dreuby
04-27-2004, 04:56 AM
SARS was certainly the reason that top executives at CLSA, one of Asia’s biggest brokerage houses, became believers in the virtual office.
CLSA is the proud owner of a state-of-the-art video-conferencing system that the firm’s managing director, Gary Coull, says cost “north of a million dollars.”
Last spring the company was forced to cancel its annual conference after the World Health Organisation advised against travel to Hong Kong.
Instead of postponing the Hong Kong conference, an event the Asian investment community has come to look forward to every year, CLSA bought their system, which produces a 3-D effect on a large screen, and staged a virtual conference. They showcased such speakers as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand, addressing audiences gathered in hotels and CLSA offices around the world.
One Hong Kong-based fund manager who attended the sessions says that for him it was the turning point in accepting the tele-working idea.
Read the full article here:
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/4/25/business/7838192&sec=business
CLSA is the proud owner of a state-of-the-art video-conferencing system that the firm’s managing director, Gary Coull, says cost “north of a million dollars.”
Last spring the company was forced to cancel its annual conference after the World Health Organisation advised against travel to Hong Kong.
Instead of postponing the Hong Kong conference, an event the Asian investment community has come to look forward to every year, CLSA bought their system, which produces a 3-D effect on a large screen, and staged a virtual conference. They showcased such speakers as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand, addressing audiences gathered in hotels and CLSA offices around the world.
One Hong Kong-based fund manager who attended the sessions says that for him it was the turning point in accepting the tele-working idea.
Read the full article here:
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/4/25/business/7838192&sec=business