By Sean Adkins, York Daily Record, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 28--As the U.S.-led war raged in Iraq, many people on the home front got their first glimpse of video conferencing as newscasters broadcast via satellite from Baghdad.
Soon, the herky-jerky gestures became commonplace in corporate boardrooms as a way for companies to save money on travel expenses and to keep employees safely on the ground.
But high costs associated with specific types of hardware and software needed to run the technology have prevented some firms