by Amy Tierney, TMC Web Editor

TMC News

Editor’s Note: Telepresence and video conferencing solutions are increasingly becoming an important communications technology tool for companies looking to save money. Beyond cost savings, the technology is also being tapped for efficiency to help businesses boost their collaboration and accomplish everyday tasks instantly by sharing documents in real time.
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BrightCom will display their integrated video, audio and data telepresence solutions at the Los Angeles Education and Technology summit on November 4th, 2009

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by Amy Tierney, TMCnet Web Editor

TMCnet News

(Editor’s Note: As companies continue to slash travel budgets and look for efficiencies while keeping their businesses operating, organizations are increasingly turning to telepresence and video conferencing to get the job done. In its five-part series highlighting the industry segment, TMCnet looks at the various ways companies are deploying communication technology with BrightCom, a provider of integrated telepresence and video conferencing solutions. This week, TMCnet looks at how the Huntington Beach, Calif.-based company provides the unique and effective in-conference room collaborative experience  for a California law firm to improve internal collaboration and client relations.)
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BrightCom announces partnership with Skype to combine their Visual Collaboration System, Lumina Telepresence and ClearView Conferencing endpoints with Skype for SIP in 2010

Huntington Beach, CA – October 12, 2009 – BrightCom™, the performance leader in integrated telepresence and video conferencing solutions, announced today their plans to unite Skype’s clients to their SIP telepresence and video conferencing infrastructure, Visual Collaboration System in 2010. This combination of Skype clients and BrightCom telepresence conferencing will allow people without high-end conferencing endpoints to communicate with those in personal offices, conference rooms, telepresence suites, and custom telepresence workstations around the world.

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By Amy Tierney, TMCnet Web Editor

TMCnet News

Blame it on the global economic recession. The apparent growth in the Asia-Pacific video conferencing infrastructure market is expected to decline this year as companies scale back on expenses, a recent Frost & Sullivan report found.

The report, called “Asia-Pacific Video Conferencing Infrastructure Market,” predicted the market would rise only 11.4 percent this year compared to 15.7 percent in 2008. Yet spending is on infrastructure is expected to rise again as companies adopt high-definition video conferencing systems, which require infrastructure upgrades, the report said.  The market, which covers 13 Asia-Pacific countries, is expected to increase from $83.1 million in 2008, to $238.7 million by 2015, rising at a compound annual growth rate of 14.4 percent.

The findings, however, come as no surprise to industry experts. Bob McCandless, CEO of BrightCom, a Huntington Beach, Calif.-based provider of integrated telepresence and video conferencing solutions, spoke with TMCnet about the research and how the telepresence provider is addressing businesses’ needs in wake of the turbulent economic times.

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By Amy Tierney, TMCnet Web  Editor

TMC News

While some industry officials say that Cisco Systems, Inc.’s recent announcement to acquire video conferencing provider TANDBERG will limit customers’ choices and toughen the playing field for competitors, a Huntington Beach, Calif.-based provider of integrated telepresence and video conferencing solutions said the deal is actually a good thing for the industry.

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