Online meetings as alternative to business travel

Business travel is coming under closer scrutiny: In Germany alone, companies spend approximately 50 billion euros on business travel every year. To partially offset this expense, many companies are replacing business trips with online meetings.

With this technology, customers and partners are able to communicate with images and audio over the Internet, while special presentation functions reinforce the personal aspects of a meeting. Software licenses, Webcams, and headsets are worth the investments. Companies that use Web meetings discover new methods of collaboration and reduce their own output of greenhouse gases...