{"id":9040,"date":"2018-07-16T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news?p=9040&preview=true&preview_id=9040"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:51","slug":"bluejeans-meetings-increase-58-over-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/07\/16\/bluejeans-meetings-increase-58-over-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"BlueJeans meetings increase 58% over last year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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670,000 people can’t be wrong. That’s how many participants connected to U-M BlueJeans conferences in the past year.<\/p>\n

New data about U-M’s use of BlueJeans cloud-based conferencing service<\/a> illustrates impressive growth year-over-year. See the infographic (PDF).<\/a><\/p>\n

The data, which is anonymized and provided by BlueJeans Network, provides a summary about how the service was used by the university community over the course of the previous U-M fiscal year (July 1, 2017\u2013June 30, 2018).<\/p>\n

Many meetings, many miles saved<\/h1>\n

Over 181,000 BlueJeans meetings were held, a 58% increase over fiscal year 2017. That includes both videoconferences and audio-only calls via BlueJeans. Those meetings accounted for a staggering 25.4 million total minutes, an increase of about 68%. There were even 8,300<\/span> newly registered users\u2014people who schedule and host the meetings.<\/p>\n

BlueJeans Network estimates $27 million saved in potential travel\u2014the airfare and ground cost incurred if each meeting had been held in-person. Planet Blue<\/a> would be proud: That equates to roughly 32,000 metric tons of potential carbon emissions saved.<\/p>\n

How U-M connects to BlueJeans<\/h1>\n

Also compared to last year, there were about 70% more endpoints\u2014the devices people use to connect to meetings, like desktop and laptop computers (57%), room systems (20%),\u00a0telephones (19%), and mobile devices (5%).<\/p>\n

35% of meetings are joined using BlueJeans’ dedicated apps<\/a>, the method recommended by ITS. Standalone installers are available for Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.<\/p>\n

Here’s the breakdown:<\/p>\n
<\/th>FY2018<\/strong><\/th>FY2017<\/strong><\/th><\/tr>
Meetings<\/strong><\/td>181,745<\/td>115,003<\/td><\/tr>
Minutes<\/strong><\/td>25,433,773<\/td>15,179,220<\/td><\/tr>
Participants<\/strong><\/td>670,908<\/td>395,491<\/td><\/tr>
Recordings<\/strong><\/td>12,165<\/td>7,692<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n

Keeping campus connected, worldwide<\/h1>\n

ITS negotiates the campus contract for BlueJeans. The contract was recently renewed<\/a> and includes continued access to BlueJeans Events (formerly Primetime) at no extra cost to the university community. Learn more about BlueJeans at U-M at its.umich.edu\/blue-jeans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Connect more devices, host large events with BlueJeans<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n