Archive for February, 2010
Friday, February 26th, 2010
By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor, TMCnet News
Telepresence can offer a natural environment for participants to create personal relationships and imitate face-to-face communication. As telepresence continues to increase in popularity among communication tools for the progressive business and mobile consumers, the quality of the experience continues to be a key focus.
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Tags: Bob McCandless, BrightCom, infrastructure, integrated telepresence, multipoint conferencing, podcast, Portfolio Communications Solutions, Telepresence
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
BrightCom releases new ClearView Desktop Video Conferencing solution providing video conferencing for the personal desktop with integration for telepresence, room video conferencing, and mobile cart video conferencing systems.
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Tags: acoustic echo cancellation, audio conferencing equipment, BrightCom, business communication, ClearView Desktop, customer service, pc conferencing, Telepresence, USB 2.0, Video Conferencing, video conferencing equipment, Videoconferencing, Visual Collaboration System, web cam, web camera
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
By David Sims, TMCnet Contributing Editor
Cost savings are on the minds of many business executives these days. Organizations are on the hunt for cost-effective communications tools. Does this sound like your company so far?
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Tags: Bob McCandless, BrightCom, MPLS, network services, podcast, Portfolio Communications Solutions, QoS, quality of service, telecommunications, Telepresence, TMCNet, Video Conferencing
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
By Amy Tierney, Web Editor, TMCnet News
There’s a lot of talk these days about the importance of high definition technology. Many telepresence and videoconferencing vendors promote their video systems as having HD capability. It’s an essential tool businesses use for clear and effective communication.
Beyond video, audio and data broadcasts can also benefit from HD technology. But the way telepresence and videoconferencing vendors offer that service should change, officials with BrightCom, a provider of integrated telepresence and videoconferencing services, told TMCnet in a recent podcast.
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Tags: Bob McCandless, BrightCom, data conferencing, H.239, network services, podcast, Telepresence, telepresence roi, TMCNet, Video Conferencing, video conferencing equipment, Videoconferencing
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
By Amy Tierney, Senior Web Editor
Deploying a new technology isn’t always easy. Especially when companies are dealing with something they haven’t tried before.
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Tags: Bob McCandless, BrightCom, HD video conferencing, infrastructure, Mark Szotkowski, network services, Portfolio Communications, Telepresence, TMCNet, Video Conferencing
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
By Amy Tierney, TMCnet Senior Web Editor
As companies wait for more signs of an economic recovery, cost savings remains a top of priority for many businesses – particularly when it comes to travel expenses. As such, organizations are deploying new tools, such as telepresence and videoconferencing to help them achieve that goal.
But it’s not always easy. Implementing a multi-point, multi-way telepresence solution from single vendor can pose some challenges, experts from a Huntington, Calif.-based provider of integrated telepresence and videoconferencing services said.
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Tags: Bob McCandless, Cisco, LifeSize, podcast, Polycom, Tandberg, Telepresence, telepresence solutions, TMCNet, Video Conferencing
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
By David Sims, TMCnet Contributing Editor
Have you wondered what defines a successful videoconferencing session? Some companies claim a videoconferencing success rate of 95 percent. Is that good enough for you?
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Tags: Telepresence, TMCNet, video conferencing roi, Videoconferencing, videoconferencing meetings, Wainhouse Research, white paper
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