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cameras, service and logistics for a unique cctv need

We are a small marketing and web dev agency and we are opening a satellite office across the country with the creative element on one office and the dev in the satellite. To better promote company unity we want to install an audio and video cctv system in the common spaces in both offices so we have some actual interaction aside form video conferencing. This service needs to stream in real time and we need to to be able to feed to monitors on the opposite end. Any ideas? this is completely outside my wheelhouse

Oleksiy Gayda

Depending on how much money you want to spend this could be anything from just some Skype (or WebEx) connected computers with webcams streaming via your regular run-off-the-mill internet, to dedicated network cameras or Polycom units connected within your company VPN network, to specialized Cisco Telepresence solution running over some dedicated E100 circuits. Keep in mind that streaming video 24/7 eats up a lot of bandwidth, so one thing you'd have to consider the capacity and cost of your internet circuits and both locations.

Neat thing about using something generic like WebEx is that any of your remote/travelling workers might be able to join into the "rooms" as well, to observe and participate, whenever they felt like it. The drawback is, of course, reliability - a consumer web-conferencing session could always disconnect or time-out and someone would have to go to the system to restart it.

Since there are so many variables (cost, internet circuit capacity, etc), I would suggest reaching out to a local company specializing in teleconferencing/conference room setups for some proposals. You might be able to get an initial evaluation and proposal for free, just to get a ballpark at what can be done, or how much it would cost you.

Nadir ALTINBAS

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jessebruffett

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We would like something reliable, easy to manage and as constant as possible. Thats why I'm trying to steer clear of Skype and maybe something similar to a security system with audio and really nice cameras. budget is as cheap as possible but around 5-7k is about the max.

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Oleksiy Gayda

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