferencing audio conferencing remote access remote support and webinar tools in one appliance.