PepsiCo collaborates with BT and Cisco 
ConvergenceAsia staff
03/02/2010

PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, will be deploying networking solutions company Cisco’s TelePresence systems across PepsiCo’s major offices worldwide. The technology includes fully managed “concierge-level” services from communications solutions and services company BT, including intercompany capabilities that will help enable cross-company collaboration between PepsiCo and key distributors and retailers.

Cisco TelePresence systems create immersive virtual meeting experiences that make participants feel as though they are in the same room though they may be thousands of miles apart. This unique combination of high-definition video and spatial audio provides a great alternative to in-person meetings.

“This new collaboration strategy with BT and Cisco will reinvent the way we work,” said Robert Dixon, senior vice president and global chief information officer for PepsiCo. "Global virtual meeting collaboration will enable us to travel less, which will allow for greater productivity and a smaller environmental footprint. In this day and age, it’s simply a smarter way of going about our business.”

Cisco TelePresence is transforming the way more than 500 organisations worldwide run their business and collaborate with key partners, customers and suppliers, said Cisco’s Charles Stucki, vice president, Cisco TelePresence Systems business unit. “The TelePresence experience has completely reenergised the collaboration industry and will continue to facilitate video innovation that enables companies like PepsiCo to lead the way into a new era of cross-company collaboration never before possible.”

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