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Survey Uncovers Annoyances in Video Conferencing

April 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

A survey finds IT professionals and small business owners have significant gripes about how helpful collaboration tools are marred by a lack of office decorum on the part of the participants.
– A survey of business professionals suggests while they embrace the
ease and freedom provided by virtual meetings, IT professionals and
small to medium-size business (SMB) owners are frustrated by
less-than-mannerly behaviors in the boardroom or on conference calls.
The survey, Â“Meetings Dos and …

HP Slate Touts Video Conferencing, SD Cards over iPad

April 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Hewlett-Packards upcoming tablet PC could use video conferencing, at least one camera module, and support for Adobe Flash and removable SD memory cards as potential differentiators from Apples bestselling iPad. A 30-second video released by HP shows these and other functions at work in the device, which will debut on an as-yet-unannounced date later in 2010. The sales success of the iPad in its first weekend raises the stakes for other competitors looking to carve out market share in the burgeoning consumer tablet PC market.
– Hewlett-Packard is ramping up its own tablet PC efforts in the wake of
Apples iPad launch, releasing a new official blog posting and video that shows
an upcoming slate product capable of video conferencing,
Â“Think about the last time you chatted with friends over Skype on your
notebook,Â” Phil M…

Avaya, Tandberg Expand Video Conferencing Capabilities

March 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Tandberg is unveiling the EX90, a telepresence offering that brings the immersive video collaboration technology to the desk. At the same time, Avaya is teaming up with LifeSize to add more video conferencing capabilities to its Aura platform.
– Tandberg and Avaya are making moves in the video collaboration space.
Tandberg on March 18 launched EX90, which extends the companys
telepresence capabilities to the desk.
The EX90 brings the functions available in Tandbergs
Telepresence offerings including video and audio quality, and InTouch t…

Vidtel, SimpleSignal Team Up for Video Conferencing Solution

March 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Cost-conscious businesses searching for a multi-party video conferencing solution have a new option with a service from SimpleSignal and Vidtel.
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SimpleSignal, a service provider of hosted business
telephone solutions for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs), and Vidtel, an
innovative video conferencing service provider, announced a distribution
agreement to market Vidtel’s Hosted Multi-Point Video Conferencing Service to…

Video Conferencing on the Rise, Survey Shows

February 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Enterprises looking to drive down costs and improve communications increasingly are turning to video conferencing, according to a survey done for Global IP Solutions. The survey echoes what other studies are finding, and supports the strategies of such vendors as Cisco, Polycom, Juniper, Tandberg and Radvision.
– Businesspeople are increasingly using video to collaborate with colleagues,
partners and customers, according to a survey released Feb. 3.
In a survey of 1,200 senior business professionals conducted by Research Now
for IP communications company Global IP Solutions, the majority said they have
u…

Web Conferencing Posted By : Shawn Frankk

January 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Web conferencing is basically a web meeting which is interactive not only in terms of audio and video but also by allowing the sharing of documents and files and viewing them online. It is a means that brings people together from multiple locations to share information in an interactive environment with other users over the Internet. Web conferencing increases productivity by having decision makers located in a single place to discuss strategic topics pertaining to business.

Siemens, Polycom in Video Conferencing Alliance

January 21st, 2010 | No Comments

The UC alliance between Siemens Enterprise Communications Group and Polycom comes in the middle of other maneuverings in the market, including Ciscos intended acquisition of video conferencing equipment maker Tandberg. At the same time, Mitel is kicking off a bus tour through the United States to show off its UC offerings, including its TeleCollaboration telepresence software.
– The maneuvering in the increasingly competitive video conferencing
space is continuing, with Siemens Enterprise Communications Group
announcing that it will integrate Polycoms telepresence technology
into its unified communications offerings.
The alliance and resale agreements between the two co…

Polycom, IBM to Demo Consumer Video Conferencing at CES

January 5th, 2010 | No Comments

Polycom and IBM are teaming up to showcase a prototype home high-definition video conferencing product at CES. Video conferencing and telepresence products are seeing growing adoption in the business sector as a way of cutting travel expenses. Now vendors such as Polycom and Cisco Systems are looking to move their technology into the home, where they will compete with the likes of Skype.
– Polycom will be teaming up with IBM at
the Consumer Electronics Show to demonstrate a high-definition video conferencing
system aimed for the home.
Video conferencing and immersive telepresence technology is becoming
increasingly popular in the corporate world as businesses look for ways to trim…

Glowpoint Offers Automated Diagnostics Tool for Video Conferencing

December 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Glowpoint enhances its telepresence and video conferencing offerings with an automated diagnostic application called Video Room Sweep.
– Video communications solution company Glowpoint announced an automated
diagnostic application called Video Room Sweep that automatically performs
comprehensive Â“sweepsÂ” and emulations of video sessions for all components of
telepresence and video conferencing rooms. Designed to offer a more autom…

Glowpoint Announces Microsoft Exchange Integration Video Conferencing Web Portal

November 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Glowpoint’s ScheduleSync telepresence feature now integrates with Microsoft Exchange, the company announces.
– Glowpoint, a provider of managed services for
telepresence and video conferencing, announced the release of ScheduleSync, a
feature that synchronizes customer desktop calendaring and scheduling software
with Glowpoints customer Web portal. ScheduleSync integrates with Microsoft
Exchange and allo…

Mindjet Catalyst Adds Web Conferencing to Visual Mind Maps

October 6th, 2009 | No Comments

With Catalyst, Mindjet added Web conferencing, document and file sharing, and secure online workspaces to its visualization mind maps, fortifying its messaging and collaboration platform. Mindjet also retooled as a SAAS player, offering its Catalyst collaboration software as a cloud computing platform. The move positions Mindjet against Cisco, Microsoft, IBM and fellow upstarts Huddle, Dimdim and Yugma.
– Mindjet Oct. 6 added Web conferencing and other collaboration tools to its graphical software for helping corporate employees map out their relationships and regrouped as a pure software-as-a-service provider.
Until today, Mindjet made a product called MindManager, which lets users create so-calle…

Video conferencing solutions of many problems in business

August 4th, 2009 | No Comments

Video Conferencing is the best solution for lessening the distance between the places. Internet has facilitated the lives of every individual some or the other way. Many a timeâ€™s telephonic conversation cannot create that impact which is required in any personal meet, in business etc. Web conferencing services have lead to introduction to many new [...]

ooVoo Video Conferencing with Desktop Sharing Challenges Skype, Cisco, Google

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Startup OoVoo breaks free from the consumer mold by offering its video conferencing service to small businesses. The software, aimed at messaging and collaboration solutions from Skype, Cisco and Google, includes desktop screen sharing to help users better share content. The software also has granular pricing, starting at a free two-way plan with conversation caps of 1 minute and ending at six-way high-definition video conferencing with fat file sharing and unlimited 5-minute chats.
– Video chat startup ooVoo is making a bid to move from the consumer sector to
the turf of such powers as Cisco, Skype and Google with a new version of its
software that delivers to small businesses video conferencing and screen
sharing for up to six users at once.
For $39.95 a month, OoVoo Versio…