Ed Varela, a senior consultant at Quest, an executive search agency located in the Silicon Valley, saves huge amounts of time and money by interviewing candidates all over the country using ViaTV Phones.

8x8's ViaTV Phone allows consultants and candidates to interface without hopping on a train, plane or automobile. ViaTV Phones are really the next best thing to being there and you don't need a computer, only a television and a telephone.

"It's an excellent tool," said Varela from his 15th floor office in Campbell, California. Varela and Quest have been working for 8x8, Inc. for several years and consequently were supplied with ViaTV Phones early after the product was introduced this year.

"We've used it a number of times. We have a base unit here in my office and then we over-night a second unit to the candidate. It's proven to be very beneficial. Instead of me going to Atlanta to interview somebody, we just ship the unit," states Varela.