{"id":388,"date":"2012-11-02T14:04:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2012-11-02T14:04:29","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:04:29","slug":"demand-for-conferencing-continues-strong-among-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/demand-for-conferencing-continues-strong-among-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand for conferencing continues strong among small business"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re moving fast toward wrapping up another year. Pretty soon the news media will be looking back at the top tech trends of 2012 and making predictions for 2013. (I\u2019ll even have some of my own.). Among this year’s expectations for small business was strong demand for conferencing.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A Plantronics\/Spiceworks survey<\/a> of 250 small and midsize businesses conducted in September of last year, indicated that web conferencing deployments would grow from 13 percent to 38 percent over the course of this year; video conferencing from 18 to 27 percent.<\/p>\n

Signs are that this growth will continue well into the new year and beyond.\u00a0 BizTech<\/a> cites J.D. Vaughn, a conferencing expert, forecasting that web, video and audio conferencing, which currently constitute market revenue of about $3.5 billion, will continue to grow reaching $20 billion by 2020. Factors driving this growth are:<\/p>\n