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PolyCom RealPresence Experience Video Conferencing in HD 1080P
October 28th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
PolyCom’s new affordable telepresence system will support full HD 1080P resolution and 720P at 60 frames per second. Polycom has also announced that it will offer an upgrade program for qualified RMX 2000 and HDX customers who want the new high definition equipment.PolyCom’s new high definition standards supposedly work flawlessly with their existing line of […]
Lifesize Launches High Resolution & Affordable Telepresence Solution
October 21st, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
LifeSize Communications has announced a new video conferencing solution called the LifeSize Conference 200. The new system features their new HD camera and codec, which can record and send at full 1080P resolution @ 30 frames per second, or at 720P at 30 frames per second. Their previous HD technology only allowed 720p at 30 […]
Cisco CEO Predicts Social Networking Technology will Lead to New Era of Productivity
September 24th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Cisco CEO, John Chambers announced Tuesday that he believed online collaboration technology will lead to a boom in productivity, much like the productivity jump in the 1990’s, where computers began to facilitate productivity. Speaking at the World Business Forum in New York City, he outlined his vision for the next stage of business development, arguing […]
Is Telepresence the Future of Video Conferencing?
September 24th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
For the last year or so, “telepresence” has been a big buzz word in the conferencing industry. Large industry players like Cisco and Hewlett-Packard offer full corporate telepresence solutions that take up entire rooms and allow life-like communication with people in remote locations. But is telepresence going to altogether replace standard video conferencing solutions?
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Cisco Telepresence Sales up 500% - Is Video Conferencing Here to Stay?
August 8th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
At Tuesday’s quarterly earnings call with analysts, Cisco Systems CEO, John Chambers mentioned that orders of Cisco’s telepresence units were up 500% this year over last. A typical installation of a Cisco telepresence unit is around $300k, and considering the scope of Cisco’s $10.4 billion in sales during the second quarter, telepresence makes up a […]
Polycom introduces High Definition (HD) Video Conferencing Media Server
July 30th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Polycom, a global provider in telepresence, video conferencing services and voice communications solutions, today announced the release of its new system, the RMX 1000, a high-performance multipoint video conferencing communication platform for small and medium businesses. Complementing the existing RMX 2000 for medium and large business networks, the RMX 1000 enables on-demand video conferencing and […]
Video Conferencing Equipment Market to Exceed $5B
July 24th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
The videoconferencing equipment market is poised to for record setting growth over the next five years according to Wainhouse Research. The report was part of the release of the firm’s annual study of the videoconferencing and webconferencing market. The year’s report covers all sectors of the enterprise videoconferencing equipment market, including enterprise telepresence systems, room […]
Will the Video Conferencing Boom Last?
July 17th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
More and more frequently companies in the United States and abroad are substituting face-to-face meetings with web conferencing and video conferencing services. As travel becomes more expensive and more difficult many companies have invested in these video conference technologies. However, as in the past, while these technologies might see heavy use for a while, eventually […]
WBS Connect Releases “Virtual In Person” High Definition Video Conferencing
July 10th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
WBS Connect, a Denver-based web conferencing and video conferencing company, announced “Virtual In Person,” a high-definition video conferencing and telepresence service. WBS Connect claims the video conferencing service gives customers the ability “to seamlessly perform business-to-business and network-to-network telepresence and video conferencing online meetings, even when groups are on different private networks.”
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Intellicon Launches Vega X7 Video Conferencing Solution
July 5th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Video Conferencing and Communications company, Intellicon has launched Aethra’s Vega X7. Vega X7 provides a suite of video conferencing and web conferencing solutions for the board room, conference room and auditoriums. Vega X7 offers the latest in video conferencing technology to provide premium quality image and voice transmission with high-end features. Vega X7 supports High […]