RPS Group rolls out global videoconferencing

Dave Bailey, Computing, Thursday 8 July 2010 at 16:17:00

Environmental consultancy solves videoconferencing to Australia through SAS
Group, BT and Tandberg rollout

UK-based environmental consultancy RPS
Group has signed a �300,000 contract with managed communications provider
SAS Group
and BT, to roll out a global videoconferencing
system and upgraded WAN infrastructure.

The driver for upgrading the WAN and rolling out videoconferencing worldwide
was growth in Europe and North America, and an Australian acquisition.

RPS group IT operations manager Dave Magee said that RPS had used
videoconference technology to communicate between London and Australia, but
performance levels were "fairly atrocious".

"Telephone conversations would break up, we?d get delays ? it was generally
pretty poor,? added Magee.

Magee said that RPS got together with SAS Group, Tandberg and BT to demo
Tandberg's new videoconferencing
equipment working from London to Perth.

?Tandberg showed us what the new equipment was capable of and once they saw



it working from London to Perth, the board was convinced,? said Magee.

The project is scheduled for completion in August 2010, following delivery of
international circuits, and if it all goes to plan, RPS hopes to roll out the
solution to its North American sites soon after.

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