Thame, Oxon, UK:  29 June, 2010:  As part of a general review of its existing services, BDO LLP the accountants and business advisers, asked four leading conferencing and collaboration service providers including the incumbent, to pitch to become BDO’s preferred supplier. MeetingZone was selected based on its cost effective, robust, reliable, flexible, but easy to use audio conferencing solution.

“We have already realised a reduction in our conferencing costs,” explained William Swartz, Head of Service Delivery, IT, BDO.  “But another critical success factor in our deployment of MeetingZone’s services, was that our firm-wide rollout was seamless with no issues.”

Other MeetingZone key differentiators which led to its selection by BDO were its competitive pricing, including international conference participants having access to local call options, and call cost visibility via MeetingZone’s post call email setting out details of the participants, the numbers they called from and the total cost of the call.

“It was important for us that MeetingZone was able to tailor its transparent billing system to align with BDO’s own business structure.  This allows us to correctly and accurately allocate conferencing costs to the relevant department and or region,” continued Swartz.  “If necessary, this capability enables us to monitor usage.”

MeetingZone’s conferencing and collaboration solution allows BDO to cut business travel.  This results in a reduction in operating costs and also helps to eliminate the unproductive dead time spent waiting for planes, standing in security lines, or stuck in traffic jams.

A reduction in business travel leads to a reduction in CO2 emissions so MeetingZone’s conferencing and collaboration services fit perfectly within the BDO environmental policy which aims to go beyond legal compliance to proactively reduce environmental impacts.  Efficient use of resources such as MeetingZone’s conferencing facility can help to reduce costs as well as shrinking BDO’s environmental footprint.

To ensure that the right people with the best skill sets can participate in projects irrespective of their location, all BDO employees have access to MeetingZone’s service.  It is used for all business meetings both externally with clients and internally between different departments and work teams, across all of BDO’s 13 UK offices and with colleagues based overseas.