Talking about the status quo and future of video conference from standard definition and integration

With the development and progress of the times, network and computer applications have gradually spread to all levels of society. In order to improve work efficiency and streamline business processes, many companies and companies choose to use video conferencing. Software video conferencing has irreplaceable advantages in terms of price and flexibility, and it is gradually favored by organizations and companies.

In the mid-1990s, video conferencing officially entered China. At that time, the Posts and Telecommunications Administration started using CLI products to start building a video conferencing system based on the dedicated line network (E1), and first served the State Council and provincial government departments. However, due to the high usage cost of the transmission network and the insufficiency of informationization, the video conference industry has experienced slow development. Later, with the development of the popularization of the Internet, the cost of network communications has been drastically reduced. Many small and medium-sized enterprises and third-tier cities also have the ability to build their own videoconferencing systems. The SARS in 2003 brought disaster to people, but it created the opportunity for video conferencing to enter the mass market and successfully pushed the video conference into the public eye. In 2008, the Olympic Games officially adopted HD signals for live broadcasting. HD became the most popular term in the industry. Industry players are targeting business opportunities, playing HD cards, and high-profile advocacy of the advent of the era of high-definition.

At present, videoconferencing has become a representative of information technology for the general public. The fierce development of the industry has given rise to the development of high-definition, smart, and fusion. With the popularization of 3G and the promotion of triple play, videoconferencing will gradually leave the conference room and integrate into people's daily life. However, this will take some time.

With the ever-changing technology, what trends will the video conference develop towards and what changes will people make to their lives?

I. High-definition hot, standard definition dominated the current video conferencing market, "high-definition" seems to have become a necessary condition for the industry. However, people in the industry revealed that "high-definition" fire is a concept, hot is a trend, and the market is still dominated by standard definition.

The current high-definition development is dominated by foreign markets both in technology and in applications. In the domestic market, the main users of HD are the government and super-large enterprises. The use of high-definition video conferencing systems is too expensive for the majority of SMEs. However, the popularization and application of videoconferencing systems is currently the major market growth point for the vast number of small and medium-sized enterprises, which places great restrictions on the popularization and promotion of high-definition on demand.

The main purpose of videoconferencing is still in the conference room. This application of "standard definition" can already be met, and at the same time, compared with the prominent price advantage of HD, so "standard definition" is still in a dominant position in the current market, and in a short time Internally, this dominant position will not change.

Second, SaaS operations, and promote the transformation of videoconferencing services to services. Driven by the development of broadband technology, the videoconferencing SaaS operating model will also be more sought after by videoconferencing vendors. Enterprise customers no longer need to invest a lot of money in hardware or software, they don't need to rebuild the network system, and they don't need special personnel to provide technical support. This can facilitate communication. In the future, videoconferencing market leasing and carrier-class products will be a mainstream form, the proportion of operators participating in will greatly increase, and become the core of the entire industry, while manufacturers rely mainly on "services" to survive. The videoconferencing industry will be transformed from an industry centered on products and technologies and driven by product innovation to a customer-centric and comprehensive competitive industry.

3. From singleness to integration, leaving the conference room In recent years, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco and others have joined the videoconferencing market and demonstrated their skills. The rush of all parties injects new elements into the development of the videoconferencing industry, and also stimulates the tradition. The videoconferencing vendors have divorced from the pure development model and led the videoconferencing industry to diversify and merge.