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Seyfarth Shaw

Seyfarth Shaw is a growing law firm, with offices in
multiple cities across the country and the world
The Client
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About Seyfarth Shaw

Seyfarth Shaw is a growing law firm, with offices in multiple cities across the country and the world. The firm’s headquarters sits in Chicago, Illinois. It called on Solutionz Inc. to provide technology updates to its conference rooms in Atlanta, Georgia, to enable effective communications not only within the office, but with video conferencing on a global scale.

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The Challenge
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For Seyfarth Shaw to conduct meetings without incurring significant travel costs, it must invest in technology that connects its attorneys across all these offices. Effective videoconferencing technology allows collaboration across locations in ways that older solutions cannot sufficiently
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The firm’s initial impetus was to refresh and update the technology it had available in its Atlanta office. The firm focused on three conference rooms that required overhauls to bring that location up to date. These rooms can function separately or together; they are set up as a divide/combine meeting space for multiple uses based on Seyfarth Shaw’s needs. It therefore needed to develop solutions that would provide multiple capabilities for presentations, training sessions, and collaborative team meetings. This meant not only developing a pleasing user experience, but also allowing the users to change sources for input across locations and across platforms within the system.
The Approach
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The centerpiece for new content display capabilities consisted of five new laser projectors installed in the conference rooms. These allow display from video sources including laptops, personal computers, and Satellite TV. Solutionz
installed mounts and screens at optimal distances, using existing frames where possible to conserve costs for Seyfarth Shaw. New equipment and owner furnished equipment were integrated into the system facilitating comfort in moving to the new technology and lower total cost for the system.

Similarly, wireless microphones included updates of existing models to allow for ease of transition to the new equipment. Seyfarth Shaw was satisfied with current audio quality, so Solutionz kept existing speakers in place in the rooms. The result was a current sound system compliant with new FCC wireless spectrum requirements that allowed for cost savings while still updating to state-of-the-art technology.

For video conferencing, Solutionz installed equipment provided by Seyfarth Shaw including a Cisco SX80 conferencing system, wall-mounted Speaker Track cameras, and an additional P60 ceiling mounted camera. The expert installation allows conference participants to appear from all angles to video conference participants in any of Seyfarth Shaw’s other office locations.

 

The Results
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Solutionz worked with the firm to identify where pain points existed in the current technology, and where current pieces still served their purpose. This balanced the need to develop state-of-the-art capabilities with the desire not to bring in new technology for its own sake. Solutionz worked with Seyfarth Shaw to deliver what it needed without pushing unneeded extras. Second, the technology delivered is built to last. Seyfarth Shaw estimates that the laser projectors will last at least five to ten years, and the new screens should last a decade or more. The up-front investment in Solutionz’ products and service should therefore pay dividends for years to come.
 
Seyfarth Shaw estimates that the laser projectors will last at least five to ten years, and the new screens should last a decade or more. The up-front investment in Solutionz’ products and service should therefore pay dividends for years to come.
 

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