Welcome to 2012

First of all I wanted to thank everyone for a great 2011. It was a great year with much accomplished and many new developments in the market. Similarly, it has been a great start to 2012 with lots going on in the Australian conferencing market.

The first thing I wanted to talk about was the Federal Government Telehealth incentive. This is a fantastic idea put forward by the Federal government to give incentive to regional and rural based medical and aged care practitioners to adopt video conferencing. The first year incentive form the government is over $6000, dropping to around $4000 in July 2012. Chorus Call has developed a product specifically designed for this market. By marrying a LifeSize HD, PTZ Passport unit to a battery powered Ergotron Styleview cart Chorus call is offering a complete package at not much over $7000. These mobile carts are specifically designed for the hospital or aged care environment. They boast 2 hour fully rechargeable battery pack, an anti microbial coating and ergonomic height adjustment. We already have talked about how good the LifeSize units are. Designed specifically for IP HD conferencing these units are quickly catching on at the expense of Polycom and Cisco.

The response has been tremendous. Practitioners are really happy that a finished bundle can be delivered and supported with payment terms that allow for very little out of pocket expense. We have seen some of the packages out there and are a shocked as our customers. We currently have a couple of demonstration carts we are lending to people to have a look at.

Give us a call if you are interested. If you want more information email us or give us a call on 1800 98 88 98.

www.choruscall.com.au

Chorus Call Australia: the “complete suite” of conferencing services

While 90% of your conferencing requirements may be one area I encourage users to look to the ability of a provider to quote across all services in the conferencing platform. While you may not need them now an astute provider will recognise and suggest conferencing solutions for your organisation.

Can your provider quote on IP and ISDN video? Do they have extensive links to video room providers around the globe? Have they experience in investor relations calls or product launch calls? Do they have an in house application sharing product? Do they have a disaster recovery solution? Regardless of your needs these things should be explored with your provider.

On the service side of the equation customers need to think about on-line billing services. Can we export detail directly into our cost management systems? Can we receive summaries by cost code or receive instant usage summaries on conference break down? What is not used now may become a necessity as your organisation moves forward.

I noticed the other day that a competitor (who shall remain nameless) has been up to the same old tricks. The modus operandi is to have multiple brands with varying price points, with no service differentiation. Clearly this is misleading at best and unethical in the worst case scenario. I count 4 brands that they are working on at the moment, I suspect there are more to come. Don’t be fooled this cheap advertising. Mainstream providers are much more capable and cost effective.

…Should Have Had a Chorus Call.

Teleconferencing Over Travel: iPad 2 Winner tells her story

Recently we announced the winner of our iPad 2 promotion.  

We decided to follow up with a recording of Ruth telling her story in her own words.  

Click to listen.

Once again, congratulations Ruth! From Chorus Call Australia.

More promotions soon at: www.choruscall.com.au

EU, USA Economic Turmoil

Oh, a storm is threat’ning
My very life today
If I don’t get some shelter
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away

Gimme Shelter – Jagger/Richards –Rolling Stones

Once again the world as we know it finds itself in economic turmoil with the European PIGS, Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain defaulting on debt to sustain lifestyle. The mightiest nation of them all the USA is teetering on the brink of economic suicide as investments worldwide tumble and the people’s future funds once again devalue.

Ooh, see the fire is sweepin’
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way

People generally are wired for greed; it is in many persons nature, what is enough? Who knows? One thing we all know is you can sell anything to make money, eggs or CDF’s. Eggs exist, CDF’s do not. If it looks too good to be true, perhaps it is. Boom and Bust, never have the cycles been so close together though they have had worse recriminations as we ride this one out.

War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away
War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away

Communication continues to be the best way forward and many companies have lost some serious market capitalization and yet are still reporting good profits in this reporting season. Chorus Call provides cost effective, professional solutions to communicating your results in the marketplace and many companies take advantage of this.

• Web Streaming
• Event operator assisted teleconferencing
• Compatible software
• Experienced highly trained staff
• Valuable AV partnerships

Call now on 1800 98 88 99 and discuss your needs with our team

The floods is threat’ning
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I’m gonna fade away