Here’s Looking at You ..
Added: (Wed Oct 24 2007)
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Here’s Looking at You
NuBlue Digital Web Solutions has today (Tuesday) become the first UK hosting company to offer video email via their web mail system – so you can now see people on the other side of the world!
Modern technology has enabled people to work from home (wherever home may be) for several years. In fact over 3.1 million workers in the UK are regularly home-based. Of these, 2.4 million are teleworkers; using computers and telecommunications to work from home. In addition, 39% of small businesses are home-based and, as the search continues for a better work-life balance, these trends are set to increase*.
Often the major barrier to working from home is that there is no substitute for face to face discussions, which can prove a little impractical over large distances. The world may be getting smaller and people can now choose to live in their favourite place, but they still need to make business transactions and keep in touch with friends and family.
The new service NuBlue has launched today offers the ability to see customers, suppliers, loved ones etc. anywhere in the world via your web mail – at no extra cost, and without the need for expensive software and phones. It provides the ability to send and receive video emails through a browser interface, (like hotmail,) wherever you are on the planet. All you need is a computer, a webcam and a NuBlue hosting account.
Video email has been around for a number of years and often involved costly additional technology, such as phones or software. But, as with all technological advances; over time they are simplified and the costs reduced. NuBlue is offering this new service free of charge to their customers, inclusive of unlimited video emails, as part of their hosting package.
Director of NuBlue Digital Web Solutions, Michael Ashworth, comments “We’ve been working on integrating this new application of the webcam into our web mail system for a number of months and believe we’re the first UK hosting company to offer the service to customers.”
“The potential applications are fantastic; from keeping in touch with friends and family who live away, or are on their travels, to allowing visual introductions between businesses who are too far apart to meet, or explaining complicated issues which may take too long to communicate by email. It’s also a fun way for friends to keep in touch.”
“People are becoming so comfortable with webcam technology that cameras are now being built into many new laptops, so the timing of the launch is perfect. We’re just looking forward to the day our customers video email us from their beach hut in the Caribbean!”
It’s no surprise that NuBlue is leading the way with this new technology. The company is based in the impressive InfoLab21 building at Lancaster University; a leading international centre for internet and communication technologies. They offer a full range of internet services; from their tier one hosting packages to award-winning web development and search engine optimisation. For further information regarding NuBlue Digital Web Solutions or their new video web mail service, visit www.nublue.co.uk/video_email or telephone 0845 004 5583.
ENDS
For further information regarding this release, please contact Andrew Hardman of NuBlue Digital Web Solutions
Tel: 0845 004 5583
Email: andrew@nublue.co.uk
Further details can also be found at:
www.nublue.co.uk
www.nublue.co.uk/video_email
www.nublue.co.uk/video-email-screenshots
Source:
* http://www.flexibility.co.uk/flexwork/location/Homeworkers2005.htm
Images:
Screenshot of the video webmail in action - http://www.nublue.co.uk/video-email-screenshots