Leading energy trading company installs high quality broadband based video, voice and data conferencing software technology to narrow the distance between overseas locations and power the sharing of crucial financial data in real time.

EDF Trading Limited, one of the foremost energy trading companies in the world has installed ‘next generation’ video conferencing technology from Visual Nexus, in order to enable real time data collaboration and to shrink the distance between its international operations.

Selected for its high quality, ease of use and functionality, the company can now achieve the highest business quality output – even over a low speed internet connection such as the typical 192kbps home broadband service.

EDF Trading states, “We’ve worked with a variety of other video conferencing systems over the past few years, but Visual Nexus is by far the most superior we’ve ever seen. It’s simple, yet highly functional and adds zero latency to our network. Users can either join in conference calls on a ‘voice only’ or ‘visual feed’ basis depending on their location and circumstances. The quality and speed of Visual Nexus is very impressive. It works in real-time, with no hint of time delays or broken images that you usually associate with video conferencing systems, functionality such as the ability to share and view documents live while ‘online’ during a call is proving critical to the business. Teams across the international offices need to regularly share and discuss critical financial data with each other and with third party suppliers, so Visual Nexus suits our business well.”

Visual Nexus comments: "Visual Nexus may be accessed through a PC, a video conferencing terminal or even a telephone, and groups from two to thousands of participants can communicate and work collaboratively in instant online meetings. Customers find it particularly useful for home workers, and bringing together disparate working parties. It is very easy to install and to start using straight away. The traders at EDF Trading for example are using a simple web cam at the desktop. The company also has two boardrooms fully fitted with Visual Nexus for larger, confidential meetings.”

Visual Nexus video conferencing is already in use with many leading companies in Japan, including HP, Hitachi, KDDI, Panasonic, Toyota and Toshiba, all of which are improving the way they work and cutting costs by using Visual Nexus.