by Amy Tierney, TMCnet Web Editor

TMCnet News

When it comes to telepresence, more often than not, images of men and women talking and sharing documents in a meeting often comes to mind. That’s the typical scenario for the business world. Beyond the corporate setting, telepresence solutions are being deployed at sea and in classroom environments.

Even Hollywood has taken a recent interest in the technology. Telepresence solutions have largely been depicted in the movies as nothing more than fantasy and are pitched for their entertainment value of “what could be.” Things like volumetric projections, or the holographic versions of Yoda as depicted in “Star Wars,” while interesting, aren’t viable for common use.

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BrightCom had a blast at TMC’s Internet and Telephony Conference and EXPO West in Los Angeles, CA. Our launch of the Lumina Telepresence was very well received and the amazing people at TMC honored us with Best in Show for Best Onsite Product Launch!

Here is a video and some photos of BrightCom at the event. Enjoy!

TMC ITEXPO West 2009

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by Amy Tierney, TMCnet Web Editor

TMCnet News

According to new research from Aberdeen Group, video collaboration, which includes telepresence and video conferencing and communication, has deep value for business. In its report, called “Enterprise Video Collaboration: The ROI of Video in Sales, Product Development, and Project Management,” 54 percent of employees used video collaboration in the past year.

What’s more, the 66 percent of respondents who tracked their ROI using the solution realized a 94 percent ROI, Aberdeen said. Video collaboration also accounted for a 42 percent reduction in travel time, according to the research.

These were among the findings of the top 20 percent of respondents, who achieved “Best in Class” Performance levels, Aberdeen said. The firms that found success with video collaboration used a variety of telepresence and video conferencing solutions to achieve their goals, Hyoun Park, a research analyst in telecom and unified communications division for Aberdeen and author of the report, told TMCnet in an interview.

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BrightCom’s Lumina Telepresence is awarded with Best Onsite Product Launch at TMC’s ITEXPO West

Los Angeles, CA – September 3, 2009 – BrightCom, the performance leader in integrated telepresence and video conferencing was honored by TMC’s Internet and Telephony Conference and Expo (ITEXPO) West with a Best in Show award for Best Onsite Product Launch. BrightCom (booth #202) is launching their line of telepresence conferencing solutions that integrated the life-like communication of telepresence technology with instant and real-time collaboration for everyday operations.

The first of their new line of products labeled the L37 was unveiled yesterday, at the start of the show.

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BrightCom debuts Lumina Telepresence, a new line of telepresence and web conferencing solutions crafted for everyday business collaboration.

Los Angeles, CA – September 2, 2009 – BrightCom™, the performance leader in integrated telepresence and video conferencing solutions, announced today their expansion of the largest range of telepresence and video conferencing solutions with the launch of Lumina Telepresence. Lumina Telepresence is a new line of solutions built for robust business collaboration. BrightCom will debut the first product of their new line, the L37. The L37 is a modular solution that provides a complete turnkey environment integrating immersive telepresence with web conferencing functions for instant, life-like communication.

BrightCom is launching Lumina Telepresence and unveiling the L37 in booth #202 at TMC’s Internet Telephony Conference and Expo (ITEXPO) West 2009 September 1-3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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