This blog praises technology and innovation. It’s not just that I am in love with technology: I have grown to understand that technology improves lives, and so it can be a goal, not just a means. The problem, our problem, is to ensure that technology improves the lives of everyone and not just that of those who can access and afford it. As Chris Anderson puts it: “The power of technology can bring nations relief, if only bureaucrats allow
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | October 15th, 2008 | Filed under Collaboration, Innovation
In a recent episode of House, the successful FOX TV show, Dr. House and his medical staff used video conferencing to aid a fellow doctor located at the South Pole to diagnose her symptoms after she falls gravely ill. Dr. House uses his laptop from home and an endpoint in the hospital to help Dr. Milton diagnose and treat herself, and eventually save her own life. Spoiler from FOX for the House episode “Frozen”. Video conferencing to the aid
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | September 25th, 2008 | Filed under Innovation, Video Conferencing
If you have been following this blog for the past two months, you are probably well-aware of the benefits of using video conferencing, both for the organization and for the environment. With the introduction of high definition video on one hand and the virtual working place taking off (pdf), with around 100 million US workers expected to telework by 2010, the challenge of developing a solution that can suit this evolving and demanding market is not trivial. An ideal
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | May 22nd, 2008 | Filed under Innovation, Video Conferencing
A few weeks ago we had a Release Readiness Review (RRR) meeting to discuss the release of the latest version of one of our popular products.Now an RRR meeting is a standard procedure in most software companies, but what if your company is spread over 3 countries, located in 3 different continents with 3 different time zones, but you still need to have more than 20 people - product managers, development team leaders, QA - in one conference at the
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | March 24th, 2008 | Filed under Collaboration, Video Conferencing
In 1979 a British new wave band by the name of Buggles released a song that was aimed at celebrating the golden days of radio in the late 50s. The song, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, tells the story of a singer whose career is cut short by the invention of television.The music video for this song, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was the first to be shown on MTV, when the music channel debuted on August 1, 1981 at 12:10am.
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | March 18th, 2008 | Filed under Video Applications
