Skype going after more business users

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The company is a heavy business user of Skype, using the service as both an internal communications tool between management and tutors based around the world, as well as a delivery platform for tuition to paying customers. Language students talk to their tutor and receive lessons via a Skype video call, making use of both the audio comms capability as well as improvements in webcam technology to deliver decent video.

The remote worker role for Skype was echoed by Emma Jones, a director of home business website Enterprise Nation and a best-selling author on running a small business from home.

“We’ve used Skype not only for keeping in contact with employees who are also working at home or in remote locations, but we even use it for recording podcasts” said Jones.

Whether this will be enough to establish Skype in the enterprise remains to be seen. For now, the company has modest expectations for its business push.

“Of course Skype has a role to play inside large enterprises,” said Robin. “For now though our main business user focus is on remote workers and workgroup communications”.

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