Challenge:
A professional organization in Washington, D.C., nationally known as a high-profile event venue for media, government, politics and business, was looking for a webcasting platform that could be customized and used by each of its event clients. A key goal was to find a solution that would complement and easily integrate with the venue’s in-house production services and IT environment.
Solution:
Pinnaca provided the venue with Visual Webcaster, an information-rich, professional webcasting solution that allows users to create dynamic presentations right from an Internet browser. The venue’s clients can now make use of Visual Webcaster’s pre-designed themes and multiple-media capabilities, incorporating streaming video, audio, graphics, HTML and presentation documents. As part of the solution, Pinnaca also provides its iEncode solution for encoding; Pinnaca then facilitates online broadcasting – live or on-demand.
Result:
Pinnaca’s Visual Webcaster platform, encoding technology and Internet broadcasting, works seamlessly with the venue’s own production capabilities to offer highly reliable, professional webcasting services. These advantages have enhanced the venue’s offerings, allowing its clients to extend their reach and the value of their individual events. Additionally, the high-quality services have reinforced the venue’s brand image as one of the country’s top event destinations.
Challenge:
A federal-government agency was seeking ways to make information easily available to its employees and constituents. The agency had a variety of employee-training and constituent-information programs that it wanted to deliver cost effectively to as many people as possible. A key requirement was to find a webcasting platform that would work seamlessly with the organization’s existing video-conferencing units.
Solution:
For its constituent-information events and Town Hall meetings, the agency chose Visual Webcaster, Pinnaca’s rich Internet broadcasting platform. Visual Webcaster works seamlessly with the agency’s existing video-conferencing units to deliver high-quality webcasts cost-effectively. The webcasts feature streaming video side by side with presentation materials for highly impactful, virtual events. Pinnaca provides ongoing production support, “SimuLive” editing, 508 captioning and VCU signal acquisition when needed.
Result:
Pinnaca’s technology has had a significant impact on the agency’s ability to deliver communications internally and externally. Online training programs cost only $1000 – compared with an estimated $3,000 to conduct a traditional Lunch and Learn. Externally, the agency is now more equipped than ever to keep its constituents up to date with information about current regulations and other vital issues.
Challenge:
This global pharmaceutical company had a pressing need for a web-based training solution that could reach thousands of people. The company was looking to provide training both internally and externally, particularly for sales and marketing purposes. The solution needed to be flexible and scalable to meet the needs of groups as large as 1,000 people, for up to 50 events per year. In addition, the company wanted to make use of its internal content delivery network (CDN).
Solution:
The company chose Visual Webcaster because it is far more robust than standard web conferencing products. Visual Webcaster allows training teams to stream audio and video, and conduct chats and polls to get feedback from participants. A hosted solution, Visual Webcaster is scalable and cost-effective, with robust streaming, allowing the company to reach more people for less money.
Visual Webcaster is delivering an integrated multimedia solution that allows the pharma company to manage and execute all of its events via one platform. For internal events, the system uses the in-house CDN; external events use Akamai, a global CDN.
Result:
Visual Webcaster is offering employees, customers and partners a high-quality multimedia experience. The company is reaching far more people with its online training programs than ever before, with no need to travel, rent facilities or provide hospitality. Each session can handle up to 1,000 people, which is strongly reinforcing the company’s products, programs and messages.
From an IT perspective, Visual Webcaster’s ability to leverage the company’s CDN has saved the company even more money. Because it is hosted, the system has been “plug and play” into the company’s existing infrastructure.
Challenge:
This global accounting and consulting firm was looking for a way to hold virtual events for multiple cross-departmental purposes – team meetings, corporate communications, education and training, marketing and business development. The firm wanted not only a robust, scalable solution, but also one that could work seamlessly with its own videoconferencing equipment.
Solution:
After speaking with several vendors, the firm chose Visual Webcaster, Pinnaca’s information-rich, professional webcasting solution that incorporates streaming video, audio, graphics, HTML, presentation documents and reporting tools. The firm chose Visual Webcaster not only for its functionality, but also because it could integrate easily with its videoconferencing equipment. The firm was looking for a customized solution that used its own user interface, and Pinnaca’s flexible system fit the bill.
Result:
The firm is very pleased with the solution for several reasons. Firstly, it has allowed it to reduce travel costs while improving communication internally and externally. Secondly, no staff training was required because Visual Webcaster was implemented in the firm’s own environment. Lastly, the solution works seamlessly with the firm’s existing infrastructure, reducing the total cost of ownership.
Challenge:
This major global PC manufacturer required a virtual event service to support earnings webcasts, conference calls, product training, corporate communications and other applications. Quality of service and support was a top priority.
Solution:
Pinnaca provided Visual Webcaster, a comprehensive multimedia solution that can reach thousands of people, offering robust functionality. Visual Webcaster incorporates streaming video, audio, graphics, HTML and presentation documents for information-rich webcasts and meetings. Pinnaca provided comprehensive service and support to ensure every event runs smoothly and professionally.
Result:
The company now uses Visual Webcaster to hold hundreds of virtual events each year, with a guarantee of 99.9% uptime. Events range from earnings announcements to training and internal team calls. For the company, bringing all of its virtual events into one dedicated solution provider has been a positive move, ensuring high-touch service as well as robust technology.
Challenge:
This high-profile social media platform is looking to increase advertising revenue, and wanted a virtual event solution to help generate excitement about the site. Managers were looking for a webinar solution that would allow them to deliver pre-recorded B2B audio events to a live audience with Q&A and polling. They were also looking for a true mobile registration experience, as well as mobile delivery.
Solution:
Using its industry-leading webinar technology, Pinnaca was able to pre-record and edit the events for on-demand playback ensuring a flawless experience. Each webinar includes streaming video, audio, chat and polls. Registration is mobile-enabled, and event delivery automatically adjusts for a user’s bandwidth, ensuring smooth streaming.
Result:
The webinars provided the company with broad exposure, allowing the company to generate more advertising inquiries and leads. Management is pleased with the webinars and is looking to extend service to all corporate events, such as training, team meetings and corporate communications.
Challenge:
The alumni development department of a major university needed a web-based solution that would allow it to webcast live and archived video for up to 3000 graduates. Each webcast was targeted at encouraging donations and support for the school. The department was migrating away from another provider due to its poor video delivery and lack of features, including mobile delivery.
Solution:
Pinnaca implemented Visual Webcaster to pull in the department’s footage and stream it live on internet. One of the key factors that drove the school’s decision to choose Visual Webcaster was Pinnaca’s ability to ingest and stream video from any number of different sources, including video conferencing units and encoding software, to virtually any device. Pinnaca could also offer auto archiving, so viewers can view on demand, plus viewer analytics and reporting.
Result:
Visual Webcaster has allowed Alumni Relations to reach more alumni with high quality feature-rich streaming that is easily managed and cost effective. The technology has helped the university reinforce its brand identity and increase excitement and support among alumni.