“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future…” ~ Niels Bohr Predicting the future is a very difficult business, and I’m not talking Nostradamus-like prophecies here. I’m talking about tech companies looking a couple of years ahead, trying to predict what the next big thing is, what technology advances will be available, what will we be able to do then and will it be worth anything. Such predictions are vital for a tech company if it wants to stay successful.
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | February 2nd, 2009 | Filed under Innovation
As a result of my “Clash of the VC Titans” mini-series I have receive some questions on what telepresence REALLY is. To some, it’s Telepresence, a product made famous by Cisco, comprising of multi-camera, multi-codec, multi-screen, fancy-shmancy meeting rooms allowing people to communicate in high definition over dedicated networks. To others, its telepresence, a term used to describe a user experience where people can collaborate in a high fidelity, highly interactive session, with audio and video technologies that allow a
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | November 18th, 2008 | Filed under Telepresence, Video Conferencing
George Colony, the CEO of Forrester Research (and NOT the actor…), recently wrote a post on his blog about the Pros and Cons of using Telepresence for long-distance business meetings instead of traveling. Colony’s team, located in Massachusetts, met with John Chamber’s team, located in California, all using Cisco Telepresence rooms. Colony says “the experience is a close emulation of an in-person meeting. If in-person is 100% and traditional video conferencing is 40%, the attendees put TelePresence at 80%”.
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | September 11th, 2008 | Filed under Video Conferencing
