September 2011
Volume 24
Dear Subscribers,
Our lead story this week is telepresence and videoconferencing provider Vidyo has raised an additional
$22.5MM in investment from QuestMark Partners, with participation from existing Vidyo investors
Four River Group, Menlo Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Star Ventures. This brings total investment
in Vidyo to $97MM. The investment is the latest in a number of recent large investments in the
visual collaboration industry including Polycom’s $89MM acquisition of HP’s Visual Collaboration
Business Unit and Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion acquisition of Skype. It’s beginning to look like
sophisticated investors believe we are headed towards widespread adoption of visual collaboration
globally.
There is also an interesting interview that I conducted with Dave Ryan, who runs the Americas for Tata
Communications. Tata has made one of the biggest investments in telepresence globally and runs the
world’s largest publicly available network of multi-screen, multi-codec telepresence environments based on
the Cisco TelePresence solution. The Tata public network connects 33 locations in 17 countries and will add
over a dozen locations this year. Dave discusses the success of telepresence at Tata, the growth and success
of the public network, and Tata’s strategy to create an open exchange environment for regional and national
carriers to connect.
One interesting trend that caught my attention this month is port 80-friendly interactive video chat is now
being embedded in websites and documents to instantly start a session with sales reps and customer service
agents. Check out Live Advizor and Utribo as two companies that are making that happen.
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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Vidyo Raises $22.5MM Series D - Total Investment Now $97MM
September 22, 2011 |
Today telepresence and visual collaboration
provider Vidyo announced a $22.5 million Series D round
of financing led by QuestMark Partners, with participation
from existing investors Four River Group, Menlo Ventures,
Rho Ventures, and Star Ventures. Since being founded in
2005, the company has raised a total of $97 million in
venture capital.
Continue reading...
Telepresence at Tata, An Update With the Head of the
Americas, Dave Ryan
September 21, 2011 |
Telepresence Options publisher Howard
Lichtman had the opportunity recently to sit
down with Dave Ryan Senior Vice President &
Americas Regional Head at Tata
Communications, a global telecommunications
carrier that provides managed telepresence
services, a telepresence exchange for
enterprise customers and runs the world's
largest network of publicly available multiscreen, multi-codec telepresence rooms using
Cisco TelePresence solutions. Dave Ryan was Tata's first employee in America in 2004 and has directed
the growth of what has become the company's largest market outside of India with a CAGR of
38%! Dave discusses Tata's strategy in telepresence and visual collaboration, Tata's growing network of
publicly available telepresence rooms, and the company's global expansion.
Continue reading...
Huawei Joins Telepresence Options
Huawei is a leading telecom solutions provider with business in over 100
countries and China's largest manufacturer of telecommunications
equipment and the second largest worldwide. Through continuous
customer-centric innovation, Huawei has established end-to-end
advantages in Telecom Network Infrastructure, Application & Software,
Professional Services and Devices. With comprehensive strengths in
wireline, wireless and IP technologies, Huawei has gained a leading
position in the All-IP convergence age.
Huawei started videoconferencing business in 1993. Today Huawei
maintain a leading market share in China and Asian countries, and the
business is growing fast in the global market. Huawei is able to provide end to end solution,
including HD and SD endpoints, enterprise class MCU, operator class Telepresence Server,
Telepresence systems for small, medium and large sized groups.
Frost and Sullivan awarded Huawei as the Greater China market leader in videoconferencing
endpoint market in 2009.
More information at http://www.huaweidevice.com/vc
Continue reading...
Inside the Freaky World of Next-Gen Night
Vision
September 14, 2011 by Noah Shachtman
Roanoke, Virginia -- A pair of buildings on Plantation
Drive sits just past the tractor-supply store, right in front
of the barn belonging to the local women's college. From
the street, the cream-colored structures don't look like
much more than typical office buildings; only a wire fence
distinguishes them from their neighbors. Inside, however,
is a laboratory and fabrication facility where engineers
produce one of the U.S. military's most important
advantages over its foes: the ability to see in the dark, when others are all but blind.
Continue reading...
'Person Of Interest' Launches A Creepy Billboard Campaign
September 12, 2011 Johnathan Moormann
Ology.com - The new CBS crime drama "Person of
Interest" will be on the air soon, but until then, they'd
like to keep an eye on their viewers. The drama,
starring Jesus and Ben Linus (or, if you're boring,
Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson), is about an
eccentric billionaire and an ex-CIA agent who join
forces to stop crimes before they happen using high
tech surveillance. With both J.J. Abrams and
Jonathan Nolan as executive producers, the whole production has a pretty good geek pedigree, so
it's not surprising that they've gone for a fancy bit of marketing.
Continue reading...
Creepy Government Observation Trucks Debut
September 9, 2011 via Terrahawkllc.com- The
Mobile Unit Surveillance Tower (MUST) is the
latest development in creepy mobile surveillance
towers going up in mall parking lots, train
stations, and large gatherings. The MUST is made
by Terrahawk, LLC and are "Designed for ease of
deployment when the mission is critical." It has a
vantage point of 25 feet and can be deployed in
under 2 minutes without leaving the vehicle. It is
designed to be either manned or unmanned.
MUST Deployment Video
Continue reading...
DAVID MALDOW JOINS HUMAN PRODUCTIVITY LAB AND TELEPRESENCE
OPTIONS AS ANALYST AND ASSOCIATE EDITOR
September 8, 2011 | Howard Lichtman
Telepresence and visual collaboration consultancy
Human Productivity Lab (HPL) is pleased to announce
that David S. Maldow has joined as an analyst and
writer. David is a visual collaboration technologist with
extensive expertise in testing, evaluating, and
explaining telepresence and other visual collaboration
technologies. David will be focused on providing thirdparty independent testing of telepresence and visual
collaboration endpoints and infrastructure and helping
industry participants explain complicated subjects
through white papers and other end-user facing
publications. Finally, David will be a contributor to the
Human Productivity Lab's publications: Telepresence
Options and Telepresence Options Magazine.
Continue reading...
Telepresence Industry Jobs & "On The Bench" Industry Talent in the Market
for Their Next Opportunity
September 6, 2011 | Howard Lichtman
As the telepresence and visual
collaboration industries head back to
work after Labor Day, we thought we
would help both companies looking to
hire and job seekers looking for their
next opportunity. Here is a collection of
industry talent that is currently "On the
Bench" and a detailed listing of telepresence and videoconferencing jobs. The article will scroll
down the front page of our website for about six weeks so please forward jobs and candidates to
Info@TelepresenceOptions.com and we will add them to the article. For executive level searches
our parent company, telepresence consultancy Human Productivity Lab, understands the industry
and knows many of the top executives in telepresence and visual collaboration.
Continue reading...
David Hockney uses technology to provide new ways to see the world
September 1, 2011 | William Zimmerman
September/October 2011
By Martin Gayford, MIT's Technology Review via ISPR
One of your basic contentions, I say to the British artist David Hockney, is that there is always more
to be seen, everywhere, all the time. "Yes," he replies emphatically. "There's a lot more to be seen."
We are sitting in his spacious house in the quiet Yorkshire seaside town of Bridlington. In front of
us is a novel medium, a fresh variety of moving image--a completely new way of looking at the
world--that Hockney has been working on for the last couple of years.
Continue reading...
Mobile 3D interactivity: The iPhone Virtual Reality Viewer
Edwin Kee, Ubergizmo via ISPR
08/18/2011
The iPhone is one versatile handset, and you
can add the iPhone Virtual Reality Viewer to its
fast growing list of capabilities. As the name
suggests, this device will work in tandem with
an iPhone to develop immersive, 3D viewing
experiences. Just how does it work? Well, it marries the built-in accelerometer in the iPhone
alongside free downloadable applications, allowing the 3D environments within to move whenever
the iPhone is moved.
Basically, you hold the iPhone Virtual Reality Viewer just like a pair of binoculars, where you can
manipulate the iPhone's touchscreen display via a couple of finger holes in the bottom. Viewing 3D
movie trailers are not the only thing this puppy is capable of - no sir, you can also indulge in a slew
of interactive games, including roaming around underwater with 360º movement, looking for prey
and buried treasure, or perhaps you would want to take a virtual tour of Los Angeles' Santa Monica
Pier?
Continue reading...
Advertisers start using facial recognition to tailor pitches
August 21, 2011
By Shan Li and David Sarno, Los Angeles Times
Picture this: You stop in front of a digital advertising
display at a mall and suddenly an ad pops up touting
makeup, followed by one for shoes and then one for
butter pecan ice cream.
It seems to know you're a woman in your late 20s and, in fact, it does. When you looked at the
display, it scanned your facial features and tailored its messages to you.
Once the stuff of science fiction and high-tech crime fighting, facial recognition technology has
become one of the newest tools in marketing, even though privacy concerns abound.
The Venetian resort, hotel and casino in Las Vegas has started using it on digital displays to tailor
suggestions for restaurants, clubs and entertainment to passersby.
Continue reading...
RADVISION Launches SCOPIA XT1000 Piccolo Video Conferencing Room
System
August 25, 2011 |
Yesterday, RADVISION announced that they were adding to
their video conferencing portfolio the SCOPIA XT 1000
Piccolo. This room system is supposed to provide true HD
video, at a list price of less than $6,000.
For product information and more, please see the press release
here:
http://www.telepresenceoptions.com/2011/08/radvision_launches_highly_affo/
Continue reading...
Market for flight simulators growing across the world
By: IANS, Gulf News via ISPR
Published: August 6, 2011
New Delhi: Vaibhava Srinivasan, 33, was flying a
Boeing 737 aircraft over the picturesque Himalayan
mountain range on his way to China, when he had
to suddenly cut short his sortie for an urgent board
meeting at office.
No, he wasn't daydreaming.
On weekdays, the Bengalurean works as a chartered
accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, but on weekends, he brings out the aviator in him and
'flies' all kinds of jetliners all over the world with the help of software -- the Microsoft Flight
Simulator. The software, priced at $40 (Dh147), commands the lion's share in the virtual flying
software market.
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…
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Logitech To Launch Cloud Video Conferencing Service
September 22, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
LifeSize Connections service works this
fall with Windows PCs and Macs; down
the road will support unified
communications platforms, smartphones
and tablets.
By Robert Mullins InformationWeek
September 21, 2011 11:59 AM
Logitech's LifeSize Connections 1.0, available
this fall, offers a cloud-delivered infrastructure for high-definition video conferencing, which it touts as
"democratizing" video conferencing by making it available to businesses that can't afford to build their
own video conferencing systems. Initially, it is being offered as a standalone service only on desktop
computers with plans down the road for integrating it with unified communications systems and
supporting mobile devices.
Continue reading...
A future for drones: Automated killing
September 21, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
By Peter Finn, Published: September 19
One afternoon last fall at Fort Benning, Ga., two model-size planes
took off, climbed to 800 and 1,000 feet, and began criss-crossing
the military base in search of an orange, green and blue tarp.
Continue reading...
Enabling Communication For Limited-English Speaking People
in Healthcare and Education
September 20, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Applications drive the use of technology. The success of the
Apple i-product range is mostly driven by the 350,000 apps
which are easily accessible. I have always been driven by the
application philosophy in my own business of providing
solutions to small and medium organizations. So I was excited
when Roberto Fonts approached us to partner in a new
service to provide language interpretation using video
conferencing over the Internet.
Continue reading...
LiveU unveils handheld HD uplink box
September 20, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
LiveU a specialist in portable video-over-cellular systems, unveiled its LU40i
handheld live HD video system for the online media market at IBC2011.
Weighing less than 700g (1.5lbs), the LU40i enables online coverage of
events, such as sports, music, advertising, religious and corporate
sponsorship.
Continue reading...
Reach out and touch 3D characters with RePro3D
September 19, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Reach out and touch 3D characters with RePro3D
September 17, 2011 by Nancy Owano
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lonely gamers who have felt the pain of
being separated by a screen from their favorite
personalities now have a way to reach out and touch their
game characters, and that new way is RePro3D. A group of
researchers from Keio University in Japan have come up with a 3-D screen that lets the user,
glasses-free, see and "touch" characters on the screen. The word "touch" is in quotes because the
technology is about a 3-D parallax display with infrared camera that recognizes the movements of
the user's hand and the character on the screen reacts to the movements instantly.
Continue reading...
RealLinx to Distribute Vidtel's Enterprise-Grade Multi-Party Video
Conferencing Service to Its SME Customers
September 19, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
By Madhubanti Rudra, TMCnet Contributor
The cloud based video conferencing service provider,
Vidtel has signed RealLinx as the distributor for its hosted
MeetMe Video Conferencing Service.
RealLinx is a national provider of telephone and data connection services -- including DSL Internet
access, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, and managed virtual private networks (VPNs) - to business customers. Under the agreement, RealLinx will be marketing
Vidtel's MeetMe Video Conferencing Service to the company's hosted voice business customers
and service provider customers nationwide.
Continue reading...
Presence 2011 - Wednesday Oct 26th - 31st - Edinburgh, Scotland Conference of the International Society for Presence Research
September 16, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
ISPR 2011 will have an interactive format in
which all participants (attendees, presenters,
invited speakers) attend each of the sessions as
well as social events, allowing participants to
exchange ideas and build knowledge together
as the conference progresses. The language of
the conference is English.
The conference will be hosted by Edinburgh
Napier University. The conference events will
take place at Craighouse Campus which is a fine example of the Scottish Baronial (you can have a
look here). Craighouse is only 2 miles (3km) and a short bus ride from Edinburgh's medieval Old
Town and Georgian New Town both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Continue reading...
No end of fun: Make your own video games
September 16, 2011 |
Allowing anyone to design compelling video games and
characters could open up a new world of gaming
September 10, 2011 by Macgregor Campbell via
(Newscientist.com)-- Conquering a video game can be
bittersweet: glory soon fades into the sad realisation that
there are no more frontiers to explore, no more demons to
battle. But that could soon change, with the creation of a
game that turns gamers into game developers.
Continue reading...
Technology firm Cisco more than halves revenue targets
September 15, 2011 |
Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 (BBC) - Technology company Cisco Systems
has more than halved its revenue forecast amid slowing economic
growth and increased competition.
Cisco said annual revenues would increase by between 5-7% over the
next three years, down from a previous target of 12-17%.
However, Cisco said profits would rise by 7-9% during the same period.
Continue reading...
University of Maine students create virtual realities in campus lab
September 15, 2011 |
Students create virtual realities in campus lab
By Rachel Curit Sunday, September 11th, 2011
(via ISPR) - Several University of Maine students
are escaping the tedium of school on a regular basis,
although classes began only two weeks ago, by
plugging in to virtual realities.
Unlike students who may avoid the pressures of
another semester through video games or movies, these students are able to create their own unreal
experiences. They work in the university's Virtual Environment and Multimodal Integration Lab,
located on the third floor of Boardman Hall.
Continue reading...
How telemedicine can turn consultants into teleworkers
September 14, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Patients can benefit from faster access to drugs and
greatly reduced travel times when specialists can work
remotely
Steve Gold - Tuesday 13 September 2011 09:00 BST (via
The Guardian) - The introduction of high speed broadband
across the UK in recent years means that 80% of the adult
population now has easy access to the internet either at home or at work. But so far, this has made
surprisingly little difference to the way in which healthcare services are provided by clinicians and
nursing staff.
Despite a lot of talk at healthcare conferences, the reality is that you need to look hard to find
examples of where telemedicine - as internet-enabled healthcare is known as within the NHS - is
starting to make a difference.
Continue reading...
Telepresence - Wondering if You Need Video in Your Enterprise? Consider the
Spandex Notion
September 14, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
By Juliana Kennya (Telepresence.TMCnet.com) "Video is like spandex: Just because you can, doesn't
mean you should," stated Roger Farnsworth from
Polycom (News - Alert) today at the "Why Video is a
Must for Enterprise Communications" session on the
Enterprise track at ITEXPO (News - Alert) West 2011 in
Austin, TX.
Continue reading...
Feeling pain? The computer can tell
By Julie Steenhuysen
Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:35pm EDT - (Reuters) - Can a computer tell when it hurts? It can if you
train it, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
A team at Stanford University in California used computer learning
software to sort through data generated by brain scans and detect
when people were in pain.
"The question we were trying to answer was can we use
neuroimaging to objectively detect whether a person is in a state of pain or not. The answer was
yes," Dr. Sean Mackey of the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, whose study
appears in the journal PLoS One.
Continue reading...
Glowpoint Hits B2B Video Big Time
September 13, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
September 13, 2011 (Wainhouse.com) - Well,
we've heard a lot about B2B videoconferencing
for the last two years or more, much of it
focused around the telepresence fairy. And
while you might argue that B2B has been
around since the ISDN days of the 1990s, B2B
does represent its own authentic challenges
when it comes to IP video. At any rate, B2B is
definitely happening and the latest proof point
is in the most recent announcement from Glowpoint. Glowpoint claims to have 446 companies
(and 39,000 endpoints) connected to the company's global exchange for B2B visual
communications. Two interesting statistics emerge from this: one is that this represents about 2/3
of Glowpoint's total customer base; the other is that about half of the nearly 450 companies have
opted in to have their numbers listed in Glowpoint's public global video exchange directory. Those
who are listed can be called by any other member of the exchange by using Glowpoint's telephonelike dialing plan. Those who are not listed publicly can still be called if they give the remote person
their exchange number. Point-to-point calls can be made by the participants without assistance
from Glowpoint's VNOC.
Continue reading...
Screen time: how video conferencing is gaining ground
September 12, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
September 11, 2011 via Financial Times by Majia
Palmer - If you can't beat them, join them, goes the
adage. The fact that Sabre, one of the world's largest
travel companies, recently started offering video
conferencing as an alternative to flight bookings says a
great deal about how much the use of telepresence has
grown over the past few years.
A few years ago, the high-end telepresence room, equipped with cameras and big screens, was still
something of a chief executive's toy - a status symbol to sit alongside the corporate jet.
Continue reading...
MASERGY DEBUTS 'MARKETPLACE'
September 9, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
September 8, 2011 by Josh Long for
Channelpartnersonline.com - Masergy
Communications, a global provider of secure,
virtualized network services focusing on large companies, on Thursday introduced the
"Marketplace," providing customers information and access to services from enterprise-focused
solution providers that are connected to its network.
Plano, Texas-based Masergy said the Marketplace offers businesses an alternative to having to
choose a single vendor or managing multiple service providers.
Continue reading...
Sony Intros 4K Projector for Home Theatres
September 9, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
What does four times 1080p resolution look like in a home
theater? We had a chance to sit down with Sony's
upcoming VW1000ES and find out.
September 8, 2011 by Caleb Denison via
Digitaltrends.com- Yesterday's press conference with Sony
had us googly-eyed over impressive demonstrations of
various 4K resolution material, but the projector at work in the back of the room was Sony's
commercial 4K projector and not the VW1000ES. In order to see the highly buzzed about projector
in action, we had to visit Sony's demonstration booth this morning.
Continue reading...
Full-duplex breakthrough could double wireless
capacity with no new towers
September 8, 2011 via Kurzweilai.net
Rice University engineering researchers have made a radiotransmission breakthrough that could allow wireless phone
companies to double (or maybe more) throughput on their networks
without adding a single cell tower, and that could be ready for 4.5G
networks.
Rice's new "full-duplex" technology allows wireless devices like cell phones and electronic tablets
to both "talk" and "listen" to wireless cell towers on the same frequency -- something that requires
two different frequencies with today's technology.
"Our solution requires minimal new hardware, both for mobile devices and for networks, which is
why we've attracted the attention of just about every wireless company in the world," said Ashutosh
Sabharwal, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice. "The bigger change will be
developing new wireless standards for full-duplex. I expect people may start seeing this when
carriers upgrade to 4.5G or 5G networks in just a few years."
Continue reading...
Study: Telecommuting is worth a pay cut, especially for men
September 8, 2011 |
By Jessica Stillman Sep. 7, 2011, 12:00pm PT via
Gigaom.com-- Several surveys have found people are willing to
take a pay cut in order to have the flexibility to work remotely.
Now, a new survey is confirming these findings -- but with a
twist.
Flexible jobs site Momcorps asked 1,071 working Americans
about flexible working and work-life balance. And like Dice and Staples before it, the site found
that a significant percentage would take a smaller paycheck in exchange for flexibility. 42 percent
of respondents said they would be willing to give up some percentage of their salary for more
flexibility at work. On average they'd accept a six percent cut.
Continue reading...
Do Passive 3D TVs Trade Quality for Comfort?
By Patrick Miller, PCWorld Sep 7, 2011 9:00 AM
Polarized "passive" 3D TVs hit the market in the
beginning of the year as a response to the bulky,
expensive, complicated active-shutter 3D TVs that
turned off many would-be buyers. But many home
theater enthusiasts (and TV manufacturers) claimed that
they sacrificed image quality in the process.
DisplayMate Technologies, a display calibration
software developer, pit active and passive 3D TVs against each other to get to the bottom of this and
published the results in a freely-available report (3D TV Display Technology Shoot-Out). As it
turns out, passive TVs have a more restricted viewable range than active-shutter sets, but they don't
lose detail. Read on for more on their testing procedures, as well as our own in-house testing results.
Continue reading...
SFR wins BPCE bank telepresence contract
Thursday 8 September 2011 | 10:00 CET via Telecompaper.com -SFR Business Team has won a contract from France's Banque
Populaire Caisses d'Epargne (BPCE) to provide telepresence services.
Installed at a dozen sites initially, it will eventually be extended to around 50 sites. The Cisco-based
telepresence solution will allow BPCE staff to run « total immersion » meetings with in-house
and external counterparts elsewhere. SFR is supplying boardroom-sized telepresence facilities with
three screens and single-screened meeting rooms for up to six-people. The telepresence centres will
be connected to BPCE's IP VPN. The immersive experience enables true face-to-face interaction,
with full-size images of speakers, fluidity of movement, and HD sound and picture. Service
supervision and maintenance will be manned 24/7 by SFR Business Team. The operator does not
indicate a contract length or financial value.
Continue reading...
BBC plans to use 3D and 'super hi-vision' for London Olympics
September 6, 2011 |
Executive in charge of 2012 coverage has spoken about the proposed experiment at the Edinburgh
television festival.
Mark Sweney, The Guardian via ISPR
The BBC is considering plans to broadcast the 100
metres final of the London Olympics in 3D, as well as
trying out a new technology that delivers picture
quality said to be 16 times better than HDTV.
Roger Mosey, the BBC executive in charge of the
corporation's London 2012 coverage, told reporters on
the sidelines of the Edinburgh international television
festival that 3D coverage for the 100m and other
events was "certainly on the agenda", as part of a "limited experiment".
The event will see world record holder Usain Bolt seeking to restore some pride after being
disqualified from the world championships on Sunday, following a false start.
The BBC will also test "super hi-vision", a new broadcasting technology so advanced it is not
expected to be in homes for a decade. Three 15 metre (50ft) high screens will be erected around the
country so that the public have a chance of seeing the imagery that Mosey said was so good it
would match up with the experience of watching from the stands.
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Business Videoconferencing Showdown: Meet Face-to-Face
September 6, 2011 | By Robert Strohmeyer, PC World
With telecommuters and outside contractors now
serving vital roles in most small to midsize
companies, it has become increasingly important to
be able to meet face-to-face with people across the building, across town, or across the ocean
without physically transporting ourselves around.
Fortunately, video-based conferencing services have evolved to meet this demand, making it easier
than ever to share documents, demonstrate software, and work collaboratively on a shared
whiteboard from the comfort of your desktop PC.
To help you choose the right videoconferencing system for your business, we took five of the most
compelling services--8x8 Virtual Room, Adobe Connect, Cisco WebEx Meeting Center, Citrix
GoToMeeting, and Fuze Meeting--for a spin.
Continue reading...
How Microsoft Researchers Might Invent a Holodeck
September 3, 2011 |
By Dylan Tweney, Wired.com's Gadget Lab
REDMOND, Washington -- Deep inside
Microsoft is the brain of a mad scientist.
You might not think so, given the banality of the
company's ubiquitous products: Windows,
Office, Hotmail, Exchange Server, Active
Directory. The days are long past when this kind
of software could light up anyone's imagination,
except maybe an accountant's.
But Microsoft has an innovative side that's still capable of producing surprises. In fact, Microsoft
spends more than $9 billion a year, and employs tens of thousands of people in research and
development alone. While most of that goes toward coding the next versions of the company's
major products, a lot gets funneled into pure research and cutting-edge engineering.
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LifeSize Takes on Cisco in Videoconferencing, Sees Sales Rise
August 31, 2011 |
Polycom strikes deal to move HQ from Pleasanton to San Jose
August 30, 2011 |
The TV That Watches You
August 26, 2011 |
Masergy Adds New Levels To Channel Partner Program
August 25, 2011 |
Handroid: Japanese company shows advanced robot hand
August 25, 2011 |
Tata Touts Next-Gen Strategy
August 25, 2011 |
Glowpoint Advisory Board Pushes Cloud Managed Video Services
August 22, 2011 |
Telepresence For Everyone
August 22, 2011 |
Kickstarter: EEG-Based Telepresence Robot Controller
August 19, 2011 |
Telepresence Robots Seek Office Work
August 18, 2011 |
Talk & Vision and IVCi strengthen relationship
August 17, 2011 |
You're fired: How gaming killed the boardroom
August 16, 2011 |
Tata Communications Reports 13 Percent Increase in Revenue
August 15, 2011 |
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Vidyo Raises Extra $22.5 Million
September 22, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Vidyo Raises $22.5 Million Series D to Fund Global
Expansion of First Affordable, End-to-End Telepresence
HACKENSACK, NJ -- September 22, 2011 -Vidyo, Inc., the
first company to deliver personal telepresence, today
announced a $22.5 million Series D round of financing,
bringing the total amount of capital raised by the company to
$96 million since its founding in 2005. Existing investors,
Menlo Ventures, Rho Ventures, Star Ventures and Four Rivers Group participated in the round, which was
led by QuestMark Partners. Vidyo will use the funding to further expand its sales and marketing activities
to address the global market demand for higher quality, more flexible and scalable mobile, desktop, room
system and immersive telepresence systems.
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Teliris and Fuzebox Announce Interoperability With Fuze
Telepresence Connect
September 21, 2011 |
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 21, 2011
Teliris, the telepresence innovation leader, today announces with FuzeBox, a global
leader in real-time collaborations solutions, seamless integration between Teliris
Telepresence and FuzeBox's solutions through Fuze Telepresence Connect.
Together, these solutions will allow Teliris users to access web conferencing and
telepresence across a broad range of platforms, including the desktop and mobile devices through Fuze
Meeting, a cloud-based collaboration tool. Both companies deliver SVC-based solutions for high quality
video over the internet and general purpose networks.
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BCS Global Launches Next Generation Cloud-based Managed Desktop
Video Services
September 21, 2011 |
iView - Powered by Vidyo, is a personal telepresence service that enables
business-quality face-to-face video collaboration right from your desktop or
laptop - anywhere, anytime.
London, UK (PRWEB) September 21, 2011
BCS Global Networks Limited, a leading worldwide provider of managed
videoconferencing, telepresence and visual collaboration services, today announced the launch of iView Powered by Vidyo, a new managed desktop video service based on Vidyo's Scalable Video Coding (SVC)
technology platform.
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NEC Debuts Software-Based Unified Communications Bundle
for Mid-Market
September 20, 2011 |
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NEC Corporation of
America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of
advanced communication and IT solutions, today
announced the general availability of UNIVERGE Sphericall for Medium Businesses and Small Enterprises
(MB/SE), a full-featured, enterprise class unified communications solutions for the mid-market.
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MNS Launches Best HD Video Conferencing Connectivity
Between Australia and Arbitrary Destinations Overseas
September 20, 2011 |
Media Network Services (MNS), the global leading
provider of network services for HD video
conferencing between arbitrary and B2B
destinations, today announced the launch of its network Point of Presence (PoP) in Sydney,
Australia.
OSLO, NORWAY and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (PRWEB) September 20, 2011
Media Network Services (MNS), the global leading provider of network services for HD video conferencing
between arbitrary and B2B destinations, today announced the launch of its network Point of Presence
(PoP) in Sydney, Australia.
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8x8 Virtual Room Wins 'Best of Show' Award at ITEXPO West 2011
September 20, 2011 |
8x8's New Cloud-Based Video
Conferencing Solution Recognized as
Best SMB Offering at Leading IP
Communications Conference
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sep 20, 2011
(GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -8x8, Inc., provider of innovative cloud
communications and computing solutions, today announced that its "8x8 Virtual Room" video
conferencing solution received a "Best of Show Award" in the SMB (small to medium sized
business) category at ITEXPO West 2011, held last week at the Austin Convention Center in
Austin, Texas.
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World's Leading Companies Using Glowpoint's Cloud Managed Video
Services
September 19, 2011 |
Over 60% of Fortune's 'World's Most Admired Companies' for
2011 have benefited from Glowpoint's OpenVideo cloud
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Sept. 19, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Glowpoint, Inc., a leading global
provider of cloud managed video services, today announced that the company signed over 30 new
cloud managed video service customers in the first half of 2011.
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AT&T Helps Make The World a Smaller Place for Carl Zeiss
September 15, 2011 |
Top German company puts itself 'in the picture' with high definition video
collaboration technology from AT&T
FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 15, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Carl Zeiss Group
is adopting AT&T Telepresence Solution to improve global collaboration between
employees, suppliers and subsidiaries around the world, across three continents.
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Verizon Wireless and FuzeBox Bring HD Video Conferencing and Real-Time
Visual Collaboration Over 4G to Mobile Devices and Tablets
September 15, 2011 |
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2011 -Verizon Wireless and FuzeBox, a global leader in real-time visual
collaboration applications, today announced the availability of Fuze
Meeting, a technology solution to bring cloud-based high-definition (HD) content collaboration and
multi-party video conferencing to small and medium-sized businesses and enterprise
customers. Fuze Meeting will now be available via the Business Solutions Alliance (BSA) Program
on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.
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CBCI Telecom Announces New Executive Team
September 15, 2011 |
A New Chapter in CBCI Telecom's continuous Growth Story
MONTREAL, QUEBEC (SEPTEMBER 15th, 2011) - CBCI Telecom,
Canada's Leader in Visual Communications, today announced the
appointment of Denis Dumouchel to the position of President, the appointment of Robert Belisle to
the position of Vice President Professional Services, and Helen Choy as Director of Finance and
Operations.
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HP Enables Users to Connect and Share with the HP Webcam HD 5210
September 14, 2011 |
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 14, 2011 - HP today unveiled the
HP Webcam HD 5210. The HD 5210 features Skype certified
high-definition (HD) 720p video calling with H.264
compression. This cutting-edge technology streams video chats
in high definition for a smoother, more reliable connection that
uses less bandwidth.
Connecting with friends and family has never been more
immediate or clear than with the HP Webcam HD 5210. Users can video chat, create content or
snap photos with this sleek, ultra-compact webcam.
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Polycom Unveils Software Strategy to Drive Global Adoption of HD Video
Collaboration through Open Standards
September 14, 2011 |
PLEASANTON, Calif. - Sep 14, 2011 : Polycom, Inc., the
global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC),
today unveiled a software strategy to bring secure HD video
collaboration to the broadest range of business, video, mobile, and social networking applications
through standards-based infrastructure delivered on-premises, hosted, or with service providers
from the "video cloud." Polycom believes this strategy will redefine the unified communications
market, accelerate the adoption of Polycom software (from infrastructure to the edge), and establish
Polycom as the default choice of customers and partners for open UC and HD video collaboration
solutions that work together seamlessly across any application, protocol, call control system, or end
point. The software strategy is a key component of Polycom's growth strategy with the objective of
growing revenue from the company's current run rate of approximately $1.5 billion to $3 billion in
the next few years.
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Polycom and Jive Announce Strategic Relationship to Bring HD Video
Collaboration to Social Business
September 14, 2011 |
New Video Solutions Powered by Polycom Platform
to Increase Productivity and Deliver Competitive
Advantage for Businesses Running Jive
PALO ALTO, CA and PLEASANTON, CA, Sep 14, 2011 (Marketwire via Comtex)-Polycom, Inc., the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), and Jive
Software, a leading social business solution, today announced a strategic relationship to integrate
Polycom HD video into Jive's social business platform. The new solution will transform how
businesses engage and collaborate with customers, employees, and partners. The solution will allow
Jive customers to conduct live video chats, including group video calls, as well as record video
meetings or messages for archiving, training, and ongoing collaboration.
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Polycom RealPresence Platform
September 14, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
September 14, 2011 via (Polycom.com) - The
Polycom RealPresence Platform is the most
comprehensive software infrastructure for universal
video collaboration, powering Polycom's marketleading HD telepresence and video solutions.
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Psychoacoustics helps reproduce sound the way the brain prefers to hear it
September 14, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Sound, the Way the Brain Prefers to Hear It
By GUY GUGLIOTTA September 5, 2011 LOS
ANGELES (via ISPR) -- There is, perhaps, no more
uplifting musical experience than hearing the "Hallelujah"
chorus from Handel's "Messiah" performed in a perfect
space. Many critics regard Symphony Hall in Boston -- 70
feet wide, 120 feet long and 65 feet high -- as just that
space.
Some 3,000 miles away, however, a visitor led into the pitch-blackness of Chris Kyriakakis's audio
lab at the University of Southern California to hear a recording of the performance would have no
way to know how big the room was.
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Siemens Enterprise Communications Breaks Architectural Barrier to Deliver
Video Embedded into Unified Communications Desktop
September 14, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Updated OpenScape UC Suite now includes integrated desktop
videoconferencing, increased security and expanded device
support
ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Extending its
leadership in unified communications (UC) solutions, Siemens
Enterprise Communications today introduced OpenScape Desktop
Videoconferencing as part of the updated OpenScape UC Suite,
making it easier and more affordable for enterprises to deploy
videoconferencing to every desktop. The OpenScape UC Suite also
includes powerful new security and management updates to build
upon the industry's most complete and proven integrated multimedia SIP platform based on nextgeneration, software server-based architecture with unified management tools.
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HD Enterprise Class Content Distribution and Delivery Now Enabled with
Ittiam's Video Networking System on TI's DaVinci Digital Media Technology
September 14, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Video Networking System from Ittiam offers highdefinition, enterprise-grade media distribution
complete with advanced QoS and security for
deployment over Wide Area Network
BANGALORE, India, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire
via COMTEX/ -- Ittiam announced the availability of
Video Networking System (VNS) for enterprise content distribution (ECD) addressing the
requirement of a complete media delivery system within an organization. VNS enables end users to
record, stream, playback content, as well as collaborate across a heterogeneous set of devices such
as PCs, tablets, smartphones, desktop video conferencing units, as well as tele-presence systems.
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Hookflash Brings Business-Class Communications to the iPad
September 14, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
First-of-its-kind service combines
knowledge capture, corporate
phone features, real-time
interactivity and social insight
SANTA CLARA - Sept. 13, 2011
(via Telecomreseller.com) Hookflash for iPad, which debuts at
DEMO Fall 2011, enables people to
more fluidly communicate and
interact with the colleagues and
teams that matter for getting work
accomplished in today's distributed workplace.
Designed from scratch for the Apple iPad, Hookflash combines the best features of corporate phone
systems with group video conferencing, group messaging, and participant profiles automatically
created from information extracted from business and social networks -- all seamlessly integrated
within an intuitive interface.
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utribo Enables Turnkey Multimedia Communications for Websites, Online
Communities and Social Networks on Any PC, Tablet or Smartphone
September 14, 2011 |
Web Developers Now Can Quickly Add Voice and Video Communications
Services to Any B2B, B2C and C2C Community
Geneva, Switzerland - Sept. 13, 2011 Social networking sites and other online
communities are rapidly expanding beyond
photos and text and into real-time
communications with voice and video calls.
To provide Web developers with a fast, costeffective way to add voice and video to any
network community, utribo
(www.utribo.com) today launched a turnkey
suite of multimedia services that will work
with any laptop or desktop PC, tablet or
smartphone.
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Frost & Sullivan Honors Vidyo with Global 2011 Product Differentiation
Excellence Award for Videoconferencing Infrastructure Systems
September 13, 2011 |
HACKENSACK, N.J., Sep 13, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE
via MarketWatch.com) -- Frost & Sullivan, the Growth
Partnership Company, and Vidyo, Inc., the first company
to deliver personal telepresence, today announced that
Vidyo is the 2011 recipient of the Frost & Sullivan Global
Product Differentiation Excellence Award in
Videoconferencing Infrastructure Systems. Based on the
findings of Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices research, the
award spotlights the emergence of Vidyo as a key vendor in a market that is highly competitive and
dominated by videoconferencing giants. Frost & Sullivan's analysis indicates that Vidyo's disruptive
platform and APIs will expand the market.
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Iron Bow Named Cisco TelePresence Master Partner
September 12, 2011 |
CHANTILLY, Va., Sep 12, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE
via MarketWatch) -- Iron Bow Technologies, LLC an
information technology solutions provider, announced
today that it has completed all necessary prerequisites to
be named a Cisco TelePresence Master Partner. As one of only 24 companies in the United States
and one of five focused on the federal government sector to receive this certification, Iron Bow has
been recognized for its depth of knowledge and skill in deploying Cisco Systems, Inc.'s entire video
portfolio.
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VGo Announces New President and CEO, Peter N. Vicars
September 9, 2011 |
NASHUA, N.H., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VGo
Communications, the leader in robotic telepresence, announced the
appointment of Peter N. Vicars as President and CEO, effective
immediately.
Mr. Vicars will lead the company in its next phase of revenue growth,
expansion into new markets and new capital financing. Over the past
year, the cross functional senior management team has managed the
successful introduction of VGo's first solution into the business market
for robotic telepresence.
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Teliris Telepresence Appoints Jeff Tench as Chief Marketing Officer
September 8, 2011 |
Teliris hires new executive to drive global growth strategy
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 08, 2011 - Teliris
(http://www.teliris.com), the telepresence innovation leader, today
announced the appointment of Jeff Tench as Chief Marketing Officer.
As the latest addition to Teliris' executive team, Jeff will be responsible
for all marketing and business development initiatives and will be
instrumental in advancing the company's aggressive growth objectives.
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DAVID MALDOW JOINS HUMAN PRODUCTIVITY LAB AND TELEPRESENCE
OPTIONS AS ANALYST AND ASSOCIATE EDITOR
September 8, 2011 |
WILL EXPAND THE HPL'S END USER EDUCATION PRACTICE AND CONTRIBUTE
TO
TELEPRESENCE OPTIONS AND TELEPRESENCE OPTIONS MAGAZINE
Ashburn, VA, September 8th, 2011 - Telepresence and
visual collaboration consultancy Human Productivity Lab
(HPL) is pleased to announce that David S. Maldow has
joined as an analyst and writer. David is a visual collaboration
technologist with extensive expertise in testing, evaluating,
and explaining telepresence and other visual collaboration
technologies. David will be focused on providing third-party
independent testing of telepresence and visual collaboration
endpoints and infrastructure and helping industry participants
explain complicated subjects through white papers and other
end-user facing publications. Finally, David will be a
contributor to the Human Productivity Lab's publications:
Telepresence Options and Telepresence Options Magazine.
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Polycom Helps 35 Healthcare Institutions in 13 Countries Improve Training
and Patient Care With Polycom Telepresence
September 8, 2011 |
Award-Winning International Virtual e-Hospital Uses
Polycom Telepresence for Face-to-Face Distance Learning
and Training in Kosovo and Across Europe, the Middle
East, and North and South America
PLEASANTON, CA, Sep 07, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Polycom, Inc., a global
leader in unified communications (UC), and the International Virtual e-Hospital (IVeH) have
partnered on a new model that enables medical professionals to collaborate via video and share their
expertise across 35 healthcare and academic institutions globally, thanks to an innovative Polycom
video collaboration program that has helped rebuild Kosovo's medical system. With its success
clearly demonstrated, the model is now being deployed more broadly in new regions outside the
Balkans including Africa, the Middle East, South Eastern Europe, and South America.
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eVideo Brings Quality Care to Patients with Tailored eTelehealth Solution
September 8, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Glowpoint's Cloud Managed Video Business-to-Business Exchange Services
Reaches Nearly 450 Enterprises
September 7, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Dialogic and Voiceserve Collaborate on Mobile Video Conferencing Solution
September 7, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
RADVISION Announces SCOPIA Interoperability with BroadSoft BroadWorks
September 7, 2011 | Howard Lichtman
Motion Recognition Clothing: Next generation technology for full body game
controllers
September 7, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Polycom(R) UC Intelligent Core(TM) Platform and Polycom(R) HDX(TM)
Telepresence Room Systems Receive UC APL Security Certification From U.S.
Federal Government
September 7, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Polycom Launches New Unified Communications and Collaboration Solutions
Centre in Sydney
September 7, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Virtual Employee Pvt Ltd introduces Video Conferencing - The Future of
Outsourcing
September 6, 2011 | Hogan Keyser
Orange Business Services Helps Enable Global Collaboration for AkzoNobel
September 1, 2011 | William Zimmerman
Glowpoint Announces Enhanced Cloud Managed Video Services for Cisco
Customers
August 31, 2011 | William Zimmerman
Providea Conferencing Teams With Every Monday Matters to Take its Corporate
Social Responsibility Initiatives to Even Higher Levels
August 25, 2011 | William Zimmerman
IFC and EMC to Expand Communications Services for Organizations in Emerging
Markets
August 24, 2011 | William Zimmerman
RADVISION Launches Highly Affordable, High Definition SCOPIA XT1000 Piccolo
Video Conferencing Room System
August 24, 2011 | William Zimmerman
Polycom Appoints Navin Mehta as SVP of Global Services
August 22, 2011 | William Zimmerman
In the deep
August 19, 2011 | William Zimmerman
Vidyo's "State of the Art" Platform Chosen by Vedder Price Law Firm to Replace
Its Legacy Video Conferencing System
August 18, 2011 | William Zimmerman
AT&T Connects IHG Across the Oceans, Saving Time and Enabling Immediate
Collaboration
August 17, 2011 | William Zimmerman
VCI-Group Conference Secures Leading Analysts to Help Guide Members
Through Turbulence in the Conferencing Industry
August 15, 2011 | William Zimmerman
Telepresence People
Zia Askari has been appointed Branding Manager for Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group
Teliris Telepresence Appoints Jeff Tench as Chief Marketing Officer
Geir Olsen has joined Fredrik Halvorsen (Chairman) at Aktiv Kapital as CEO
Michael Stephens moves from Cisco to head LifeSize sales team
Chretien van der Aa has been named Polycom’s Country Manager for the Benelux Region
Peter Vicars is the new President and CEO of VGo
Telepresence Industry Professionals -Now Over 2,300+ Members!
Telepresence Industry Professionals (TIP) is our telepresence industry
association on Linked In which is now over 2,300+ 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
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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.
Mark R. McNulty - NJ Metro Resume in Adobe PDF
Mark McNulty is seeking a Business Development or Marketing
Executive position with a Communications company in the Global
Telepresence and Visual Collaboration arena. Career highlights include
Founder/CEO of a Pharmaceutical Data Center company, AVP of Sales
for CapGemini's Beechwood Data Systems and assignments at AT&T,
IBM and Western Electric. He has an extensive Videoconferencing, IT Data Center and
Enterprise Infrastructure background.
Randy Weeter - Chicago, IL
Randy is looking for a new Practice Lead or BD leadership role where his successful
track record can be replicated. Previously with Tandberg, acquired by
Cisco, Randy built and execuited the RTM stragety and commercially
launched a new Cloud-based TelePresence solution in the US market as
well as received Cisco's Sales FY11 Achiever award. A proven direct
and channel sales leader, Randy's expertise is building/enabeling the
teams and strategies that drive top and bottom line growth as well as
operational excellence. He has extensive new business development experience across
Video/TP, Unified Comunications and Contact Center throughout both domestic and
international markets. Randy's strong business and technical acumen provides the
abilty to collaborate across organizational boundries to drive results.
Jay Eric - Greater New York City
Jay has been an A/V technician for over 5 years now, but that's
not what makes him unique. Jay brings the eye of a professional
TV cameraman with over 15 years experience. He’s seen most
telepresence rooms and especially the ones who listen to
recommendations from Polycom and Tandberg and find them,
sterile and cold and can bring a higher level of production quality to video
meetings.
Seth Borus – New York City
Agent of Change looking for a new home. Industry veteran seeking a
new adventure for a BDM or senior sales position with an Advanced
Collaboration - Telepresence company. Has been a sales consultant with
several years of Collaboration, Video and Telepresence experience and
expertise providing positive outcomes via a methodical based selling
strategy. Most recently was the Regional Sales Director for Magor
Communications, running the sales organization, channel strategy, and direct sales for
Magor on the US east coast.
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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