Lifesize Video Conferencing

As a Video Conferencing device, Lifesize Video Conferencing's generally work ok. They allow groups of people to converse that might have required a lot of travel. However, we started phasing out the Lifesize Video Conferencing devices for lack of extra features. They come in at a lower price point than some other competitor devices but with that, comes with a lack of features and sadly, a lack of support as well.

We use LifeSize for Executive meeting between offices. We use LifeSize for external Video conferences with Customers and video depositions. We also use LifeSize for presentations and training.

We are currently using Lifesize Video Conferencing for the majority of our conference rooms. Lifesize allows us to quickly and easily schedule or join video conference calls. Previously we used Webex and swapped out for Lifesize a few years ago due to added feature set and pricing.

We purchased Lifesize primarily to connect with area high schools to offer dual credit courses to high school students. It has allowed us to send classes from our main college campus using a reliable, more intuitive video conferencing system than our previous systems.

Our campus faculty, business institute, and other departments are looking forward to using the system in addition to dual credit teaching.

Lifesize is used across our entire organization. It is the key tool for the success of our work from home program, allowing employees to work remotely while still keeping in touch. Also, a key tool as we have remote locations in 7 states. Allows us to conference in colleagues without having to travel. We also use it to facilitate new employee onboarding and orientation.

Lifesize is a great took for our organization and it is our primary VTC service. We use the service not just for video but for phone conferences as well. Also, it is used during a company-wide meeting for non-local employees which allows them to view the presentations on the screen and they can follow along and see the presenter(s) as well.

Our company utilizes a Lifesize Express 220 as our main video conferencing system at our headquarters. We typically use the system to connect to video conference centers around the world, and our primary business model is to connect attorneys to witnesses near our area so they can see and hear participants remotely from anywhere in the world.

We use Lifesize with our legacy endpoints for a site to site video conferencing. We also have users connect to conferences using the Lifesize Video Conferencing application installed on their laptops. We don't currently own any Lifesize hardware. Our entire organization uses Lifesize the same way. We occasionally use Lifesize for all hands meetings.

We are currently looking at using Lifesize Video Conferencing to enhance distance learning and virtual field trips for students as well as a tool for staff to communicate and collaborate in small groups.

We use Lifesize every working day in our organization. As we have locations across the US and Canada, it allows us to stay connected face to face with our employees and our clients no matter where we are, working from the office or from the home, we are connected.
Lifesize not only reduces our travel costs (obvious) but it also allows us to maintain closer working relationships with each other internally, as we can collaborate on system designs, solve technical issues and just plain feel like we are in the same location.
And as an Audio-Video company who designs these types of solutions for our clients, we are able to truly represent the many ways that it has improved our business communications. Honestly, I don't know how we could function effectively without it.

After originally purchasing Lifesize just for Teadit NA, it is now used across all Teadit groups around the globe. The biggest problem it addresses is allowing users to communicate both visually and in real time. We have several weekly meetings with the outside sales force and multiple internal departments to address issues. Also allows our parent company in Brazil to be a part of meetings in the US.

We used it for live video conferences between different departments both on and off site. This tool was integral in gaining coherence between the entire organization and provided a smooth video experience for teams to work through business cases. Business problems addressed included connecting teams virtually across office buildings and throughout departments with limited conference spaces. As for the innovative ways we were able to use this solution - our company could involve Indian developers to advise on a way forward in one of our business cases.

It's used by our organization. We have improved the quality of video conferencing and consequently have improved collaboration. It's simple and accessible from everywhere, without a loss of quality. Unlike other systems tested previously in our society, we encountered no sudden blackout or loss of audio. The device adapts itself to the speed of the available bandwidth. Great!

Emerson College Boston campus has 4 Lifesize units installed, 2 in class rooms and 2 in conference rooms, we mainly use them to communicate with our LA campus (they have 2 rooms with Cisco systems) or guests on the Lifesize Cloud app. The Lifesize Cloud app is easy to use since it is web based and guests don't need to hassle with much sign-up/ installation restrictions. Last semester a weekly class communicated across the country (Boston - LA) and shared presentations using the Lifesize system with some ease (we had minor audio feedback issues but it seemed to be from the LA side using the Cisco system) but overall it was successful.

We have been a LifeSize customer for two years and it has helped to bring people together and meet in a way we have not been able to in the past. When we looked at video conferencing about 10 years ago, the cost and bandwidth requirements were more than we could justify. When I heard about LifeSize and was able to use the product, it blew me away at the quality and cost. We have several large remote facilities and it has been nothing short of amazing.

We have 26 remote offices and almost 3000 employees. Training and communication have always been a hot button response when we conduct our internal employee surveys. In the past we looked into video conferencing but it was very cost prohibitive. But with recent changes in several state laws that we conduct business in, there was a renewed sense of addressing our training needs. We went to the market and explored several solutions, ending up with LifeSize. We now conduct all new employee training using centralized trainers. We also use this platform for company-wide updates, one on one training, and a variety of other ways.

We currently have 9 video conferencing kits set up throughout our department all on Lifesize Cloud. We are a large county with satellite offices more than an hour away. We have implemented the video conferencing to eliminate travel time between locations and to stay connected as a group. Several systems are used for our twice daily Patrol briefings so our officers can stay more connected as a team and our Corrections team uses it for their long weekly and monthly meetings between distant locations. We also use the system in our training facility so officers don't need to travel long distances. We are in the process of putting a system in our new command vehicle (RV) and are also considering it for Video Arraignment between our jails and courts.

We use Lifesize across the whole organization. We also use it to conduct company-wide town hall meetings. It solves the issues of presence required meetings by providing a platform for us to communicate on. It also allows users to move the camera around in conference rooms to ensure they are not missing any content of meetings. It also addresses the issues of attendee caps that Google Talk presented to us. We have used it with technology solutions and support, interviews, and in place of in-person meetings.

LifeSize makes it easy to connect for video conferencing, and makes it easy to present and manage the conference. The limit is that it is named users to use the system versus concurrent access to the service. Quality is really good if you have high-speed internet, if not it sacrifices the audio along with the video for slow connections. Overall it does what it's supposed to do. When others join your conference who do not have LifeSize it's better to use the web browser for them [rather] than the app install unless they call frequently.

[It's the] Perfect solution to improve communication across different locations and sites.

The homes that our organization works with are recommended to use Lifesize. This program allows for the department to communicate with our homes in a more friendly and effective manner. Lifesize is suggested due to that it is very easy to install and use so there is little room for complications when trying to communicate with the homes.

Lifesize was purchased initially for our residency program. We have 3 cameras at the main training center and 2 other locations with a single camera and TV kit. We are also trying to replace WebEx with the Lifesize platform for more of our endusers. However lots of challenge there. Really does not do a good job compared to WebEx unfortunately. The problems it addresses are great connectivity between Lifesize cameras and equipment. Captures the room and intensity well...but again Lifesize camera to Lifesize camera (not utilizing laptop cameras).

We currently use LifeSize to help increase employee coordination both internally and externally. It does a good job at allowing internal employees to work better together, from the same office, to the same country, and even all over the world. It quickly became very popular to use and was adopted very quickly as we had a need for an easy system that would help boost our cooperation and user experience between offices. It's even very popular for the use of LifeSize Cloud's Audio Only Meetings, as they can handle up to 25 participants and are one of the most common types of meetings we need to have. It's helped saved numerous flights and hotel stays around the world as often, business meetings can easily take place over LifeSize. Not all have been replaced, but definitely a good number.

We've deployed at least one LifeSize Icon 600 in every branch office we have and in the various conference rooms around our main office. They are massively popular among our employees and help not only our local meetings with presentations, but also help connect our employees around the western US to better support the company, and our customers. Our conference rooms have now been fully utilized by using the presentation feature to screen share even when a video conference is not happening.

As a consultant and solutions architect, it is my job to provide the best solutions possible to my client, then conduct the installation and be responsible for support. Lifesize makes my life easier, by making my clients' lives easier. It is such a simple, powerful, and cost effective solution, that the product practically sells itself. In fact, instead of going for the lowest cost option provided, like is common when presenting a lot of products, my clients tend to ask "how else can we use this" and the sky is really the limit. I also have it easy when it comes to support, as no infrastructure exists for me to provide support on, and I mostly just have to deal with training, which is minimal in its own right. As for as my clients, beyond the cost and ease of use benefits, my clients are able to become much more productive by having communication and conferencing abilities anywhere and everywhere, which means impromptu face-to-face meetings with other employees become very normal, regardless of where they are geographically.