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inSORS
to provide conferencing and collaboration system to Ford
August
8, 2001
CHICAGO, IL --- inSORS Integrated Communications, Inc., a communication solutions provider specializing in real time video, audio and data collaboration, and Ford Motor Company, are rolling out a three-site deployment of the inSORS Grid (IG) Collaborative Conferencing System at Ford's World Headquarters in Dearborn, MI. The IG platform will be used in conjunction with ongoing initiatives throughout Ford's worldwide manufacturing, service and design locations. Ford Motor Company is comprised of multiple brands with locations in 120 different countries. Ford will use the IG to pilot collaborative tools that promise to improve communications between their many dispersed sites, departments and affiliates. inSORS' high end product gives Ford's employees the ability to participate in immersive group-to-group collaborative conferences. The record and playback feature of the IG will also be useful in the ongoing research and training initiatives throughout Ford. inSORS considers
Ford Motor Company an extremely important and strategic
customer in its efforts to bring the IG Distance Training
and Collaborative Conferencing System to the real time
collaboration market. "Ford and its many affiliates
are considered well advanced in the technology arena",
said Michael Galich, President and CEO of inSORS. "Their
commitment to improving their employees and processes
through continued training and communication is well known
throughout the industry. Their work with the IG will lend
ultimate credibility to inSORS."
The IG is a cutting edge collaborative conferencing and distance learning system. It is comprised of the latest video and audio components and has been tested for two years in the research and university communities. The IG has been commercially developed by inSORS to be used in the Real Time Collaboration market, the corporate training market, as well as the distance education market. It is comprised of both hardware and software, and has additional features such as scheduling, archiving and record and playback. The IG can also be delivered as a hosted application through inSORS' virtual venue service platform. For more information on inSORS, a Chicago based communications company, and the IG please contact Brian Gleason at (312) 786-9169. Our website can be visited at www.insors.com. |
