IVCi deploys many collaboration technologies in support of our sales efforts, some of those products are deployed strictly for demonstration purposes and some of those products become indispensable tools that we use to improve our business. Cisco spark is one of those tools. We believe Cisco Spark is poised to redefine the future of collaboration.

Cisco’s tag line: “Spark is where all your work lives…. Bring your teams together in a place that makes it easy to keep people and work connected” is consistent with our experience. The key word in this tag line is “lives”. Traditionally communications comes to us through many sources, IM, email, phone, video and in person. This information is not organized in any coherent way and over time becomes lost in a maze of information overload. With Cisco spark this information can be organized and shared in a way that makes the communications “live” in a space that is available, actionable and shareable.

Groups at IVCi that collaborate on various topics and projects like product specific teams, customer account teams and marketing projects teams create shared persistent virtual meeting spaces where team members can find all subject specific content from the beginning of time in one easy to access space. When new information is posted all group members are notified and can easily engage in a full blown collaboration. In addition with Spark instant messaging, spark audio and spark video, calls can be initiated right from the spark space further enhancing the collaboration experience.

Users of Spark at IVCi have experienced benefits such as

• Better decision making based on easy access to all previously provided data
• A feeling of inclusion as the discussion and information sharing is instantaneous to all members
• Better idea exchange as all members have options to engage in the discussion from any device and in any format ( IM, audio, Video).
• Reduction in emails and reduction in time consuming search for the email you vaguely remember to be pertinent to the current topic.
• With spark all communications is secure with end to end encryption
• More productive meetings as all members are all caught up on the complete and latest communications prior to the meeting.

Spark is a cloud based service that any company can deploy quickly and hassle free. Cisco offers Spark in a free trial version as well as full function versions that are available for a monthly fee per user.

For more information about IVCi’s Spark implementation, IVCi Spark implementation services or a discussion about how IVCi can help your company deploy Spark, call us at 1-800-224-7083

IVCi has provided Audio Visual Integration, Unified Communications, Video Conferencing, Voice, and Cloud services to thousands of companies since 1995. Our experts design, build, and support physical and virtual collaborative meeting rooms across the United States and the world. IVCi collaboration solutions are designed to bring people together, no matter where they are located or what technology they have access to.