Archive for March, 2010
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
BrightCom releases Visual Collaboration System 2.6 with new media framework to enhance support for a wider range of business data enabling businesses to accomplish more in the telepresence and video conferencing meetings.
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Tags: bandwidth, BrightCom, Cisco, conference room, data collaboration, H.239, infrastructure, integrated telepresence, Polycom, Tandberg, Telepresence, telepresence equipment, Video Conferencing, Visual Collaboration System, web conferencing, white paper
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
By Alice Straight, TMCnet Web Editor, TMCnet News
A report released by Cisco shows that the majority of IT decision makers at medium to large companies are expecting to increase their spending on collaboration tools this year.
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Tags: Cisco, data collaboration, InsightExpress, research, Telepresence, TMCNet, Video Conferencing, web conferencing
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor, TMCnet News
Telepresence is an important focus for companies trying to push productivity in a global marketplace. The challenge is that telepresence can actually have the opposite effect if it is done incorrectly.
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Tags: Bob McCandless, BrightCom, immersive telepresence, MCU, multi-monitor managment, podcast, Telepresence, TMCNet, Video Conferencing
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
By Anuradha Shukla, TMCnet Contributor
Video is a very cost-effective alternative to physically travelling and meeting business clients.
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Tags: Cisco, desktop conferencing, Frost and Sullivan, industry, research, Skype, Telepresence, TMCNet, Video Conferencing
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor
As the global marketplace continues to grow with the expansion of multinational organizations, the demand for streamlined communications and collaboration is emerging as a key focus. Face-to-face communications are still a vital part of communication and collaboration, but geography is a consistent obstacle.
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Tags: Environment, immersive telepresence, podcast, Telepresence, TMCNet, Vaughan Benz, Video Conferencing
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
By Michael Dinan, TMCnet Editor
Though it’s received wide criticism from many technology companies and media outlets, IT bellwether Cisco (News – Alert) Systems Inc. still may be revolutionizing the Internet in its own unique way with its announcement this week of a robust next-gen router, an industry insider told TMCnet today.
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Tags: bandwidth, BrightCom, Cisco, CRS-3, network services, Telepresence, TMCNet, Video Conferencing
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor, TMCnet News
At the end of 2009, audiences flocked to theaters to catch George Clooney in the movie, ‘Up in the Air.’ The premise of this story is that while many corporate environments now use technology to communicate, firing people through such means is cold-hearted, and must instead be done in person by the likes of Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate assassin.
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Tags: academy awards, human resources, Oscars, Telepresence, TMCNet, use case, Videoconferencing
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor, TMCnet News
Streamlined communication and collaboration continue to be a key focus for companies throughout the world. As the global infrastructure continues to expand and companies increasingly move offshore, face-to-face communications are becoming more of a challenge. This trend is helping to create opportunities in telepresence.
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Tags: acoustics, audio, BrightCom, immersive environment, interior design, lighting, podcast, Telepresence, telepresence equipment, TMCNet, Vaughan Benz, video, Video Conferencing
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