Innovative geographically distributed teams collaboration platform

MARKET NEEDS Globalization of world economy has led to the institutionalization of team work where some team members live in different geographical regions for economic reasons – e.g. Collaborative Outsourcing models. Software and Hardware platforms that facilitate planned (scheduled) video and desktop collaboration has become the norm, rather than the exception. Today’s economic models such as On Demand Economy, Freelance networks, Crowdsourcing, Open Source, Home office, Agile methodologies etc. build on the assumption of effortless, transaction free and instant communication between team members. There is an obvious need for a communication platform that focuses on providing high quality instantaneous exchange between team members. The relevant benchmark is communication between team members sitting in near proximity. TARGET MARKET - Outsourcing companies and their clients - Large multinationals that have a geographically distributed employee talent pool. - Virtual teams that were formed in a geographically distributed manner by a company or an individual. - Telecommunication Companies that could offer such a service to their network PROJECT AIM Product innovation: The creation of a platform that enables geographically distributed team members to communicate and collaborate easily like being physically at the same location. EXPECTED RESULTS Platform that provides constant visual information of team members, instant video and audio communication, rich sharing and collaboration functionality, that can be offered as: - Cloud solution - Installed on customer premises MAIN PROJECT MODULES - Applied scientific research - Software development - Design, prototyping and testing of communication terminals

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