More than a year ago I wrote a post on “affordable telepresence” and the failing economy. You see, as much as the economy is regarded as a driving force towards visual communications adoption, it is quite a struggle to believe that a $300K system is a viable solution in the current economical state (and in general). At around the same time as that post, I written about what telepresence is and what it is not. In a nutshell, ever since
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | February 2nd, 2010 | Filed under Video Conferencing
Last week there were two announcements coming out of Cisco, that seriously shook the grounds of the world IT market. While Cisco’s Unified Computing system got a mixed reaction, ranging from “a significant shift” (from Cisco and its technology partners) to “nothing new” (from competitors), its decision to acquire Pure Digital Technologies for $590M, maker of a popular digital camera technology – The Flip, has left most simply wondering. As Andy Greenberg from Forbes wrote, Cisco’s love of video is
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | March 26th, 2009 | Filed under Video Conferencing
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
Alex Lewis from Hyperconnectivity recently wrote a piece on how the economy will drive Telepresence use. Seeing as reduced travel costs and increased productivity are key benefits of video conferencing (and Telepresence is, after all, just a natural evolution of it), it seems reasonable that in times where the economy is struggling, video conferencing can help organizations communicate more cost-effectively than ever before. (CC) One can argue that the ROI model of Telepresence is still not clear enough
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | November 3rd, 2008 | Filed under Telepresence, Video Conferencing
