Polycom Unveils the Company’s Predictions for 2015 Top 7 Most Influential Technology

One factor that brings the workplace of the future forward is collaboration. And the different collaboration techniques that come along with it will undeniably influence the work setup of the next generation. It will help the way people work be:

• More productive
• More efficient
• Able to deliver meaningful cost savings to organizations of all sizes across the globe

These different techniques are expected to continuously mold the definition and feel of workplaces due to the use of advanced mobile devices integrated in the way they work. And in connection to this, Polycom reveals the company’s 2015 top 7 technology predictions and why these factors will play a major role in how people will work in the future.

These predictions are consist of:

1. International companies will adopt and use collaboration tools fast
2. Fusion of Interoperability AND Integration
3. Workspace evolution will occur
4. ‘Supermobility’ will happen
5. Use of Cloud-based collaborative solutions will increase in the SMB market
6. The tool of choice will be browser-based collaboration solutions
7. Meetings are changing for the better

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International Companies will Adopt and Use Collaboration Tools Fast

The first evident change will be the global expansion, which will be working across:

• Time zones
• Borders
• Cultures

The ultimate success of the business’ future will depend on the collaboration tools, which will be used in order to extend the business by defying both time and distance. Organizations and companies can make use of different collaborative preferences through using variety of tools like:

• Email
• Telephony
• Social media sharing
• Video sharing
• Content sharing

It is expected that in this year 2015, more visual communication tools will be the key players in crossing communications borders and gaining global access.

Fusion of Interoperability AND Integration

According to Jack Uldrich in his piece entitled Revolutionizing the Future Workplace, “Video conferencing is altering business models.”

Video conferencing will play a major role in the different industries, especially because it will be one of the most preferred collaboration tools, which is expected to be used in 2016 more than people use emails. This will only be made possible though, if video conferencing will be an appropriate tool in connection to the work style of the users.

One of the factors that could help drive the adoption of video conferencing are the integration of collaboration technologies like voice, video, and content sharing tools to:

• Communication systems
• Business applications
• Workflows

Other factors to contribute in the adoption are the new technologies and concepts including:

• WebRTC
• Standards-based video
• Rich software development kits
• A deeper understanding of unified communications applications

Undoubtedly, there will also be an increase in the industry-specific solutions as well as the use and relevance of video in different industries such as:

• Healthcare
• Government
• Financial services
• Retail

Workspace evolution will occur

Another prediction that Polycom has for this year is the evolution of the workspace. The company believes that different organizations will be able to reduce their real estate related expenses and space through:

• Moving to more open workspaces from rows of cubicles
• Offering work arrangements which are flexible for employees

Because of these changes, emphasis will be placed on connecting to anywhere, from anywhere, at any time. In addition to this, new technology innovations will also be influential in this evolution. The current office-based workspace is expected to be obsolete, especially with the use of innovations like:

• Noise cancellation
• Lighting adjustments
• Digital white-boarding

Polycom is convinced that 2015 is the year when the use of collaboration tools will advance and be made rampant. There will be an evident change from the traditional collaboration environment to a more advanced one. One obvious proof of this is the fact that more employees will expect flexibly productive offices more than the usual ones.

This year, the distance and communication barriers between different locations will be eliminated through video collaboration. In the end, the workplace environment will change for the better with visual communications as the greatest tool in the collaboration department.

Continuation of the other four predictions of Polycom and the company’s forward looking statements and risk factors can be found here.