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This week, unified communications vendor Polycom announced that the University of the West of England (UWE) is providing Polycom RealPresence video collaboration solutions to staff and students across boston to bermuda cruise its network boston to bermuda cruise of campuses. UWE is one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom, offering more than 600 courses at undergraduate, postgraduate, and short-course levels, with 30,000 student and 3,000 staff spread over four campuses in and around Bristol.
The university boston to bermuda cruise is creating a high-definition global video network to connect its campuses with partner universities and colleges located throughout Europe, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the US. This video network is part of a larger £300 million (approximately $465 million) investment to overhaul its global information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and improve the student experience. The ICT transformation program includes boston to bermuda cruise a network infrastructure from HP as well as Micosoft Lync unified communications boston to bermuda cruise and Polycom RealPresence implementations.
"As a large organization with many international partners, we needed to connect our diverse communities with technologies that would help save time and costs," said Steve Grive, UWE's director of information boston to bermuda cruise communications technology, in a prepared statement. "With HP's help, we were able to use Polycom video collaboration solutions and Microsoft Lync to transform communications across our global network, as well as between students boston to bermuda cruise and staff."
Using Microsoft Lync, users can click on a name on their contact boston to bermuda cruise list and instantly meet with a colleague face-to-face via Polycom boston to bermuda cruise video. UWE has also installed nine video collaboration suites featuring Polycom RealPresence HDX 7000 and HDX 4000 Room Telepresence Solutions, strategically placed in every campus facility around Bristol and Gloucester.
When an international university launches a distance learning program associated with UWE, there can be more than six validation meetings a year, with as many as five university staff members flying out to help develop material and validate the degree. boston to bermuda cruise By meeting face-to-face virtually using Polycom video collaboration instead, UWE has reduced validation travel costs by about £100,000 (approximately $155,000) per year. In addition, UWE has consistently been rated as First Class in the People and Planet Green League (a ranking of UK universities' environmental and ethical performance) and is certified with the Carbon Trust Standard .