Google launches 'Chromebox for Meetings' in Japan with plenty of all you need for online video conferencing

You can join a conference from a remote place using the InternetVideo conferenceThe system is used not only by global companies but also by companies that have branches throughout the country. Videoconferencing system that can be used for such business use "Chromebox for MeetingsGoogle released it cheaply.

Chromebox for Meetings
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/business/solutions/for-meetings.html

Chromebox for Meetings is a cheap small PC announced by ASUS the other day "Chromebox"Core i7 model equipped with camera, microphone, speaker, and dedicated remote control, and for video conferencing"hang out"Will be used. In other words, if you prepare even a display, it is packed as soon as possible for video conferencing.


Logitech with lens of Carl Zeiss (in JapanLogitech) Camera can shoot movies with full HD 1080p picture quality, supports all 15 video formats, all communication information is encrypted. Of course, it is possible to play a smooth full HD movie with Intel Core i 7's high power CPU, and the state of the meeting can be delivered to over 10 remote areas.


Even way to use, just by taking the remote control in hand, the meeting starts automatically, unlocking by password is unnecessary. Since Chromebox for Meetings can be synchronized with Google Calendar, it is also possible to display alerts to remote users at regular meeting time. I will not forget to forget important meetings.


Chromebox for Meetings are already on sale in the US and the price is 999 dollars (about 100,000 yen). Dedicated support is also provided, and the support fee is free for the first year and it is 250 dollars a year (about 25,000 yen) since the second year. The price of Chromebox for Meetings,PolycomConsidering that the video conferencing system equipment of thousands of dollars (hundreds of thousands of yen) to tens of thousands of dollars (several million yen) is a cheap price,VidyoIt is likely to be a threat to rival manufacturers that provide video conferencing system services for businesses such as.

If you can use free Skype or Hangouts for free, why bother to bother asking for such things, the reason is simpleIt is "easy" and can be operated "surely"For. To put it differently, people who use television recording equipment by consumer electronics manufacturers seem to have a higher demand, although less flexible than recording on a personal computer.

In addition, Google should also consider cooperation with various products that we have been making, especially "Gmail" whose capacity has increased to 30 GB in the business field · "Google Calendar "·" Document "which can create documents ·" Spreadsheet "which can perform spreadsheet and graph ·" Slide "which can create presentation ·" Google Drive "where various files can be saved etcGoogle Apps for Business"At a monthly rate of 600 yen per person, and by combining this super-discount videoconferencing system" Chromebox for Meetings ", it is possible to completely organize offices in Google related, Microsoft Office series It can be said that it is now almost possible to compete not only in terms of price but also systematically.

Chromebox for Meetings will be released in Japan in the second half of 2014.