When a hurricane prevented travel, executive meetings continued using multipoint IP video conferencing.

In late October 2005, disastrous weather in the southeastern United States prevented Cisco marketing executives from traveling to an annual conference in Florida. So marketing executives and staff members already in Florida remained there, while team members in San Jose, California, and Milan, Italy, attended the meeting via a multipoint IP video conference.

This case study describes how internal video conferencing can enable business continuity and explains the requirements for providing meeting participants at a hotel with a secure VPN connection to the Cisco intranet. Benefits of the multipoint IP video conference include:

  • Travel avoidance during adverse weather
  • Greater meeting efficiency and focus
  • Excellent audio and video quality

Read the IP Video Conferencing for Business Continuity Case Study