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How bad are video conferences for our climate?

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, video conferencing has become an essential part of everyday working life. Reports about their climate-damaging effects are increasingly circulating in the media – they are, however, misleading.
4 years ago
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Mobile Working – the New Normal?

At a panel discussion on “Mobile Working” organised by the German Informatics Society via the alfaview® video conferencing system, chances and challenges of the digitalisation of the working world were discussed by business and science experts.
4 years ago
This image shows a health seminar at the alfaview headquarters. The instructor is showing excercices in front of a large screen, the employees repeat the exercices in their home offices.

Remaining fit at work

Health management is a major priority at the video conferencing company alfaview® and the educational company alfatraining. The whole team regularly regularly participates in health-related seminars. The latest course of the series put a focus on a “Healthy back at work” in order to create a more dynamic day at work or in the home office.
4 years ago
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Criticism of the Berlin data protection authority is wrong

In her recent re-evaluation of various video conferencing providers, the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of the State of Berlin warns about using video conferencing providers with data protection concerns, which was criticised by politicians. This criticism, however, is counter-productive.
4 years ago
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How to alleviate Zoom fatigue

As a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of video conferences has increased over the past few months. Besides the undeniable advantages of online meetings, however, many users of virtual communication platforms notice a certain exhaustion and fatigue that is currently circulating in the media with the label "zoom fatigue".
4 years ago
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