Complete environmentally integrated communications solutions from UAT speeds business decisions and saves executive travel time

Instant gratification is the name of the game in business today. To stay a few steps ahead of the competition, companies need to satisfy one main criteria, namely the ability to communicate clearly, simply and instantaneously.

One company that stands out in this area of expertise is Ultra Active Technology (UAT), which provides a complete system: videoconferencing equipment, audio-visual systems, IP network services, streaming video solutions and a conferencing service.

Danny Ng, senior sales manager says, "We are probably the only company in Hong Kong that provides complete communication solutions, from start to finish, that are tailored to our customers' needs and requirements. We help companies, whether big or small, to put into operation multi-media videoconferencing solutions."

With strategic global partners such as Polycom, the worldwide leader in unified collaborative communications, UAT is able to provide end-to-end solutions that seamlessly unite network infrastructure with the video systems, the software and services. UAT understands customers' workspace environments require technology to be well integrated into the overall design to be fully effective.

Deluxe boardroom facilities
Iterating further, Ng says, "The deluxe version offers collaboration systems that integrate a life-like telepresence environment with the best end-to-end, high-definition voice, video and content sharing in point-to-point and multipoint conferences. This allows flexibility for larger conferences as well as the option to upgrade with future technologies."

Ng added, "We pay particular attention to detail where space meets technology. Overall our unique approach ensures the creation of a seamless solution integrating comfort, aesthetics, economy, performance and flexibility. Quality office environment, corporate information, voice and video, network technologies, are tailored to your working style, office culture and budget.

"Larger companies usually opt for our audio-visual environmental design concept. This includes videoconferencing, acoustic audio control, a central presentation system, audio-visual facilities management and video network control and consultancy."

Integrating technology with modern office design
UAT solution and architecture designs for an office are both architecturally and technologically sensitive to the space layout, architectural finishes, corporate image and facilities through to the corporate information infrastructure.

UAT Architectural Solution Consultants provide professional advice on materials and furniture selection, coordinated facilities for audiovisual conferencing and presentation.

Ng said, "The market trend today is on the increase for videoconferencing systems. We are seeing an annual growth of 20 to 30 percent and are very confident and expecting tremendous growth for 2008. With high-definition resolution and more affordable prices, more and more executives prefer live videoconferences.

“In the past, there were glitches in some systems but now with new collaborative technologies and breakthroughs in audio-video systems, this form of conferencing is now more reliable and efficient. There has been a lot of improvement in audio-video systems recently. Before it was quite costly to use the ISDN connection but with an IP network that can support videoconferences and bigger bandwidth, these systems are more reliable, much less costly and have doubled in quality.”

Management can increase productivity and shorten decision times by greatly reducing executives' time spent travelling. It’s not just large companies that benefit from this but small-to-medium sized enterprises are also becoming more and more interested in UAT’s systems, especially companies based in Hong Kong that need to communicate constantly with factories around South East Asia, and especially in China.

With over 3,000 conference systems installations to their credit, UAT has an edge when it comes to audio-video project management.

Interviewed by Thomas Li, Hong Kong Business on April, 2008