Desperate business times could call for new measures that could take the form of new technologies. For companies that don’t want to risk their executives traveling abroad and possibly contracting a disease, an IT solution like Cisco TelePresence might do the trick.

Cisco TelePresence makes use of integrated voice, video and data network and standard IP technology to deliver high-quality, real-time voice and video communications with branch offices using companies’ broadband connections.

It gives companies an alternative to business travels by allowing executives to sit in a room and face their partners, co-workers or clients located in different parts of the globe.

Cisco TelePresence is ideal when conducting executive meetings, job interviews, remote customer support, sales presentations, design collaborations, consulting and staff meetings, among others, all in real-time and in high-definition video.

Meanwhile, the WHO website reports that there are already a total of 70,893 laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 all over the world, of which more than 2,000 are in the Philippines. These numbers prove that there is nothing hogwash about H1N1.

The enemy continues to move fast; defeating it requires tools that are faster than fast. And that is exactly what technology does as it steps up to the plate to help save lives.