November 2011
Volume 26
Dear Subscribers,
Our lead story this month is a Human Productivity Lab Research Brief on what makes highly immersive
telepresence environments “highly immersive” where I look at all the different factors that help create a
sense of immersion for participants. The brief also offers a sneak peak at a new highly immersive
environment, SurroundPresence that will be coming out next year from Array Telepresence, a telepresence
company founded by telepresence pioneer Herold Williams who designed the TeleSuite (now Polycom
RPX). Array Telepresence has just emerged from stealth mode and is looking for a distribution partner to
help take SurroundPresence to market. Herold is looking for a telepresence or videoconferencing company
with a global reach that would like to put the telepresence equivalent of a Porsche Cayenne on their
showroom floor. (I would have said 911 Turbo but Herold figured out a way to get the cost of a highly
immersive environment under $100K and have it seat 8 comfortably ;-)
The other major story this month is Vidyo has virtualized the Vidyo Router, their back-end video network
infrastructure which handles multi-point conferencing, to run on a cloud computing service without the need
for dedicated hardware. While Vidyo is the first vendor to release a cloud based version of their key video
network infrastructure, they are one of the many on the leading edge of moving video network infrastrucure
to the cloud. Blue Jeans Networks has virtualized the support of multiple videoconferencing endpoints and
prosumer/consumer video services to the cloud and Teliris has announced a virtualized platform as well.
Blue Jeans and Teliris are both service providers who don’t compete head to head with other
manufacturers of video network infrastructure. The Vidyo announcement is a shot across the bow
of Cisco, LifeSize, Polycom, and RADVISION who derive a significant amount of their income
from dedicated video network hardware. Elliott Gold at TeleSpan thought the breakthrough
significant enough to warrant the following: “I think that Vidyo is going to drive the hardware
based videoconferencing companies in this industry out of business. And it’s going to do the
same for manufacturers of stand-alone MCUs”
Finally, we are still looking for a Managing Editor to help take the website, newsletter, and magazine to the
next level. If you know of anyone who might fit the bill then please send them along.
Warmly,
HSL
Howard S. Lichtman,
Publisher – Telepresence Options
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getting the next issue ready for the fall. Next Issue: Video Network Infrastructure, Managed Services,
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Highly Immersive Telepresence - The Keys to Creating Immersion
A rendering of the upcoming highly immersive SurroundPresence environment from Array Telepresence
Organizations are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars per room for highly immersive
telepresence conferencing environments.
What are the keys to creating highly immersive telepresence environments? What is the ROI for
end-users? What is the future of highly immersive conferencing?
This new Research Brief by Human Productivity Lab President Howard Lichtman examines what
makes highly immersive telepresence environments "highly immersive" and gives a sneak peak at
the first new highly immersive telepresence environment to come to market in years:
SurroundPresence. The new environment features a new patent pending optics and image
processing system called Equal-i that brings remote participants "up close and personal".
Highly Immersive Telepresence - The Keys to Creating Immersion
A Human Productivity Lab Research Brief sponsored by Array Telepresence
By Howard S. Lichtman, President - Human Productivity Lab
Download the Printable and Clickable PDF Here.
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Vidyo Announces Virtualized Infrastructure: Hardware-Free
Solution Provides Unmatched Scalability
Telepresence Options Publisher Howard Lichtman
(left), Associate Editor David Maldow (top right),
Vidyo Vice President Young-Sae Song (middle
right), and Vidyo's Public Relations Director Kerry
Ogata (bottom right) on a demonstration call
running on a completely virtualized version of a
VidyoRouter, Vidyo's low-latency MCU, running on
Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud
Vidyo, pioneers in H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC), will be offering a virtualized version of their
VidyoRouter in 2012 that will run on cloud computing services without the need for video network
infrastructure hardware. Vidyo is well known for pioneering the H.264 SVC protocol which continuously
monitors the performance of network quality and the capabilities of each endpoint device, and adapts
video streams in real time to provide error correction and optimize video communications. By offering
the VidyoRouter in a virtualized form, Vidyo is now enabling customers and/or service providers to
support a Vidyo visual collaboration deployment without purchasing physical infrastructure and providing
significant scalability without a corresponding investment in MCUs, rackspace, power, and the other
associated costs of current hardware-based infrastructure approaches.
Continue reading...
Microsoft Research's Kinect Augmented Reality Room
Posted by Rob Knies on Inside Microsoft Research's
BlogMicrosoft Research has released a proof-of-concept
video for a creating an augmented reality room using
Microsoft Kinect cameras and a handheld projectors that
enables users to dynamically augment environments with
digital graphics.
Continue reading...
The Ever Expanding Telepresence and
Videoconferencing Catalog
We continue to expand the Telepresence and
Videoconferencing Catalog, the most comprehensive overview
of visual collaboration solutions intelligently explained and
organized on the Internet.
This month we have added 4 new entries to the catalog,
including:

DVE Tele-Immersion Room

DVE Huddle 70

DEKOM Media Presence Environment

Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) Managed
Service Solutions

Teliris StartPoint
Continue reading...
Experiencing 3-D without the glasses
November 4, 2011 via VancouverSun.com -- Satosphere provides
360-degree view of art projections and puts audiences into the action
The audience finds itself inside a giant uterus. Or it flies around
cathedral ruins. Or it is transported to a dark, lonely forest.
Such are the experiences offered by Satosphere, a new cinema with a massive dome screen in Montreal
designed by the Society for Arts and Technology to provide spectators with a 360-degree view of art
projections.
Continue reading...
A look inside Oregon State's bicycling and driving simulator
laboratory
Jonathan Maus (BikePortland.org) on October 19th,
2011 -- A research laboratory at Oregon State University in
Corvallis is the first in the nation to integrate an advanced
driving simulator with a bicycling simulator. When the two are
connected, researchers can collect real-time data on how
vehicle operators react in an extremely realistic, threedimensional roadway environment.
Continue reading...
DHS-Funded Taser Drone Launched in Texas
UAV used against insurgents in Afghanistan can
incapacitate suspects from above
Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, October
31, 2011 -- A Department of Homeland Security-funded
surveillance drone deployed against insurgents in Afghanistan that can also be used to tase suspects from
above has been unveiled by the Montgomery County Sheriff's office and will be operational within a
month.
Continue reading...
Best Videoconferencing Costume: Two iPads, a FaceTime
conference, and a Bloody Gaping Hole in Your Torso
YouTube Video: Best Videoconferencing Costume
NASA engineer Mark Rober used some red sauce and two iPads to pretend, at whatever Halloween party
he attends, that he has a huge gaping hole in his torso.
Continue reading...
New Cisco Offerings for SMBs - Taking Telepresence From the
Boardroom to Everyroom
Cisco, celebrating 5 years of Telepresence offerings,
has just announced new products and services designed to
increase the availability and range of the Cisco
Telepresence experience. Traditional videoconferencing
has been long viewed as a replacement for travel. In order
for C-level execs to substitute video for travel, the
experience had to be flawless. The ROI of keeping high
profile execs working, rather than traveling, was easy to
justify. As a result, expensive full immersion rooms,
providing as close to a face to face experience as possible,
saw impressive success and adoption over the last five years.
Continue reading...
Telepresence Options Brief - Taking the MantaroBot
TelePresence Robot Out For a Spin
Telepresence Options Brief is a new series of articles from Human Productivity
Lab analyst and Telepresence Options associate editor David Maldow. To keep
up with latest technologies and companies in telepresence and visual
collaboration, David is constantly researching and interviewing market
participants and will be sharing some of his conversations in this on-going
series.
This Telepresence Options Brief was with Mantaro Product Development
Services.The Mantaro team consists of highly degreed Electrical and Computer
Science engineers. With expertise in hardware and software solutions Mantaro
has developed various applications including telecom switching technology,
medical devices, network management and diagnostic systems, and more. Learn
more about Mantaro in this You Tube Video.
Continue reading...
The Nov 2011 Issue of the Telepresence Options Telegraph is sponsored by Array Telepresence
The Array Telepresence SurroundPresence SP8 is a highly immersive telepresence environment at 1/3 the
cost and a fraction of the footprint of other highly immersive telepresence environments.
Teliris Telepresence - Low Cost End-Points and Multi-Vendor
Managed Services
Teliris has been an innovative force in the telepresence
industry for over a decade and is known for developing and
implementing high quality, fully managed, telepresence and
collaboration solutions. The company leverages a software
based platform to provide a telepresence experience over
the usually lossy public internet, and boasts strong
interoperability with telepresence and videoconferencing
(VC) products from other manufacturers.
Teliris has recently announced three new offerings which can greatly increase the availability, flexibility,
and reach of an organization's VC footprint. The announcements include a meeting room system starting
at $5,000, a managed desktop endpoint, and an extended managed service offering. These new offerings
will allow companies with existing deployments to affordably extend their VC services to more people and
locations. In addition, smaller companies that can't afford traditional large scale VC infrastructure can
now take the VC plunge a few systems at a time.
Continue reading...
A new generation of flight simulators gives fighter pilots a 360-degree
view of the world
The ultimate in virtual reality: New simulator which
gives fighter pilots a 360-degree view of the world
By Daily Mail Reporter 17th October 2011 via ISPR - A
Belgian company has unveiled the ultimate fighter jet
training tool: a fully immersive 360-degree flight simulator
designed to reproduce reality exactly as a pilot sees it.
The dome is the first flight simulator to give trainee pilots a
full, unobstructed 360 degree view of the world as they conduct virtual missions.
Continue reading...
Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) announces HD
Connect: On Demand Videoconferencing over Satellite
connected to AT&T Business Exchange
Global satellite and terrestrial communications provider Emerging
Markets Communications (EMC) has announced the release of HD
Connect, its new on demand, video over satellite service. EMC,
established in 1999, provides MPLS over satellite data link services,
focusing on hard to reach areas in Africa, Middle East, Latin America
and Asia. With over 2,000 installations in 140 countries, and
boasting an impressive list of Fortune 500 clients and a connection
to AT&T's business exchange of telepresence and videoconferencing
endpoints, EMC is poised to be the industry leader in providing
telepresence and videoconferencing (VC) over satellite.
Continue reading...
4D Cinema: Movies that smell, blow air and shake you are just
the start
Cinema with a new dimension. Movies that smell, blow air
and shake you are just the start. Here comes the 4th
dimension.
Garry Maddox October 7, 2011 via ISPR - Sydney's newest
tourist attraction is a small cinema that appeals to more than just
the usual two senses of sight and hearing. The Sydney Tower Eye
has a floor that vibrates as waves crash against rocks on screen, a
spray of mist as a skiff crosses the harbour and rushing wind as a
father and son fly kites during a short 3D film that shows off the
city's sights.
Continue reading...
The Nov 2011 Issue of the Telepresence Options Telegraph is sponsored by Array Telepresence
The Array Telepresence SurroundPresence SP8 is a highly immersive telepresence environment at 1/3 the
cost and a fraction of the footprint of other highly immersive telepresence environments.
Telepresence Options Brief - Vidyo HD Multipoint Mobile
Videoconferencing Available for iOS
Telepresence Options Brief is a new series of articles
from Human Productivity Lab analyst
and Telepresence Options associate editor David
Maldow. To keep up with latest technologies and
companies in telepresence and visual collaboration,
David is constantly researching and interviewing
market participants and will be sharing some of his
conversations in this on-going series.
This Telepresence Options Brief was with Vidyo, pioneers in the use of the video compression standard
called H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC). This technology continuously monitors the performance of the
underlying network and the capabilities of each endpoint device, and adapts video streams in real time to
optimize video communication. What this means is that users always get the best possible experience
that their system and bandwidth can provide, at any moment in time. (Please see our recent coverage of
the VidyoPanorama solution.)
Continue reading...
Telepresence Options Brief - LifeSize Connections Has a Lot to
Smile About
Telepresence Options Brief is a new series of articles
from Human Productivity Lab analyst and Telepresence
Options associate editor David Maldow. To keep up with
latest technologies and companies in telepresence and
visual collaboration, David is constantly researching and
interviewing market participants and will be sharing some
of his conversations in this on-going series.
This Telepresence Options Brief was with LifeSize (a
division of Logitech). LifeSize, founded in 2003 by industry
veterans, was the first company to develop and deliver high
definition video communications products.
We previously covered the pending LifeSize Connections offering and have been hoping for a hands on
demonstration ever since. Jacey Overton (Corporate Communications Manager - above left) and Mary J.
Miller (Director of Product Marketing - above right) at LifeSize were kind enough to give us a quick test
drive of the beta solution.
Continue reading...
Telepresence Options Brief - AMD Global Telemedicine
Telepresence Options Brief is a new series of articles from Human
Productivity Lab analyst and Telepresence Options associate editor David
Maldow. To keep up with latest technologies and companies in telepresence
and visual collaboration, David is constantly researching and interviewing
market participants and will be sharing some of his conversations in this ongoing series.
David's first Telepresence Options Brief was with Dan McCafferty, Vice
President - Corporate Development at AMD Global Telemedicine, the market
leader in telemedicine solutions with installations in 81 countries. AMD has
served the telemedicine community as a pioneer in clinical telemedicine since
1993 and AMD products and services have an 80% global market share with
installations from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.
Continue reading...
Panasonic Rolls Out Telepresence
Robot for Heathcare
More and more telepresence robots keep hitting the
market.Panasonic is the latest entrant with their recently
announced Hospi-Rimo, a post-op helper designed to roam
the halls of a care facility and, among other functions,
allow staff or remote family members to interact with
patients.
Continue reading...
Telepresence Options Seeking Managing Editor & Writers
Over the past year we have focused on growing the publishing side
of Telepresence Options into the largest identifiable audience in
the world interested in telepresence and visual collaboration. We
have more than doubled the website traffic from an average of 747
session per day in 2009 to 2014 sessions per day as of May
2011 and growing! The subscribers to our newsletter,
the Telepresence Options Telegraph, have grown from 2861 to 4724. We launched a new
website the Telepresence and Videoconferencing Catalog which has become the Internet's
most comprehensive and intelligently-organized overview of telepresence and visual
collaboration solutions. Recently we have launched Telepresence Options Magazine and we
are now looking for a talented editor and some writers to help us take both the website and
magazine to the next level.
Continue Reading…
Telepresence New Articles and Stories
From our on-going review of the most important stories on telepresence
technologies and reporting on the telepresence industry.
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Immersing Yourself in the Story
November 11, 2011 by Michael Kamber
via NYTimes.com -- Tired of news footage where all you can
see is what's right in front you as the camera rolls down a
road in a war-torn landscape? A new iPad app is about to
change all that, immersing viewers in a near virtual reality
where they can become director and editor.
Continue reading...
Blue Jeans Network Beats Microsoft To Lync, Skype Connection
Cloud-based videoconferencing service will demo ability to
connect Skype, Lync, and room-based systems from Cisco,
Polycom, Logitech LifeSize, and others at Enterprise 2.0
conference in Santa Clara, Calif.
By Robert Mullins InformationWeek November 10, 2011 -Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that with the company's acquisition of
Skype, the software giant will be able to integrate the Skype Web-based voice and videoconferencing
service into its Lync unified communications platform. Less than a month after the close of the $8.5
billion acquisition, little Blue Jeans Network has already beaten Microsoft to it.
Continue reading...
Videoconferencing On Demand: Maybe Vidyo, Not Cisco
November 08, 2011 By Art Wittmann via InformationWeek -- By
virtualizing its video router, Vidyo adds the powerful dimension of
scalability to its conferencing system. But it'll take some bigger players to
make the technology pervasive.
Will videoconferencing ever be as pervasive as voice-only conferencing?
For years, the argument ended quickly with a quick look at the quality
versus cost curve. If you want a grand room enabled for what Cisco has termed telepresence, it'll cost
you a few hundred thousand dollars per copy and you'll need a nice fat dedicated network to make it
work. You'll have to leave the corporate jet idling for a quite a while to justify the expense based on
travel savings alone. On the flip side, point-to-point Skype-style videoconferencing hasn't been a rich
enough experience to displace the phone--though that's rapidly changing.
Continue reading...
Mask-Bot Displays 3-D Human Faces With a Plastic
Superstructure
November 7, 2011 by Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com -- A
new robot face can display a realistic virtual visage from any
angle, making telepresence somewhat less creepy by using
actual human features. Mask-Bot, as it's known, displays threedimensional heads on a transparent plastic mask.
Continue reading...
Teliris launched cloud-based interoperability platform for telepresence
November 7, 2011 by Jim O'Neill
via FierceEnterpriseCommunications.com -- Telepresence
provider Teliris has rolled out a cloud-based interoperability platform that it said will deliver seamless,
managed connectivity across a broad range of telepresence and videoconferencing endpoints without the
heavy infrastructure traditionally required.
Continue reading...
Telepresence Robot Avatar TELESAR V
November 7, 2011 by Serkan Toto via TechCrunch.com -- Professor
Tachi from Japan'sKeio University has been working on
telepresence robots since the 1980s, and TELESAR V, a so-called
telexistence robot avatar, is the finest work of his lab yet. The robot
makes it possible to transmit sight, hearing and even touch in order "to
free people from time and space constraints".
Continue reading...
Bell Labs builds telepresence 'robots'
November 7, 2011 by Liz Tay via ITNews.com.au -Nethead could reach market in two years.
Videoconferencing 'robots' in development at Alcatel-Lucent's
research arm, Bell Labs, could give remote workers a more
physical presence in office meetings within two years.
Researchers are working on a low-cost camera and screen that swivels on a set of robotic shoulders, and
sits at a meeting table with physical attendees.
Continue reading...
Sabre to integrate telepresence booking into GDS
November 3, 2011 via Traveldaily.co.uk -- Sabre Travel Network has announced it will launch
telepresence and video conference booking capability alongside travel bookings next year. The GDS
provider has partnered Polycom to introduce the function early next year so users can search, compare
and book the virtual meetings within the travel booking process.
Continue reading...
Controlling an avatar with your brain
The Advanced Virtuality Lab (AVL) at the Interdisciplinary Center Israel, is
developing a system for controlling a virtual or physical body using only the
mind, Israeli Innovation News reports.
Continue reading...
Flying High With Brain Waves
November 4, 2011 University of Minnesota -- A University of
Minnesota research team has developed a unique brain-computer
interface (BCI) that allows humans to use thoughts to control the
flight of a virtual helicopter in real time. The experience takes place in
three dimensions and uses electrical signals from the scalp to control
the helicopter's movements.
Continue reading...
Is that a flying camera robot with hands in your suitcase?
November 2, 2011 via Qut.edu -- A flying robot as small as a dinner
plate that can zoom to hard-to-reach places and a fleet of eco-friendly
robotic farm-hands are just two of the exciting projects the robotics team
at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is working on.
The pint-sized propellor-powered robots can be packed away into a
suitcase. They have multiple cameras which enable them to 'see' the
world around them as they navigate their way through buildings, carrying
out tasks like deliveries or inspections.
Continue reading...
US Airways hikes fares by up to $10 per round trip
DALLAS (AP) via Yahoo Finance -- US Airways and Delta Air Lines Inc. are raising fares on many U.S.
flights by up to $10 per round trip, and other airlines are tinkering with prices too.
United and Continental raised the minimum prices they'll charge on sales and certain other fares, a
spokesman said Thursday. The US Airways increase appeared to target business travelers.
Continue reading...
The Nov 2011 Issue of the Telepresence Options Telegraph is sponsored by Array Telepresence
The Array Telepresence SurroundPresence SP8 is a highly immersive telepresence environment at 1/3 the
cost and a fraction of the footprint of other highly immersive telepresence environments.
Air Force Keeps 'Micro-Aviary' Of Tiny, Bird-like 'Bots
November 2, 2011 via Wired.com -- If Air Force researchers have their way, the military's next flying
robots of doom will be tiny, and indistinguishable from the naked eye from small birds, bats or even
insects. And they'll take their first flight in a freaky "Micro-Aviary" in Ohio, where engineers make minimachines modeled on those creatures of the sky
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A Modest Proposal: Virtual Keyboards via Kinect Eyeglasses
By Charles Q. Choi | October 28, 2011 -- In the series "A Modest Proposal," my colleagues and I will
propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real.
I love my iPad. I scan vast amounts of information daily for work
and play, and tablet computers are ideal for displaying it. But
tablets and mobile devices in general have a key weakness -- as
much as they help people consume information, they are not very
good at helping us produce it. This is why I am proposing virtual
floating keyboards via Kinect-loaded eyeglasses.
Continue reading...
Federally-Funded Street Lights Capable of "Recording
Conversations"
Orwellian 'Intellistreets' system now being installed in major cities
Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Tuesday, November 1, 2011 -Federally-funded high-tech street lights now being installed in
American cities are not only set to aid the DHS in making
"security announcements" and acting as talking surveillance
cameras, they are also capable of "recording conversations," bringing the potential privacy
threat posed by 'Intellistreets' to a whole new level.
Continue reading...
Creepy Video Surveillance Towers Pop Up On Playgrounds
In recent times, government surveillance has been getting more and more involved,
to the point of excess, and to help stress that point, what better than a CCTV tower
on a playground? The latest CCTV solution places the candid cameras wherever they
can be hooked up and routed back to a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) or Network
Video Recorder (NVR). The current issue is deciding whether or not to stick with the
DVR or to switch to the NVR.
Continue reading...
Mighty little GoPro gets more heroic
By Jefferson Graham USA TODAY via AZCentral - Nick Woodman's
GoPro cameras have ended up in the most out-of-the-way places. The
small attachable camera has been mounted to bike helmets and
surfboards, applied via a suction cup under a moving car and even
harnessed to the chest of a sky diver.
Continue reading...
A Class Apart - FT looks at the virtual MBA
Each Sunday evening, Scott Pearman joins the six other
members of his executive MBA team to discuss their course
assignments. Before getting down to work, they typically
spend a few minutes chatting about their families and
favourite ice hockey teams.
All are enrolled at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. But
Mr Pearman lives 1,700km away in Bermuda, where he is chief
operating officer of the hospitals board, and his team-mates are scattered across Canada from Fort
McMurray, centre of the Alberta oil sands, to the prairie city of Winnipeg.
Continue reading...
Plantronics and Cisco Combine for True Unified
Communications
October 24, 2011 via Enterprisecommunications.com - Tablets
are fast becoming the most popular computing option for working 'on
the go', particularly the models that have been designed for
enterprises by unified communications (UC) innovators such as Cisco
and Avaya. These tablets provide mobile workers with intuitive, easyto-use technology platforms that combine a multitude of
communications, essentially becoming an all-in-one device.
Continue reading...
HoloDesk allows people to interact with 3D images
Posted by Janet I. Tu via Seattletimes.com - Gee-whiz things can emerge from Microsoft
Research.
The latest making the rounds of the tech press: the HoloDesk, a research project out of Microsoft
Research Cambridge.
Steve Clayton, who writes about such research for Next at Microsoft says "I won't attempt to describe
what it does in great detail, except to say that with Holodesk you can manipulate 3-D, virtual images with
your hands. Whilst this is only a research project at this stage, I can envisage future applications in areas
such as board gaming, rapid prototype design or perhaps even telepresence, where users would share a
single 3D scene viewed from different perspectives. I know it sounds very Star Trek but this is not
science fiction."
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Seeing through walls in real time
October 21, 2011 MIT via Kurzweilai.net MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers have developed a new radar
system that looks through walls. This ultrawideband (UWB)
phased-array sensor has real-time acquisition and processing
capability and provides video-like synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
images of people moving behind an 8-inch-thick cinder block or
concrete wall.
The system demonstrated the ability to capture meaningful imagery at a 10.8 Hz frame rate through 4inch- and 8-inch-thick, as well as cinder block, walls from a standoff distance of approximately 20 feet,
but is estimated to work up to 60 feet away.
Continue reading...
OmniTouch turns body parts and nearby surfaces into touch
interfaces
Microsoft researchers want to turn your hand into a
touchscreen
By Jon Brodkin | Published October 19, 2011 via ISPR Multitouch screens are so versatile and easy to use, why limit them to smartphones and tablets?
Researchers have been working for several years to extend multitouch to arbitrary surfaces, but a project
called OmniTouch from Microsoft Research and a PhD student at the Human-Computer Interaction
Institute at Carnegie Mellon University may bring it closer to reality.
Continue reading...
A One on One with OJ Winge, Cisco's SVP and General Manager
of the Telepresence Technology Group
"Probably no development has had a bigger effect on the
enterprise conferencing and collaboration industry than the
acquisition of Tandberg by Cisco, a deal which closed in April
2010."
via Wainhouse Bulletin - In a recent sit down with OJ Winge by
Wainhouse Research he discussed Cisco's recent merger with
Tandberg. With 52% market share in Q2 of 2012, I'd say the
integration is a success! In all seriousness, an integration this size is no small feat, but we knew that
going in. The teams came together and executed to plan, and customers have rewarded us for it. As
you know integration of acquisitions has it challenges - from merging product portfolios, converting
ordering systems, and integrating two sales and channel teams - all while keeping innovation strong,
advancing the product roadmap, and maintaining market relevance. The end of January 2011 was a
major milestone for us - that is when the ordering systems came together - achieving "orderability", as
we called it in-house. That was a huge accomplishment. We certainly experienced hiccups along the way
and but we believe we've over achieved our goals. We merged two companies rather seamlessly;
customers are successfully ordering from a single system; and we introduced four new products including a value line. Through all this, we're still delivering on innovation - basically rendering
interoperability to be a non-issue and bringing the best features together, such as ActivePresence, onebutton-to-push, common scheduling, touch panel interface, and working towards a common call control.
Continue reading...
It's All About the Experience
October 17, 2011 by JD Vaughn via TeleSpan - Elliot was a bit under the
weather,(and given his age who wouldn't be) so he asked (no "leveraged")
me into leaving Bourbon Street early and writing an article about this annual
event sponsored by the videoconferencing users group that just over two
years ago was called The Polycom Users Group. Or as many industry
veterans remember; PUG. For those of us that go way, way, back; PUG was
the acronym for a similar users group called Picturetel Users Group, but that
is really ancient history and Elliot is now wondering is the pot calling the kettle black?
Continue reading...
US Government opens telepresence centers
GSA virtual meeting centers open to agencies
October 14th, 2011 | Posted by Nicole Johnson (via
ISPR) - The General Services Administration's 15 virtual
meetings centers are finally open for business after months of
delays.
In the face of shrinking travel budgets, GSA is encouraging
agencies to reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions by meeting virtually.
Continue reading...
Gov't cameras in your car? E-toll patent hints at Big Brotherish
future
October 16, 2011 by Bob Sullivan via MSNBC.com - Imagine that you couldn't drive on major
highways without agreeing to put a camera in your car -- one that could film either the occupants or the
vehicle's surroundings and transmit the images back to a central office for inspection.
You don't have to read George Orwell to conjure up such an ominous surveillance state. You just have to
skim through filings at the U.S. Patent Office.
It's hard to imagine Americans would tolerate such a direct, Big-Brotherish intrusion. But they might not
notice if the all-seeing cameras were tucked inside another kind of government tracking technology that
millions of Americans have already invited into their cars.
Continue reading...
The Nov 2011 Issue of the Telepresence Options Telegraph is sponsored by Array Telepresence
The Array Telepresence SurroundPresence SP8 is a highly immersive telepresence environment at 1/3 the
cost and a fraction of the footprint of other highly immersive telepresence environments.
Study: Body language of both speaker and listener affects success in
VR communication
Talk to the Virtual Hands: Body Language of Both Speaker and Listener Affects Success in
Virtual Reality Communication Game
ScienceDaily Oct. 13, 2011 via ISPR -- Modern technology allows us to communicate in more ways
than ever before, but this virtual communication usually lacks the body gestures so common in face-toface interactions.
New research, published Oct. 12 in the online journal PLoS ONE, finds that the lack of gestural
information from both speaker and listener limits successful communication in virtual environments.
Participants in the study played a communication game, in which one partner had to describe a word's
meaning to his partner so that the partner could guess the word.
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The Boob Tube Does Surveillance Porn
October 11, 2011 by Kelly Vlahos via Antiwar.com - Author Aldous Huxley once wrote,
"Government-through-terror works, on the whole, less well than government through nonviolent
manipulation of the environment and of the thoughts and feelings of individual men, women, and
children."
Writing this in 1958, Huxley hadn't seen nothin' yet.
But the eerily perceptive futurist, who in 1932 published the ultimate government-through-nonviolent
manipulation nightmare, Brave New World, nonetheless pegged television as the medium through which
his dystopian vision would be realized in the Western world. He was right: Television for decades has
been the velvet whip with which powerful social, political, and commercial forces -- the so-called
establishment -- have relentlessly endeavored to keep us all in a conformist stupor.
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FBI to launch nationwide facial recognition service
October 7, 2011 By Aliya Sternstein
via Nextgov.com - The FBI by mid-January will
activate a nationwide facial recognition service in
select states that will allow local police to identify
unknown subjects in photos, bureau officials told
Nextgov.
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Video conferencing and collaboration tools for law enforcers
Using everything from sophisticated TelePresence solutions to simple online meetings, police
can achieve improved effectiveness and arrest rates
October 06, 2011 by Doug Wyllie via Policeone.com - It's long been said that "a picture is worth a
thousand words," but what does that say about video? In essence, video is basically dozens of pictures
per second, often accompanied by sound. Altogether too often in law enforcement, we think about video
from the standpoint of after-the-fact usage, not live, real-time video streamed over the Internet. We
think of video used in training like that which you'll see during a Street Survival Seminar, or as evidence
presented at trial. We think also of citizen-shot footage that ends up on YouTube. We rarely contemplate
the potential upside that live video conferencing and collaboration has for law enforcers.
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India announces $35 tablet computer for rural poor
October 7, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
By KATY DAIGLE | NEW DELHI (AP) via Myway.com - India introduced a cheap tablet computer
Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of
poverty.
The computer, called Aakash, or "sky" in Hindi, is the latest in a series of "world's cheapest" innovations
in India that include a 100,000 rupee ($2,040) compact Nano car, a 750 rupee ($15) water purifier and
$2,000 open-heart surgery.
Developer Datawind is selling the tablets to the government for about $45 each, and subsidies will reduce
that to $35 for students and teachers. In comparison, the cheapest Apple iPad tablet costs $499, while
the recently announced Kindle Fire will sell for $199.
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RADVision Plunges as Tech Forecast Cuts Mount: Israel
Overnight
By Tal Barak Harif - Oct 6, 2011 via Bloomberg.com-RADVision Ltd. fell in New York yesterday after cutting its
third-quarter earnings forecast, the third Israeli technology
company to lower its profit outlook this week as
governments and companies pare spending amid mounting
concern about a global economic slowdown.
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Brain-machine-brain interface lets brain power alone move and feel - virtual objects
Brain Power Moves Virtual
Objects. Researchers closer to technology
allowing quadriplegics to move arms and legs
October 5, 2011 by Mary Jane Gore, Duke
University, Durham, NC via ISPR - In a firstever demonstration of a two-way interaction
between a primate brain and a virtual body, two
monkeys trained at the Duke University Center for
Neuroengineering learned to employ brain activity
alone to move an avatar hand and identify the
texture of virtual objects.
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Virtual painting latest innovative educational tool
Virtual Painting Latest Innovative Educational Tool at
Nashoba Tech
Posted by Dan Phelps September 20, 2011 via ISPR Nashoba Tech once again finds itself on the cutting edge as
the first school in the area to employ an innovative, virtualreality spray gun that allows instructors in the Automotive
Collision Repair & Refinishing program to teach students how to paint -- without actually using paint.
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Commuting or Computing?
October 1, 2011 via Computing.co.uk - Telepresence and video conferencing were supposed to
replace business travel, but face to face contact is still seen as important.
When should businesses use technology to replace travel, and which option is most appropriate?
Today the choices are full telepresence, teleconferencing, video-as-a-service, and even Skype/Google
Hangouts or Facebook.
This is the first in a new series of high definition, high production value videos from Computing. It can be
viewed in full HD on YouTube.
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Cisco Adds Video Sharing, Searching To TelePresence
Cisco customers now can archive video sessions, replay
them on demand, and search them by keywords.
September 29, 2011 By Robert Mullins InformationWeek Cisco set the gold standard for video conferencing with its
TelePresence HD video room systems. Beginning Thursday, it is
building on that success with new features to, as Cisco puts it,
"capture, transform, and share" video for collaboration, training,
advertising, and customer service for enterprises.
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Simulating The Sensation Of An Object Passing Through Your
Hands
September 14, 2011 via DigInfo.tv - The Kajimoto
research group at the University of Electro-Communications
is developing a device that simulates the sensation of
something passing through your hand. It is proposed to
improve the sense of realism in games, and uses a vibration
mechanism to create the illusion.
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3D Research and Application
September 30, 2011 CRIENGLISH.com - Cutting-edge 3D
technology is changing the way Hollywood makes movies - but away
from the world of showbiz this technology is also having an impact on
everyday life. Surgeons are now able to perform life-saving
operations across continents, and floating telepresence blimps may
soon change the way we communicate online.
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Copper film could lower touch-screen, LED, and solar-cell costs
September 26, 2011 via KurzwielAI.net -Duke University chemist Ben
Wiley and his graduate student have developed a technique to organize
copper atoms in water to form long, thin, non-clumped nanowires that are
transformed into transparent conductive films and coated onto glass or
plastic.
These new nanostructures could drive down the costs of displaying
information on cell phones, e-readers and iPads, and also help engineers
build foldable electronics and improved solar cells, according to new research.
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Army Tracking Plan: Drones That Never Forget a Face
September 28, 2011 By Noah Shachtman
via Wired.com - Perhaps the idea of spy drones
already makes you nervous. Maybe you're
uncomfortable with the notion of an unblinking, robotic
eye in the sky that can watch your every move. If so,
you may want to click away now. Because if the Army
has its way, drones won't just be able to look at what
you do. They'll be able to recognize your face and track you, based on how you look. If the military
machines assemble enough information, they might just be able to peer into your heart.
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Coming soon: Robots in the sky that recognize and track you
By Laura Shin | September 28, 2011
via SmartPlanet.com - Military research has been the
source of a number of modern technologies, most notably
the Internet.
But now, the Army just issued contracts to develop two
technologies that don't seem as fun as, say, poking someone
on Facebook.
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What Telecommuting Can Do for Your Business
Studies show teleworkers are happier than others.
By Logan G. Harbaugh, PCWorld Telecommuting, which allows people to work collaboratively from different
locations, offers a wealth of opportunities for small businesses, including cost
savings and the ability to add specialized temporary workers quickly.
Telepresence tools, such as video conferencing, make telecommuting possible.
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Next Killer Tablet App: Multisite Videoconferencing
Tired of TSA pat-downs? The cost of a plane ticket now buys a
year's worth of multiparty virtual chats via a SaaS model.
By Kurt Marko InformationWeek September 27, 2011 - For IT, the
real business promise of video communications has centered on enabling
multiparty conferences -- a Hollywood Squares version of the person-toperson call. But until recently, multiparty video hookups were the
domain of TV networks and large enterprises that could afford high-priced, dedicated circuits and
conference rooms stuffed with expensive hardware.
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Huawei launches enterprise biz unit in India; to hire 400 by
end of 2012
NEW DELHI: Telecom equipment provider Huawei today launched its
enterprise business unit in India, for which it plans to hire 400 employees by
the end of 2012.
The company's enterprise business is focused on providing solutions for IP,
communications and technology and IT businesses and services, Chinabased Huawei said in a statement.
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VisiSonics to launch panoramic A/V camera at AES
Sep 26, 2011 10:47 AM, By Michael Grotticelli - VisiSonics will do its first
public demo of its new RealSpace Panoramic Audio cameras and Digital Audio
Arrays at the AES convention next month in New York City.
The company will show its RealSpace 5/64 Panoramic AudioVisual Camera, which
provides real-time visualization, capture and processing of audio-visual scenes.
The integrated RealSpace camera contains 64 microphones and five color digital
video cameras.
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Telepresence Concert: Crossing borders, merging past and
present
September 26, 2011 Park Min-young (Korea Herald)- Led
by Japanese flute musician Ralph Samuelson, 'Telepresence
Concert' offers ultimate cultural exchange.
Musicians from two cities on opposite sides of the globe started
to pluck strings and breathe into their Asian musical instruments
at the same time on Monday morning, 10 a.m. to be exact, Seoul
time.
With some stationed in New York and some in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, the musicians slowly led the
audience into an imaginary walk through a bamboo forest with the meditative tune created by their
Japanese and Korean traditional musical instruments. What enabled the space and time-transcending
performance was the Internet and video cams. The "Telepresence Concert" was co-hosted by Seoul
Institute of the Arts in Ansan and LaMaMA E.T.C. in New York.
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Welcome to Your Hungarian Internet
Among the states, Idaho is our slowest state with an
average download speed of only 318 KBps (Kilobytes per
second). The fastest state is Rhode Island with an
average speed of 894 KBps. If you were to download a
standard music file, it would take 9.42 seconds to
download it in Idaho versus Rhode Island's 3.36
seconds.
Such speed distinctions might seem insignificant. But with larger files, downloading delays of just a few
seconds can stretch into crucial minutes or hours and over time result in losses across many aspects of
life, some experts say, beyond entertainment and games, affecting fields such as public safety, education
and economic growth.
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Amazon's Next Kindle To Challenge Apple iPad
Amazon.com Inc.'s next Kindle device, expected in the coming
months, is poised to become the biggest threat to Apple Inc.'s
iPad this holiday season.
The latest iteration of its Kindle e-book reader will have an
improved interface and double as a tablet computer, with a touch
screen in full color, said Anupam Palit, an analyst at GreenCrest
Capital Management in New York. The device should arrive by Thanksgiving, he said.
By taking advantage of its ties with media and publishing companies to pack the Kindle tablet with songs,
books and videos, Amazon may succeed where companies such as Research In Motion Ltd. and HewlettPackard Co. have failed. Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos will probably set a price that's near
the cost of production, Palit said. That way, the company can attract users who balk at the $499 to $829
cost of the iPad.
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Augmented Reality Meets Gesture Recognition
A new app superimposes imagery over your smart-phone
view, and lets you interact with it via hand gestures.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 | BY TOM SIMONITE - To
make its business software more effective, HP recently paid $10
billion for Autonomy, a U.K. software company that specializes in
machine learning. But it turns out that Autonomy has developed image-processing techniques for
gesture-recognizing augmented reality--the type of technology that could be more attractive to
consumers than IT managers.
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Will Super Wi-Fi Live Up To Its Name?
White Spaces, Blacked Out: Empty airwaves called white spaces could enable
long-range "Super Wi-Fi," but FCC rules strictly limit their use in populated
areas. Such areas show up in black on this map of white-space availability in
the part of the VHF band that corresponds to TV channels 7 to 13. A similar
problem also occurs in the UHF spectrum.
Credit: Spectrum Bridge
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 | BY SCOTT WOOLLEY - It's likely that a few years from now,
Americans' laptops, smart phones, and other wireless devices will be able to get online using "Super WiFi," a new standard that will increase capacity in places where regular Wi-Fi networks have become
overcrowded. The bad news: most people won't be able to use those airwaves to make long-range
connections, which was supposed to be the major technological advance that would put the "super" in
Super Wi-Fi.
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Apple iPad - Your Next Desktop
Phone?
September 22, 2011 by Tom Keating (TMCnet) - I've
been thinking about how the Apple iPad could really disrupt
the VoIP space and become your next desktop phone. Think
about the impact to companies such as Cisco, Polycom,
Aastra, snom, Grandstream, and others. While these
companies do offer low-end IP desktop phones, they have
higher margins on the high-end large color screen IP phones
that sport advanced features like RSS feeds (weather, news),
collaboration, and video conferencing.
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MIT develops a 360-degree stereoscopic 3D motion picture
camera system
MIT Develops a Panoramic 3D Motion Picture Camera System
By Mike Lata on September 19, 2011
MIT continues to show interest in 3D technology in film; and has just developed a camera rig that aims to
completely immerse viewers into the picture. The reason it offers such immersion is that 3D pictures
being filmed with this camera will have 360-degree stereoscopic 3D. This will allow images to appear all
around viewers. What is also interesting about this new camera rig is that it has been (at least partially)
funded under NASA.
"School Safety Summit announced today that a new panoramic 3D motion picture camera rig developed
at MIT under 2 NASA contracts, and capable of producing stereoscopic 3D cinema spectacles that
completely surround the audience, will be tested by Colorado education leaders and community partners
to visualize the schools of tomorrow," according to a press release from Market Watch.
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Providea Now Offering Public TelePresence Rooms to
Customers; Extending Video Conferencing Beyond the
Organization
Driving Communications Solutions That Enable Anyone, Anywhere to Visually Collaborate in
High Definition
CAMARILLO, Calif., Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Providea Conferencing, LLC, a
leading provider of telepresence and HD video conferencing solutions announced today that they are now
offering Public TelePresence rooms to their customer base, allowing them to leverage their investment
and extend video beyond the organization.
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Polycom Helps Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Information (KISTI) Deliver Visual E-Learning and Improve
Education
KISTI Connects Eight Universities Across Korea With the Polycom
RealPresence Platform for Improved Classroom Collaboration
SEOUL, KOREA, Nov 09, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Polycom,
Inc., the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC),
announced that the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
(KISTI) recently deployed Polycom's comprehensive UC solutions, including
the Polycom(R) RealPresence(TM) Platform, for its 'Cyber Convergence
Research/Education Improvement Project.' The project is designed to offer
Korean university students a higher quality of education and a more interactive research environment by
using visual collaboration technologies to connect eight science and engineering universities across the
country. Continue reading...
World Video Conferencing Market to Reach US$14 Billion by
2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts,
Inc.
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Video Conferencing market.
The global market for Video Conferencing is projected to reach US$14 billion by the year 2017,
primarily driven by factors such as increase in enterprise mobility and subsequent rise in
number of mobile workforce, growing prominence of telepresence and increasing adoption
among small and medium sized businesses. Emergence of new application areas and robust
demand from developing markets, particularly Asia-Pacific, also augur well for the market.
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) November 09, 2011 -- Follow us on LinkedIn - Although there has been a lot
of clamor over the potential of enterprise videoconferencing in the past few years, only recently did the
technology wield an impact on the corporate world with businesses integrating the technology into the
very fabric of business communications and processes. With the introduction of Apple's FaceTime,
YouTube, and Skype video call, video conferencing has taken on a sophisticated note and the trend is
only accelerating with vendors actively collaborating on the technological and research front. Factors
driving adoption and usage of the technology are productivity, quality, and level of engagement per
interaction over video, all of which have increased in the past few years epitomized by high-end
telepresence systems.
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Vidyo Announces Breakthrough in Scalability Required for
Service Provider Deployments of Video Conferencing Services
Vidyo First to Achieve 100 HD Rate Matching Ports on a Virtualized Machine over Amazon Web
Services and VMware
Hackensack, NJ -- November 8, 2011 -- Vidyo, Inc., the
first company to deliver personal telepresence, today
announced it has virtualized the first video conferencing
infrastructure and delivered an HD video conference on over
100 concurrent lines. To date, virtualization in the video
conferencing market has been limited to call control. Vidyo
has now virtualized media processing, enabling service
providers to offer unlimited multipoint scalability and low
latency rate matching capability on demand to accelerate the
adoption of high quality, universal video conferencing on any
endpoint.
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Dimension Data Unveils World's First Truly Global Managed
Services Offering for Visual Communications
NEW YORK -- November 7, 2011 -- Dimension Data, the $4.7 billion
global ICT services and solutions provider, today announced the launch of
the world's first truly global Managed Service for Visual Communications. User adoption of visual
communications is accelerating exponentially, and the drive to collaborate seamlessly across a
broadening variety of environments is increasingly becoming a necessity. As a result, visual
communications are quickly becoming a top priority for IT departments because corporations -particularly global organizations -- realize it is transformative to their business based on its ability to
improve workforce productivity, increase real-time collaboration and reduce expenses by eliminating
unnecessary travel.
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eVideo Offers Huawei Enterprise Solutions With Official
Partnership
Gold Coast, Australia, 7 November 2011 -- eVideo Communications, Australia's
leading videoconferencing and telepresence communications company, today
announced its partnership with Huawei a leading global information and
communications technology solutions provider. The agreement enables eVideo to offer the innovative
range of Huawei products throughout Australia, delivering customers high performance telepresence and
HD videoconferencing solutions.
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Glowpoint Enables Apple iPad2 Users to Participate in
Telepresence Meetings from Virtually Anywhere Via OpenVideo
Cloud
Virtual Video Room (VVR) 2.0 service provides simple video
calling between iPad2 users and participants on standards-based
telepresence systems
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Glowpoint, Inc., a leading global
provider of cloud managed video services, today announced that its Virtual Video Room (VVR) 2.0 service
now supports video calls for mobile participants using Apple's iPad2.
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Boom Time for Videoconferencing in Asia Pacific
October 2, 2011 via ConferencingNews.com -- The second quarter of 2011 saw videoconferencing
and telepresence equipment market revenues reach USD246 million in the APAC region, having grown at
an annualized rate of 40%, according to the latest data from Synergy Research Group. The market is
benefitting from the confluence of four factors - maturing technology, falling technology costs, a drive to
reduce operating costs and a desire to increase the efficiency of executive-level management. It is also
clear that the market is not restricted to countries with the most highly developed economies, as
revenues from China accounted for 32% of the regional total and were greater than Japan, South Korea
and Australia combined. Southeast Asia accounted for 17% of the regional total.
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MediaTile's HumanKiosk Recognized as Emerging Technology
Solution in "Localize to Optimize Sales Channel Effectiveness"
CMO Council Research Report for Brands in Retail
Transformation of B2C Communications Into B2Me Engagement Makes
Marketing More Relevant, Personal and Effective for Consumers in Pointof-Sale and Service Environments
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA, Nov 02, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -MediaTile, the recognized leader in 3G and 4G cloud-based digital signage
solutions, today announced that its HumanKiosk Solution, powered by the
company's MediaCast Video Presence system, has been recognized by the CMO
Council's recently released research on how brands and retailers can "localize to
optimize sales channel effectiveness" as an emerging technology solution. The
HumanKiosk solution revolutionizes in-field customer service for point-of-sale or point-of-service
environments by combining the capabilities of interactive digital signage with on-demand, virtual experts
and face-to-face interaction. With this solution, marketers can humanize their brand interaction, improve
the customer experience, and deliver their messages with absolute control and precision.
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Compass Offices and Tata Communications Launch Public
Telepresence Facility in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Tata Communications, a leading global provider of
new world communications, and Compass Offices, the market leader for serviced offices in Hong Kong,
launch Telepresence, a high definition, life size immersive video conference service, in Central Building,
Pedder Street.
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Teliris Delivers Cloud-Based Interoperability With Lentaris
Platform
Teliris Partners with Virtustream to Deploy Distributed Cloud Architecture for Video
Collaboration Interoperability
New York, NY (PRWEB) November 01, 2011 -- Teliris (http://www.teliris.com), the telepresence
innovation leader, today announced Lentaris, a cloud-based interoperability platform delivering seamless,
managed connectivity across a broad range of telepresence and videoconferencing endpoints without the
heavy infrastructure traditionally required.
Through a software-based platform, Teliris' solution eliminates the need to purchase expensive MCUs to
achieve interoperability across different endpoint types. Lentaris will be deployed on commodity hardware
and paired with Teliris InfiNET, a network built for telepresence.
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Communique Conferencing Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Industry Leader Recognized for Operational Excellence, Innovation and Customer Service
Around the Globe
Reston, VA (ConferencingNews) October 28, 2011 - Communique Conferencing, Inc., the world
leader in audio, web and video conferencing services, today will celebrate its first decade of success
serving clients in over 32 countries worldwide. Founded in 2001, Communique Conferencing is one of the
leading privately-held conferencing providers in the world. The company serves more than 15,000
individual conference leaders in more than 3,000 organizations.
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BT CONFERENCING PICKED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE
QUINCY, MASS. (October 31, 2011) - BT Conferencing has been selected by Harris Corporation to
deliver conferencing services and other priority technologies as part of the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program to upgrade its information
technology systems.
The VA's Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology (T4) contract covers services that will streamline
and modernize VA operations, including patient care delivery at more than 150 VA hospitals. Harris, a
leader in federal healthcare IT integration, is one of only 15 companies selected to compete for up to $12
billion in business under this program.
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CBCI Telecom Embraces its TelePresence Ready Network
CBCI Telecom, Canada's Leader in Visual Communications, announced that
it is embracing its TelePresence Ready Network which was upgraded
earlier this year to a MPLS entirely based on fiber optic technology. The
TelePresence Ready Network offers the ability for High Definition Quality
Video conferencing connections throughout all of CBCI Telecom offices and
beyond to its CBCI Video Managed Services client base.
Montreal, QC (PRWEB) October 31, 2011 -- CBCI Telecom, Canada's Leader in Visual
Communications, announced that it is embracing its TelePresence Ready Network which was upgraded
earlier this year to a MPLS entirely based on fiber optic technology. The TelePresence Ready Network
offers the ability for High Definition Quality Video conferencing connections throughout all of CBCI
Telecom offices and beyond to its CBCI Video Managed Services client base.
This fully managed IP MPLS private network has been offering CBCI Telecom and clients alike the ability
to Host High Definition video calls, hold quality video calls across offices over the internet and private
network, offer faster access network resource across offices and faster internet speed.
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Australian Government Releases Results of HD TelePresence
Deployment
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Oct 30, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -Telstra and Cisco have enabled members of the Australian Government to
meet face to face without the need for costly travel, following the successful
deployment of one of the largest national TelePresence networks in the
country, the Australian Government's National TelePresence System.
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Huawei flexes muscles in enterprise business
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 10/28/2011 -- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, China's leading vendor
of technology,communication and information solutions, is eyeing a bigger stake in the enterprise service
sector.
A top Huawei executive says the company has increased flexibility in the enterprise services sector
thanks to bigger investments made recently in its research and development division, and the company
expects bigger revenue from expanded businesses in countries outside China.
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EON Reality is Launching the Virtual 3D Learning World Tour
IRVINE, Calif., October 24, 2011 -- EON Reality, the
world's leading interactive 3D solutions provider, is
launching the Virtual 3D Learning World Tour. The
number of shipped 3D projectors and 3D devices has
grown from 20,000 to 8 million in just 3 years and is now
driving the demand for interactive 3D learning software
and 3D content. To meet this demand, EON Reality will be
going on the Virtual 3D Learning Tour, visiting Europe,
Middle East, Asia, North America and South America during November and December.
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Polycom Turns Video Display Screens into Virtual Whiteboards
with First Integrated Whiteboard Solution for Video
Collaboration
Polycom whiteboard software makes sharing content via video
as easy as picking up a pen
PLEASANTON, Calif. - Oct 27, 2011 : Polycom, Inc., the global leader in standards-based unified
communications (UC), today unveiled an innovative whiteboard solution, the Polycom UC Board, which
improves communication and collaboration in video conferences by allowing meeting participants to
leverage their existing video display screens and mobile devices as interactive whiteboards for video
collaboration.
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BCS Global Joins the Open Visual Communications Consortium
(OVCC) as a Founding Member
BCS Global customers to benefit from the global federation of video
exchanges aimed at accelerating video adoption by connecting
businesses anywhere, independent of device, network or vendor
London, UK (PRWEB) October 27, 2011 - BCS Global Networks Limited, a
leading worldwide provider of managed videoconferencing, Telepresence, and visual collaboration
services, today announced its participation in the Open Visual Communications Consortium (OVCC) as a
founding member.
BCS Global is excited to be part of the OVCC as a founding member, and is pleased to announce that
Clive Sawkins, CEO of BCS Global, has been elected to the board of officers for the positions of secretary
and acting treasurer.
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Logitech Q2 Profit Declines; Backs 2012 Sales Outlook
October 26, 2011 (RTTNews) - Computer interface devices manufacturer Logitech International S.A.
reported Wednesday a profit for the second quarter that declined from last year, hurt by a significant
drop in margins and continued weakness in Europe, Middle East and Asia or EMEA region. Earnings per
share for the quarter topped analysts' expectations, while quarterly revenues missed their estimates by a
whisker. The company also maintained its sales forecast for the full-year 2012, which it had lowered in
September.
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Appia Communications Offers Unlimited Video Conferencing
and Broadcasting for One Low Price
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - October 26, 2011 - Appia Communications, a leading provider of managed
communications and network services, announced new unlimited use video communication pricing.
"As travel costs continue to climb and travel hassles continue to worsen, video communication is coming
into its own. We hope to help accelerate that change by offering high quality, secure, high-definition
video at a price almost every company and organization can afford," said Victor von Schlegell, Appia's
president.
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CBCI Telecom Video Managed Services Gaining Momentum
CBCI Telecom VMS Increases by 200% Over Last Year, Spotlights On
Video Conferencing Adoption As Preferred Visual Communication For
Business
MONTREAL, QUEBEC (OCTOBER 2011) - CBCI Telecom, Canada's Leader
in Visual Communications, announced today a 200% growth in client CBCI Video Managed Services
contracts in the first half of the year over 2010. Businesses are adopting videoconference as a preferred
visual communication method through the use of CBCI Video Managed Services at an advantageous cost.
Organizations representing all vertical markets are embracing CBCI Video Managed Services to enhanced
video conference access and capabilities.
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The Nov 2011 Issue of the Telepresence Options Telegraph is sponsored by Array Telepresence
The Array Telepresence SurroundPresence SP8 is a highly immersive telepresence environment at 1/3 the
cost and a fraction of the footprint of other highly immersive telepresence environments.
Christie Selects Digital Video Enterprises, Inc. for Executive
Telepresence
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011 -/PRNewswire/ -- Christie, has selected the DVE
Huddle 70 for executive telepresence between
Christie's Headquarters. The DVE Huddle 70 is the
flagship product of Digital Video Enterprises for
corporate wide telepresence for small and mid-size
meetings rooms. The DVE Huddle 70 solution was
selected because of its unique eye contact
capabilities. DVE optically embeds the camera behind the large image for perfect eye contact while
conferencing.
This approach overcomes the lack of true eye contact with legacy
videoconferencing/telepresence systems that have misaligned cameras mounted on top of the display.
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University of New Brunswick and Cisco Collaborate to Drive IT
Innovation and R&D
Collaboration Includes Creation of Cisco Endowed Chair, Technology and Funding Support for
Manufacturing Research
TORONTO and FREDERICTON, NB, Oct 25, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The University of
New Brunswick (UNB) and Cisco CSCO Canada today announced two agreements aimed at helping the
university become a world leader in technology innovation.
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Consumers Get Face-to-Face With Remote Customer Service
Agents Using MediaTile's "Human Kiosk" Interactive Digital
Signage Solution on the Verizon 4G LTE Network
Business and Government Agencies Meet Customer Demands for Personal
and Knowledgeable Customer Service Through 4G LTE and MediaCast
Video Presence, a Cloud-Based Video Call Routing Service That Powers the
HumanKiosk
BASKING RIDGE, NJ and SCOTTS VALLEY, CA, Oct 25, 2011 (MARKETWIRE
via COMTEX) -- MediaTile, the recognized leader in 3G and 4G cloud-based digital
signage solutions, today announced that its HumanKiosk Solution, powered by the
company's MediaCast Video Presence system, is now available on the Verizon 4G
LTE network.
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Cisco Redefines TelePresence: Delivers In-Person Experiences
to All
On 5th Anniversary of Cisco TelePresence, Company Showcases How the Technology Is
Enabling Companies of All Sizes to Benefit from the Power of In-Person Collaboration
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Oct. 26, 2011 -- Just five years ago, Cisco introduced Cisco
TelePresence technology, which delivered a video experience so intuitive, so lifelike and natural that it felt
as if people were in the same room even when they were miles apart. But what started out as a way to
save travel costs and optimize employee time at large companies has evolved into a way of accelerating
time to market, expanding access to experts and transforming how companies do business. Today, Cisco
is introducing new and expanded offerings -- from value-priced endpoints to a HD video software client to
a hosted solution that are designed specifically to make the TelePresence experience available to
everyone, everywhere, including small and medium-sized businesses.
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LG U+, South Korea's Leading Communications Service
Provider, Signed a Licensing Agreement with SPIRIT DSP for
Mobile VoIP and Video Engine
MOSCOW, Russia - October 24, 2011 - SPIRIT DSP, the
world's top voice and video over IP engines provider,
announced today that LG U+, South Korean's leading mobile
and telecommunications service provider (formerly known as LG Telecom) has licensed
SPIRIT's TeamSpirit Voice&Video Engine Mobile to power HD-quality VoIP and video-calling on mobile
devices.
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Polycom Appoints David Ruggiero as Theater President for
North America
As Sales Leader, Ruggiero's 25 Years of Industry Experience to Drive
Further Market Growth for Polycom Video Collaboration Solutions
PLEASANTON, CA, Oct 24, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Polycom,
Inc., the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today
announced the appointment of David Ruggiero to Theater President, North
America. Reporting to Tracey Newell, EVP of Global Sales, Ruggiero is responsible
for leading sales strategy and execution for the North America theater, Polycom's
largest geographic region by revenue. Continue reading...
Sony ISS extends EVI range, launches four PTZ dome camera
models
2 HD and 2 SD models for video conferencing, security,
education and broadcast applications
October 24, 2011 via Sony ISS - Sony Europe's Image Sensing
Solutions division has announced four new pan/tilt/zoom
camera modules, adding significantly to its EVI product range.
The new line up incorporates two full HD (1080p/30fps) and two
SD models to give greater flexibility on cost, storage and
bandwidth options. Beta trials with system integrators and OEMs have already led to the creation of
education, broadcast, security and video conferencing applications.
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Teliris Telepresence Extends Managed Services Offering
Teliris' End-to-End Video Managed Services Now Available Across Broad Range of
Manufacturers' Solutions
New York, NY (October 17, 2011) via Teliris.com - Teliris, the telepresence innovation leader, today
announced that its industry-leading telepresence managed services are now available for
videoconferencing and telepresence endpoints and centralized infrastructure from a broad range of
hardware manufacturers, allowing organizations of any size to leverage the full capabilities of their video
estate.
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Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) nearing reality
ITU experts create enhanced television viewing experience
Geneva, 14 October 2011 via ISPR - Ultra High Definition
Television (UHDTV) took an important step towards becoming reality
when experts reached agreement on most of the pertinent technical
characteristics of this exciting new standard for television. UHDTV
marks a leap forward beyond the current standards for High Definition Television (HDTV).
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Polycom Reports Third Quarter 2011 Earnings
Q3 Revenue Growth of 23 Percent Year-over-Year to a Record
$379 Million
PLEASANTON, CA, October 19, 2011 (Marketwire via Sys-Con) -- Polycom, Inc., the global leader
in standards-based unified communications (UC), today reported its earnings for the third quarter ended
September 30, 2011.
Third quarter 2011 consolidated net revenues were a record $379 million, compared to $308 million for
the third quarter of 2010. GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2011 was $24 million, or 13 cents per
diluted share, compared to $17 million, or 10 cents per diluted share, for the same period last year. NonGAAP net income for the third quarter of 2011 was $48 million, or 26 cents per diluted share, compared
to non-GAAP net income of $34 million, or 19 cents per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2010. Note
that the share and per share data for all periods presented in this release have been adjusted to reflect
the two-for-one stock split that was effective July 1, 2011.
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Glowpoint Announces Q3 2011 Results
MURRAY HILL, N.J., October 18, 2011 - Glowpoint, Inc., a leading global
provider of cloud managed video services, today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended
September 30, 2011.
Total revenues for the third quarter were $6.8 million. Cloud-based managed video service (MVS)
revenues for the quarter were $3.2 million, an increase of 20% over the same period last year. Cloudbased MVS revenues were 46% of total revenues in the quarter, up from 38% in the prior year period.
Network revenues for the quarter were $3.3 million, a decrease of 18% over the same period last year.
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Teliris Announces Lightweight Telepresence Solution
Teliris StartPoint Delivers Cost-Effective, Fully
Managed Video Collaboration Throughout the
Enterprise
New York, NY (PRWEB) October 18, 2011 - Teliris, the
telepresence innovation leader, today announced the Teliris
StartPoint, a low-cost telepresence solution designed to
deliver a high-quality managed telepresence experience.
Teliris will provide the Teliris StartPoint appliance and
camera to connect to virtually any HDMI-compatible
display, allowing users to easily telepresence-enable a conference room. Teliris' software-based solutions
run over general-purpose networks and the Internet for easy deployment.
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Vidyo First to Extend Telepresence Quality to the iPhone 4S
HACKENSACK, NJ - October 17, 2011 - Vidyo, Inc.,
today announced the general availability
of VidyoMobile for the iPhone 4S, and showed a video
conference with four endpoints plus content sharing on
Apple's latest smart phone. With the stronger processor
of the iPhone 4S, Vidyo delivers the same unmatched
experience on the iPhone 4S that it delivers on the
iPad2 including a pinch to zoom capability which enables a better user experience when sharing content
on a small screen or even enlarging a given participant. VidyoMobile allows Vidyo's enterprise customers
to offer mobile workers the ability to participate seamlessly in company video conferences from their
iPhone 4S, expanding access to conferences that already connect laptops, desktops, telepresence and HD
room systems. VidyoMobile on iOS 5 for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is available now on the Apple App
Store.
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The Nov 2011 Issue of the Telepresence Options Telegraph is sponsored by Array Telepresence
The Array Telepresence SurroundPresence SP8 is a highly immersive telepresence environment at 1/3 the
cost and a fraction of the footprint of other highly immersive telepresence environments.
Polycom Announces Acquisition of ViVu, Inc.
Acquisition bolsters Polycom RealPresence software
strategy and accelerates its goal to make video
collaboration ubiquitous with innovative software that can
easily be embedded into web-based app.
PLEASANTON, Calif. - Oct 17, 2011 - Polycom, Inc., the global leader in standards-based unified
communications (UC), today announced the acquisition of ViVu, Inc., a privately- held video collaboration
software company. ViVu has developed innovative video collaboration software that can be easily
embedded into web applications such as enterprise, social, and vertical industry applications to enable
instant web-based HD video collaboration. ViVu gives Polycom a fast-track to embed HD video into webbased applications through an OEM model, accelerating time-to-market and adoption of Polycom HD
video collaboration solutions, and driving awareness of the Polycom brand powering video collaboration
inside a wide range of applications.
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Teliris Introduces First Fully Managed Desktop Telepresence
Client, Teliris @nywhere
Cost-effective, Software-based Architecture Extends Reliable,
Natural Telepresence Experience to the Desktop
October 17, 2011 via PRWeb - Teliris, the telepresence innovation
leader, today announced the industry's first fully managed desktop
telepresence solution, Teliris @nywhere, extending a cost-effective
reliable video collaboration experience beyond the boardroom.
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PANASONIC UNVEILS HIGH-DEFINITION TACTICAL VIDEO
TELECONFERENCING SOLUTION
This best-in-class mobile product combines Polycom's HD
Videoconferencing and JELCO's custom mobile lift case to deliver the
ultimate in rapid deployment for Military and Government Agency
Applications
Secaucus, NJ, October 6, 2011 - Panasonic Solutions Company, provider of
collaboration, information-sharing and decision-support solutions for government
and commercial enterprises, today unveiled the Panasonic Tactical Video
Teleconferencing (VTC) solution. The Panasonic Tactical VTC solution combines the
high-definition imaging of a Panasonic plasma display with Polycom's HD
videoconferencing and JELCO's custom mobile lift case for a best-in-class mobile
product that has significant advantages over rolling cart or wall-mounted VTC
installations. From rapid deployment to streamlining mission-critical information, the Panasonic VTC
solution is the ideal choice for the Department of Defense and other government agencies.
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Glowpoint Announces Next Generation of Virtual Video Room
(VVR)
Utilization grows 800% since introduction, version 2.0
expected to increase adoption
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Glowpoint, Inc., a leading global provider of
cloud managed video services, today announced general availability of Virtual Video Room (VVR) 2.0,
the next generation of the company's cloud hosted 'meet-me' service for high definition video
conferencing.
Glowpoint's VVR, first introduced in February of 2011, has steadily gained market momentum - with
users logging over 110,000 minutes of usage to date. VVR 2.0 builds on this market success by adding
meeting control features, more robust content sharing, and increased interoperability.
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The world's largest integrated LCD multitouch display
Introduces Largest LCD Multi-User Multitouch Display,
the MultiTaction Cell 55"; 55-Inch Integrated Unit Is
First of New Family of Displays for Professional
Applications
HELSINKI and SANTA CLARA, CA - MultiTouch, Ltd.,
developer of the world's first modular multi-touch LCD screen
for large-scale displays, today announced the introduction of the world's largest integrated multi-user
LCD multitouch display, the MultiTaction Cell 55". The product, a 55-inch display, is the first to emerge
from the company's new software and hardware platform for large-scale multitouch LCD displays,
MultiTaction. Initial customers for the MultiTaction Cell 55" include Intel Corp., U.S. digital agency
Momentum and Norwegian interactive design firm One Communication.
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NTU's new Immersive Room opens
Enter the virtual world of avatars, dolphins and fashionistas at
NTU
NTU's centre of new media research showcases discoveries that
can be applied to improve everyday life
Published on : 11-Oct-2011
In a room resembling an IMAX theatrette on Nanyang Technological
University's (NTU) campus lies a new virtual world with practical
applications that the public can immerse in and interact with - and go
wow!
Called the Immersive Room, it is the latest star attraction at the Institute for Media Innovation (IMI). It
was opened this afternoon by Dr Tan Chin Nam, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Information, Communications and the Arts, and Chairman of the Media Development Authority (MDA),
and current Chairman of the MDA's International Advisory Panel. The Immersive Room, and the other
innovations by IMI, will be open to the public on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Monsoon Announces Multi-Screen Policy Management Solution
for MSOs to Manage TV and DVR Viewing Rights
Monsoon's New Policy Management Technology Lets MSOs and Content Owners Control What
Content Is Streamed to Mobile Phones and Tablets Inside or Outside the Home
SAN MATEO, CA - October 13, 2011 - Monsoon Multimedia, a leading provider of video convergence
products, announced today the Monsoon Multi-Screen Policy Management Solution (MPMS), which
enables Multi System Operators (MSOs), such as Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner and many others
worldwide, to manage viewing rights for content. The Monsoon solution can be licensed separately or
bundled with its award-winning Vulkano devices.
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DEKOM AG Launches New Video Conferencing Services
Enabling Telepresence Quality Between Arbitrary Locations
OSLO, NORWAY and HAMBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 13, 2011: DEKOM AG and Media Network
Services (MNS) today announced the launch of four new DEKOM Global HD Video Conferencing Services.
The new services utilize MNS' global network service to ensure the best possible HD quality between
Telepresence participants situated at arbitrary locations.
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Telemerge opens Premier Canadian Video Collaboration
Demonstration Centre
Telemerge demonstrates the experience of alternate video technology solutions enabled on
their proprietary global video communication network
MARKHAM, ON, Oct. 11, 2011 /CNW/ - Telemerge announced today their relocation to new Corporate
Facilities in Markham, Ontario, the Technology Hub above Toronto.
Simon Doo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Telemerge said "Our new Corporate facility is a
showcase for alternate technology solutions from Cisco, Polycom, Vidyo and other class-leading
videoconferencing manufacturers, enabled through our complete cloud or a combination of cloud and onpremises (Hybrid) solutions".
Doo continues "This facility is absolutely unique in our industry. Clients, and Strategic Partners, will be
able to experience the performance of leading manufacturers on our class-leading cloud network,
connected through our Video Collaboration Exchange (VCE), and supported Globally by our 24x7x365
Client Experience Team. The technology provides the ability to reliably deliver HD-quality video to users
on varied networks anytime, anywhere - whether in conference rooms, executive systems or at the
desktop for mobile users - making it easy for any company to collaborate."
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Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) Announces
Breakthrough in HD Videoconferencing over Satellite with
Industry's First On Demand, 'Pay as You Go' Service
EMC's Affordable HD Connect Satellite Service Offers the Highest Quality HD Video
Communications Anywhere, Any Time -- at a Fraction of the Price of a Typical Dedicated
Satellite Data Circuit
MIAMI, Oct 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE via Market Watch) -- Emerging Markets Communications
(EMC), a premier provider of hybrid global satellite and terrestrial communications, today announced the
general availability of its affordable new high quality HD Connect On Demand satellite technology, which
offers significant breakthroughs for the telepresence, videoconferencing and visual collaboration industry.
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Sharp Unveils World's Largest LED LCD TV
80-inch Model Reinforces Sharp as Industry Leader in
Large Flat Panel TVs
MAHWAH, NJ (September 27, 2011) -- Continuing to build on its
leadership in large screen LCD TVs, Sharp today introduced the
largest LED LCD TV to date, the 80-inch AQUOS (80-inch
diagonal) LC-80LE632U. This new TV is a full HD 1080p (1920 x
1080) Smart TV, equipped with built-in Wi-Fi and access to apps like Netflix, CinemaNow and VUDU as
well as Sharp's exclusive AQUOS Advantage Live online support.
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Odds & Sods
Magor Communications is opening a new showroom at 122 E
42nd St, NYC to demonstrate their all-software video collaboration
system. Find out more at www.magorny.com.
Avaya has acquired Sipera, a worldwide provider of Unified
Communications (UC) solutions, including Session Border
Control (SBC) functionality and a range of UC security
applications. Combined with Avaya Aura®, Sipera’s solutions
will provide customers with secure VoIP, SIP trunks, videoconferencing, cloud-based
communications, instant messaging, and collaboration tools for workers in any location.
On the periphery of the conferencing and collaboration market, a new deal was announced last
week between Cisco and Citrix - an alliance to optimize Cisco desktop virtualization products for
Citrix XenDesktop environments. While Cisco’s WebEx group will compete with GoToMeeting,
Cisco will make its WAAS appliances (WAN optimization for physical and virtual networks)
compatible with Cirix’s virtual desktops. What’s interesting here is the technology, from Cisco and
Avistar especially, to support real time voice and video in enterprises running with desktop
virtualization. What’s also interesting is that Citrix has its own WAN optimization product which
competes with Cisco as well. (Wainhouse Research)
Telepresence People
Mark Weidick and Jack Blaeser have Co-founded TenHands
Lina Arseneault has joined TenHands as Marketing Executive
Polycom Appoints David Ruggiero as Theater President for North America
Dan Sibille has joined Polycom as Vice President of North American Channels
Michael Guerrero has joined ClearOne as Regional Sales Manager covering UC
Tom Henkel has joined RADVISION as VP Sales North America
Rik Coder has joined Projectiondesign as VP Federal Sales
Karl Hantho has joined Projectiondesign as President Americas
John Paul Williams has joined Polycom as Director Enterprise Solutions,
Chretien van der Aa has joined Polycom as Benelux region country manager
HP has hired Meg Whitman as CEO
Tom-Erik Lia has joined Videxi as CEO
Nicole Hollinger has joined VidOvation as Director of sales and marketing
Kirk Topits is the Application Architect at KTopits
Vance Raeside has joined 8x8 as Director, Federal Sales
Michelle Conway has joined Wainhouse Research as Events Coordinator
Eric Headlee has joined AVI-SPL as VP Strategic Accounts, healthcare
Robert Hagerty has joined iControl Networks as CEO
Simon Dudley has joined LifeSize as Director National Partners
Kirk Topits has joined Mitel Networks as a Sr. Systems Engineer
Greg Campbell has joined Planar Systems as Product Marketing Manager
Paul Cantwell has joined Optivor Technologies as Senior VP of Worldwide Sales
Telepresence Industry Professionals -Now Over 2,400+ Members!
Telepresence Industry Professionals (TIP) is our telepresence industry
association on Linked In which is now over 2,400+ members! We like to call it "the
telepresence industry's cool kids club" because so many of our favorite folks are onboard. The group is a superb venue for discussion, networking, and industry news and information. There is a
Jobs board for organizations looking for talent and for folks that are in the market for their next gig.
TIP is now in Europe with XING!! http://www.xing.com/group-56506.f9483f
Telepresence Industry Jobs
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Telepresence Options Seeking Managing Editor & Writers
Over the past year we have focused on growing the publishing side
of Telepresence Options into the largest identifiable audience in the
world interested in telepresence and visual collaboration. We have more
than doubled the website traffic from an average of 747 session per day
in 2009 to 2014 sessions per day as of May 2011 and growing! The
subscribers to our newsletter, the Telepresence Options Telegraph,
have grown from 2861 to 4724. We launched a new website
the Telepresence and Videoconferencing Catalog which has become the Internet's most
comprehensive and intelligently-organized overview of telepresence and visual collaboration solutions.
Recently we have launched Telepresence Options Magazine and we are now looking for a talented
editor and some writers to help us take both the website and magazine to the next level.
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A Breakdown of Industry Talent in the Market for their Next
Opportunity
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Larry Blakely
– Washington DC Metro Area
Larry is experienced in high volume, global environments implementing
innovative and cost effective business solutions. He brings a proven track
record and unique vision to each opportunity assuring strategic alignment
of business goals. Most recently he led a team standardizing
videoconferencing end points and services across 140+ countries and 600+ locations
managing the support via internal and external resources. Contact him for
opportunities related to videoconferencing and unified communications needs.
Dennis Murphy - Far Hills, NJ Resume in Adobe PDF
Senior manager with extensive experience in business development,
looking for new BMD challenge. Skilled in the creation and
implementation of multimedia technologies and services. Excellent
background in creating network topologies, service offerings product
implementation within scope and within budget. Experienced in developing and
implementing international and nationwide service programs for major organizations.
Kirk Dennis – Denver, Colorado
Kirk is a videoconferencing/telepresence industry veteran seeking a
Major Account Manager or Sales Manager career opportunity. From
1998 to 2008, Kirk was the President of VideoCom, Inc. – a reseller
specializing in the design, sales, installation and support of enterprise
video solutions. More recently, Kirk was the Director of Sales at
TelePresence Tech and was responsible for establishing the Reseller
Program for North America.
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